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Abstract

IDN and IRI, Finally an Internationalized Solution to Domain Name and Resource Identifiers

Michel Suignard - Microsoft Corporation

Intended Audience: Software Engineers, Marketers, Content Developers
Session Level: Intermediate

Domain Name (DNS) is one of the fundamental concepts which makes Internet a reality by providing a worldwide recognizable way to reach internet sites. However its character syntax is currently restricted to the ASCII repertoire. Finally DNS is embracing Unicode and this is having an effect on the following related concept: Universal Resource Identifier (URI) also used widely on the Web. This talk describes the International Domain Name Architecture (IDNA), Internationalized Resource Identifiers (IRI) and how Unicode is a key component of these specifications.

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