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Re: APNG iDNS Requirement
At 11:07 04.01.00 +0800, James Seng wrote:
>APNG IDNS WG some very simple requirements. While we may not use it, I think
>it might be a good reference.
>
>The system must
>
>1. be compatible with current DNS servers, clients and protocols.
>2. co-exists with current English domain name space.
>3. provides a mechanism for DNS to adopt multilingual characters
....but we have to figure out exactly what this means.....
>4. retains compatibility with all existing Internet protocols (e.g.
> HTTP, SMTP, FTP etc)
SMTP at least is defined to use a small character set in domainnames, so
i18n will require a protocol change.
given how many different implementations of these exist, all that we can do
here is really ask how many of the implementations we break.....that's the
real-life definition of "compatibility", methinks....
Harald
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Harald Tveit Alvestrand, EDB Maxware, Norway
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