[Note: IDN WG list removed] > As you could have seen, on IETF mailing list, Harald and I have, at > least, agreed that, if you use unicode based encoding, local context > (or locale) must be carried out of band Few will disagree (including me) that using Unicode to do localization is almost impossible without locale context. But I am touching on a sensitive topic about what you considered as I18N & L10N and what the rest of the world thinks. > But, anyway, the discussion so far in IETF list is enough to deny IDN. I am not aware there was a IETF wide last call on IDN yet. > I have found a theory to deny PKI and to explain why public key > cryptograpy is not so polular dispite the efforts of ISO, which will > destory entire business of a company or companies owing several > important TLDs. Very interesting. Could you share the theory, or privately if you prefer? ps: btw, what effort of ISO are you referring? > So, don't bother to say that there are so many so-called-international- > but-actuallly-local domain names registered. Huh? Since when this was ever a factor in IETF consideration? -James Seng
