Re: [idn] Unicode tagging

[Dan Oscarsson <Dan.Oscarsson@trab.se>]

>At 10:40 AM -0400 8/17/00, Keith Moore wrote:
>>I think in this group we should discuss labels only, not the contents
>>of RRs.  Very few of the RRs have content which is intended for human
>>consumption.
>
>Fully agree. There is nothing in our charter about the contents of 
>any RRs, only about host names. Let's not be discussing things that 
>are out of scope for the WG: we have enough on our plate already.
>

We cannot ignore other parts that are affected by IDNs. In DNS there exist
characters in labels and in text data. Some labels are host names.
The same encoding should apply to all character data, otherwise
it will be a mess to implement and get it right. A host label must inside
DNS be handled the same way as a SRV label. Outside DNS, in for example an
application, different rules like prohibited characters can be used.

   Dan