Re: [idn] host name vs. domain name

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

IDN FAQ #1: RFC2277 is BCP, not Standard Track (yet!).

-James Seng

"McDonald, Ira" wrote:
> 
> Hi Ran,
> 
> I quote below verbatim the first two paragraphs on page
> 3 of RFC 2277 (in section 3.1 'What charset to use'):
> 
> "Protocols MUST be albe to use the UTF-8 charset, which
> consists of the ISO 10646 coded character set combined with
> the UTF-8 character encoding scheme for all text."
> 
> "Protocols MAY specify, in addition, how to use other
> charsets or other character encoding schemes for ISO 10646,
> such as UTF-16, but lack of an ability to use UTF-8 is a
> violation of this policy; such a violation would need a
> variance procedure ([BCP9] section 9) with clear and solid
> justification in the protocol specification document before
> being entered into or advanced upon the standards track."
> 
> The above is not a 'mild preference'.
> 
> Cheers,
> - Ira McDonald, consulting architect at Sharp Labs America
>   High North Inc
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RJ Atkinson [mailto:rja@inet.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 12:31 AM
> To: McDonald, Ira
> Subject: RE: [idn] host name vs. domain name
> 
> There is no requirement to use UTF-8 or ISO-10646.
> If a WG has a technical reason to do something else,
> this is permitted.  The RFC indicates a mild preference,
> not a hard and fast rule.
> 
> Ran