This could divide the web more than help it IMHO. Also the 'World Wide Web' hasn't been around for 4 decades!
------------------------- Stephen Barncard San Francisco http://houseofcubes.com/disco.irev 2009/10/30 Michael Kann <[email protected]> > >From the NY Times online this morning: > > SEOUL — By the middle of next year, Internet surfers will be allowed to use > Web addresses written completely in Chinese, Arabic, Korean and other > non-Latin alphabets, the organization overseeing Internet domain names > announced on Friday in a decision that could make the Web more accessible. > > In a move billed as one of the biggest changes in the Web’s four-decade > history, the board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and > Numbers — or ICANN — voted Friday to allow such scripts in Internet > addresses during its annual meeting, held in Seoul. > > ----- snip ---- > > This change only affects domain names — anything that comes after the dot, > such as .com, .cn or .jp. Until now, they could only be in 37 characters — > 26 Latin letters, 10 digits or a dash. But starting next year, domain names > can be the characters of any language. > > The decision, reached after years of testing and debate, clears the way for > ICANN to begin accepting applications for non-Latin domain names on Nov. 16. > People will start seeing them in use around mid-2010, particularly in > Arabic, Chinese and other scripts in which demand for the new > “internationalized” domain name system has been among the highest, ICANN > officials say. > > Initially, the new naming system will only affect Web addresses with > “country codes,” the designators at the end of an address name, such as .kr > (for Korea) or .ru (for Russia). But eventually, it will be expanded to all > types of Internet address names, ICANN said. > > ----- snip ---- > > Full article here: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/technology/31net.html?_r=1&hp > > -- only a few more fluff paragraphs > -- registration required > > Michael Kann > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
