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Re: [idn] Chinese Domain Name Consortium (CDNC) Declaration
- To: Paul Hoffman / IMC <phoffman@imc.org>
- Subject: Re: [idn] Chinese Domain Name Consortium (CDNC) Declaration
- From: Dave Crocker <dhc@dcrocker.net>
- Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 14:00:55 -0800
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At 01:32 PM 2/4/2002 -0800, Paul Hoffman / IMC wrote:
>Of course, the character variant problem exists in many different
>languages, not just in Chinese. Because of this, each registry or zone
>that includes IDN names needs to make decisions about name equivalence
>(and therefore multiple registrations) before they enter any IDN names
>into their zone. Based on this input during Working Group last call from
>the CDNC, it seems clear that we need to explain these points more in the
>IDNA document.
This approach has some major benefits.
1. It acknowledges the basic issue.
2. It moves the handling of the issue to a venue better able to resolve it.
3. It avoid major complexities being added to the IDN/DNS protocol.
d/
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