Re: [idn] last call reminder - Hebrew

[David Hopwood <david.hopwood@zetnet.co.uk>]

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"Adam M. Costello" wrote:
> Jonathan Rosenne <rosenne@qsm.co.il> wrote:
> 
> > Hebrew vowel signs etc. (points) should be stripped (mapped out) by
> > nameprep. Unicodes 05B0 to 05B9, 05BB to 05BD, 05BF, 05C1, 05C2, 05C4.
> >
> > Their presence or absence should not make two host names different.
> 
> This is a language-level equivalence issue, similar to
> traditional/simplified Chinese or Danish aa/a-with-ring-above or English
> color/colour.

No, it's a script-level issue. The similar case of Arabic points is also
a script-level issue. (Someone mentioned the Khmer inherent vowels
U+17B4/17B5; that might be similar, but I'm less convinced because they
are apparently only used for phonetic transcription.)

Unlike TC/SC or other language-specific equivalences, mapping out
Hebrew and Arabic points is absolutely trivial to implement, trivial
to specify, and makes sense for all languages using the affected scripts.

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