Re: [idn] Comments on protocol drafts

[RJ Atkinson <rja@inet.org>]

At 15:46 15-02-00 , Bill Manning wrote:
>% so I can't comment, but it is unlikely to have anyone
>% wishing to use that in domain names. Of course, the
>% Premier Zhu Rongqi has one of his missing from the
>% GB (or even Unicode), so there are unusual characters currently in use
>% that are missing. So we might not be able to have a URL with his
>% full name but that is a not a dns-specific problem for us to address.
>% 
>% tin wee
>
>         Hum, perhaps this is a case of diminishing returns, but 
>         why should we disinfranchise the Premier of the characters
>         he needs for his name?  Either we are providing for true
>         internationalization or we are only providing an "80%"
>         solution.  If we are only providing an "80%" solution,
>         then I'd prefer to stick with ASCII.

Bill,
         The fix for that particular example is for ISO to add the
missing character(s) to ISO-10646.  There is a known process for
such additions to the coded character set.  This process is outside
the IETF's scope.

Ran