Re: [idn] nameprep forbidden characters

[James Seng <James@Seng.cc>]

Erm, I think we are re-openning an issue which I thought we resolve. ie. IDN
means adding Internationalized Characters into Domain Names. We are not going
to change the principle to allow punctation or symbols...

I think we have one big difficult problem at hand now. I not sure we are able
to handle the problems symbols like &, @, ' or even . is going to bring us.

-James Seng

Rick H Wesson wrote:
> 
> 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
> >
> >