[idn] Fwd: WG ACTION: Internationalized Domain Name (idn)

[Paul Hoffman / IMC <phoffman@imc.org>]

This message was on the ietf-announce mailing list, but didn't seem to be 
copied here. So, should we start working now? :-)

>From: The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org>
>To: IETF-Announce: ;
>Subject: WG ACTION: Internationalized Domain Name (idn)
>Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2000 08:30:05 -0500
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>A new working group has been formed in the Internet Area of the IETF.
>For additional information, contact the Area Directors
>or the WG Chairs.
>
>
>Internationalized Domain Name (idn)
>-----------------------------------
>
>  Current Status: Active Working Group
>
>  Chair(s):
>      James Seng <jseng@pobox.org.sg>
>      Marc Blanchet <Marc.Blanchet@viagenie.qc.ca>
>
>  Internet Area Director(s):
>      Thomas Narten  <narten@raleigh.ibm.com>
>      Erik Nordmark  <nordmark@eng.sun.com>
>
>  Internet Area Advisor:
>      Erik Nordmark  <nordmark@eng.sun.com>
>
>  Technical Advisors:
>      John Klensin <klensin+idn@jck.com>
>      Harald Tveit Alvestrand <Harald@Alvestrand.no>
>
>  Mailing Lists:
>      General Discussion:idn@ops.ietf.org
>      To Subscribe:      idn-request@ops.ietf.org
>      Archive:           ftp://ops.ietf.org/pub/lists/idn*
>
>Description of Working Group:
>
>The goal of the group is to investigate and specify the requirements for
>internationalized access to domain names.
>
>The scope of the group is to investigate the possible means of doing
>this and what methods are feasible given the technical impact they will
>have on the use of such names by humans as well as application programs,
>as well as the impact on other users and administrators of the domain
>name system.
>
>A fundamental requirement in this work is to not disturb the current
>use and operation of the domain name system, and for the DNS to
>continue to allow any system anywhere to resolve any domain name.
>
>The group will not address the question of what, if any, body should
>administer or control usage of names that use this functionality.
>
>The Action Item(s) for the Working Group are
>
>  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.
>
>  2. An Informational RFC or RFC's documenting the various proposals
>     and Implementations of Internationalization (i18n) of Domain Names.
>     The document(s) should also provide a technical evaluation of the
>     proposals by the Working Group.
>
>  Goals and Milestones:
>
>    Feb 00       First draft of the requirements document
>
>    Mar 00       First draft of the proposal document(s)
>
>    Mar 00       Presentation and discussion at IETF-Adelaide
>
>    May 00       Second version of the requirement document
>
>    May 00       Second version of proposal document(s)
>
>    Jun 00       IETF presentation and wg last 
> call
>
>    Jul 00       Requirements and proposal(s) sent to IESG for publication as
>                 Informational 
 >