I dont think this is an intent to "force" TC/SC mapping, I just think that it would be a good repository for work done that is meaningful for the community. Edmon
----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Ewell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Edmon Chung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Erik Nordmark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Eric A. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 11:41 AM Subject: Re: [idn] nameprep vs. stringprep > Edmon Chung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Agreed... but not convinced that the CJK tables do not have an > "intended" > > use. At least the T/SC table is already actively being used by a > couple of > > domain operators. > > Ah, see, I knew that was the intent all along. This is another attempt > to force IDN to perform 1-to-1 TC/SC mapping by having IETF "publish" > the proposed table in the stringprep document and then insisting that > IDN implement the conversions specified in the "official" table. > > TC/SC equivalence is not 1-to-1. Implementations that pretend that it > is will confuse and mislead Chinese speakers who expect true, > context-based equivalence. Domain operators who implement 1-to-1 TC/SC > mapping tables are out of conformance with the IDN proposal. > > -Doug Ewell > Fullerton, California > > >
