Re: [idn] Comments on protocol drafts

[James Seng <jseng@pobox.org.sg>]

I agreed with the requirement on the guidence part.

But I do not think restricting character set or encoding is a good idea. We
never know what other people are doing out there and we do not want to isolate
them. Every implementation and proposal we get is a valuable lesson we can
learn (from their experience and their problem) which will be useful should
IETF decide to do a standard track in future.

I do not believe having a requirement to deny them to even propose their
solution to the IETF is fair and in the interest of the WG. Denying them a
chance to work with IETF will only make them shun away and go on their own
path.

-James Seng

C C Magnus Gustavsson wrote:
> 
> > Does the WG wants to specify and restrict the character set (or the
> > behavior of the encodig) of the possible implementation of IDN in the
> > requirement?
> 
> "1. An Informational RFC specifying the requirements for providing
>     Internationalized access to domain names. The document
>     should provide guidance for development solutions to this problem,
>     taking localized (e.g. writing order) and related operational issues
>     into consideration."
> 
> If you agree on the requirement itself, don't you think it's a pretty
> important and relevant guidance?
> 
> /Magnus