RE: Punycode at ASCII for IDN & MDN via Y2K Project Management

From: linuxa linux (linuxalinux@yahoo.co.uk)
Date: Tue Nov 11 2008 - 03:09:36 CST

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    Further to what I wrote yesterday, "the 2 IDN algorithms: ToASCII and ToUnicode perhaps would need tweaks hence ToASCII2 and ToUnicode2 with perhaps ASCII registrations needing also an ACE sort prefix, say yn-- similar to xn-- that are put for IDN. This development could then allow MDN (Multilingual Domain Names) that would help the users that are multilingual / would like multilingual text at domain name platform."

    You can have for MDN another ACE sort prefix, say zn-- to distinguish them from IDN and ASCII registrations.

    Regards

    Meeku

    --- On Mon, 10/11/08, linuxa linux <linuxalinux@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

    > From: linuxa linux <linuxalinux@yahoo.co.uk>
    > Subject: RE: Punycode at ASCII for IDN & MDN via Y2K Project Management
    > To: ietf@ietf.org, unicode@unicode.org
    > Cc: "Ruszlan Gaszanov" <ruszlan@ather.net>
    > Date: Monday, 10 November, 2008, 11:15 PM
    > --- On Sun, 9/11/08, Ruszlan Gaszanov
    > <ruszlan@ather.net> wrote:
    >
    > > From: Ruszlan Gaszanov <ruszlan@ather.net>
    > > Subject: RE: Punycode at ASCII for IDN & MDN via
    > Y2K Project Management
    > > To: linuxalinux@yahoo.co.uk, ietf@ietf.org
    > > Date: Sunday, 9 November, 2008, 10:21 PM
    >
    >
    > > ......ASCII domain names *are* in fact
    > > punycode domain names
    > > by definition.
    >
    > That's the problem and the reason for Punycode2
    > allowing ASCII registrations to be Punycoded via Punicode2.
    >
    > > As soon as you want to encode ASCII characters with
    > > something else, you'll
    > > need a new parallel DNS infrastructure and at this
    > point a
    > > new version of
    > > DNS protocol that works.......
    >
    > You got this wrong because when you Punycode via Punycode2
    > ASCII registrations you will have ASCII letters however they
    > will be in machine code, same as IDN thus equal virtue and
    > for ASCII registrations to be viewed they will be viewed
    > similarly as IDN (Internationalized Domain Names /
    > Internationalised Domain Names) and here also equal virtue.
    >
    >
    > > .......But the bottom line is that there is no
    > > way to develop a
    > > "new punycode" encoding ASCII domain names
    > with
    > > something else then ASCII
    > > and implement that on existing DNS infrastructure
    > without
    > > completely
    > > breaking the Internet, period.
    >
    > Again you are putting something which I have not said for
    > Punycode2. While you wait for learning curve developments,
    > I suggest you use ASCII based letters for Punycode 2 however
    > you machine code the ASCII registrations like you are doing
    > with IDN.
    >
    > I am not a technical expert, however based on what I have
    > gleaned can I suggest the 2 IDN algorithms: ToASCII and
    > ToUnicode perhaps would need tweaks hence ToASCII2 and
    > ToUnicode2 with perhaps ASCII registrations needing also an
    > ACE sort prefix, say yn-- similar to xn-- that are put for
    > IDN. This development could then allow MDN (Multilingual
    > Domain Names) that would help the users that are
    > multilingual / would like multilingual text at domain name
    > platform.
    >
    > I hope this signals to you the urgency that is required for
    > implementing.
    >
    >
    >
    > Regards
    >
    >
    > Meeku

          



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