RE: [idn] nameprep forbidden characters

["Wael Nasr" <wael.nasr@i-dns.net>]

Wanted to share with you that in the arabic Working group of minc we have
discussed this
point at length.
In arabic the meaning of the word will change depending on punctuation ,
like the
words "knowlege" and "flag" in arabic are exactly the same except for
punctuation.

It is my opinion that , at least regarding arabic, no punctuation should be
allowed for now.

I am sure 5 years from now , domain name systems will be much more dynamic
than what
we have now and will not be simply a simple mapping of unicode or ascii to
an ip number.
at that time, punctuation can be allowed to be part of the game.
wael

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Wael Nasr
Director, Middle East Business Development
I-DNS.net
wael.nasr@i-dns.net
Cell Phone(Egypt):+(201) 222 55 380

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-idn@ops.ietf.org [mailto:owner-idn@ops.ietf.org]On Behalf Of
Edmon
Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2000 12:59 AM
To: idn working group; Adam M. Costello
Subject: Re: [idn] nameprep forbidden characters


  Perhaps host names
> should avoid all punctuation in all languages so people don't have to
> worry about it.

I think we have to remember that it is the registrant's choice to choose a
name that best reflects their identity online.  Punctuations may serve to be
great symbols that identifies an entity, for example a person called O'Brian
would want to have the apostrophe for his domain name and a company A&B
would want the "&" in their name.  Our move to multilingual is the best
opportunity for us to re-include these worthwhile and long awaited symbols
back into the domain name space.

Edmon

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