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Re: [idn] Chinese Domain Name Consortium (CDNC) Declaration

I just have to comment on your impression: 

It is not the whole picture!

> Due to the efforts of some CDNC members, the IETF is now well aware 
> of the "2^n" variant problem that is unique to the use of Han 
> characters in the Chinese language. Fortunately, using registration 
> guidelines will solve the problem. The only people seriously affected 
> by the size of DNS zones created by the "2^n" problem will be very 
> large, flat zones such as those managed by CDNC members, but they 
> are  able to compensate for the size of zones with no changes to the
DNS 
> protocols.

> 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 provide another form of fragmented IDN.

Thanks.

Liana