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IETF wraps up foreign-language domain name effort By Carolyn Duffy Marsan Network World Fusion, 12/12/01 SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - The Internet's main standards-setting body is putting the final touches on a set of specifications that will support foreign-language domain names instead of today's English language derivatives. <snip> The IETF's IDN Working Group ... is now ready to send three documents outlining the technical details of their approach to the full IETF and the IETF leadership for final approval. A proposed standard could be released as early as March, IETF participants say. "Our basic architecture is done. We just have to forward the documents for final approval," says Marc Blanchet, co-chair of the working group and an IT consultant with Canadian firm Viagenie. "We've really been under a great deal of scrutiny and review [by the IETF leadership], so my guess is that there will be no problems." ...
