> >> Getting back to IRIs and URIs: I propose that conversion of an IRI >> to URI involve applying ToASCII to each host label. This would allow >> conversion of any IRI to a URI without changing the syntax of URIs. In >> contrast, the method proposed in draft-ietf-idn-uri-01 would change the >> URI syntax. > >I like this idea. > >If this is done (i.e. IRI goes thru ToASCII for host label), then we >basically saying for proxy and Host:, you should start from URI not IRI. >
All fields should use an URI with all characters encoded using UTF-8. No ToASCII, no %-encoding. Pure UTF-8. Web servers have to update their software so it can handle that instead of updating them to handle ACE and %-encoded values. Why make it more complex than needed? Dan
