btw, personally, I think the use of DNAME is a reasonable solution for cases which Nameprep cant handle , e.g. language dependent (Nameprep handles scripts only) etc
-James Seng ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Seng/Personal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Stuart Cheshire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Dave Crocker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 10:59 AM Subject: Re: [idn] Determining equivalence in Unicode DNS names > Stuart, > > Since you just join the list, you may want to take a look at our website > and the mailing list archives at http://www.i-d-n.net/ > > The points you raised (and it is valid) have been discussed before which > is partially answered in Nameprep. It is one dead horse we need not whip > again. > > The use of DNAME as a solution was also discussed before. It is a > solution that is neither accepted nor rejected by the WG. > > -James Seng > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stuart Cheshire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Dave Crocker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 8:01 AM > Subject: Re: [idn] Determining equivalence in Unicode DNS names > > > >In other words, the task of IDN is entirely solvable, > >as long as we do not define the task to be too broad. > > I can see how my statement could be misinterpreted, so please allow me > to > clarify. > > I did not mean to say that IDN cannot succeed. I'm quite sure that IDN > can and will succeed. > > What I meant to say is not solvable, is the task of defining a single > set > of Unicode equivalence rules that is appropriate in every culture in > every country around the world. It may simply be the case that under UK > trademark law the names P�psi and Pepsi are deemed to be same, while > under French trademark law they are deemed to be quite different. (That > may be a terrible example; if so I apologize, and welcome a better > example of a case where different cultures have different rules of name > equivalence.) > > Hence my question was whether DNAME might provide an answer, to free IDN > from the equivalence debate, by allowing equivalence to be determined > locally on a per-zone basis. > > Stuart Cheshire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * Wizard Without Portfolio, Apple Computer > * Chairman, IETF ZEROCONF > * www.stuartcheshire.org > > > > >
