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Sorting (RE: [idn] draft-ietf-idn-requirements-04.txt (revised copy))
- To: Karlsson Kent - keka <keka@im.se>, "'James Seng'" <James@Seng.cc>
- Subject: Sorting (RE: [idn] draft-ietf-idn-requirements-04.txt (revised copy))
- From: Harald Alvestrand <Harald@Alvestrand.no>
- Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 11:30:54 +0200
- Cc: idn@ops.ietf.org
- Delivery-date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 02:35:49 -0700
- Envelope-to: idn-data@psg.com
At 13:12 06/10/2000 +0200, Karlsson Kent - keka wrote:
>For a friendly "administrator UI", a list of IDNs should be sorted
>in what is called "a culturally correct way" (which is locale
>dependent, locale chosen by the administrator for him/her-self).
>The same may hold for fuzzy searches done by administrators
>or users that are looking for names.
Neither function is supported by the DNS protocol.
Thus, it is a matter of great concern for the writers of user interfaces,
but not a proper subject for standardization here.
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