Re: [idn] nameprep forbidden characters

[Rick H Wesson <wessorh@ar.com>]

Edmon,

we do need to be aware that the amperstand (&) is part of a URL and using
it in a host name may break many URL parsers.

-rick

On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Edmon wrote:

>   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
> 
> >
> > AMC
> 
>