In stringprep
'abstract'
"Abstract
This document describes a framework for preparing text strings in order
to increase the likelihood that string input and string comparison work
in ways that make sense for typical users throughout the world. The
stringprep protocol is useful for protocol identifier values, company
and personal names, internationalized domain names, and other text
strings."
This document describes a framework for preparing text strings in order
to increase the likelihood that string input and string comparison work
in ways that make sense for typical users throughout the world. The
stringprep protocol is useful for protocol identifier values, company
and personal names, internationalized domain names, and other text
strings."
Do you see "increase the likelihood ..."
, not "ensure" ?
How humble and modest
assertion!
But, how can such framework serve for
protocol *identifier* values ?
Can any stable and trustworthy identifier
system rely on
rules that are just *likely to work for
typical users* ?
"In this case, "correct" means that if two different people enter
what
they think is the same string into two different input mechanisms, the
strings should match on a character-by-character basis."
they think is the same string into two different input mechanisms, the
strings should match on a character-by-character basis."
This requirement is not met in
"turkish < I dot-above> and <I><dot-above>"
.
Current version of stringprep fails to unifiy
them and therefore
fails to satisfy *typical* azeri
and lithuanian users.
Soobok
Lee