ps: I wont be able to join the meeting but I am interested in the subject.
-James Seng
Patrik Fältström wrote:
At the IETF in Minneapolis, there will be a BOF on Internationalized Email Addresses (IEA).
It is *preliminary* on the agenda on Monday, November 10, 2003 at 1530-1730.
Chairs: Pete Resnick, Patrik Fältström Mailing list:imaa@imc.org (other salient lists include uri@w3.org) Agenda:
Agenda Bashing (Chairs) 5 min. Topic Introduction (Chairs) 10 min. Proposals IDNA-Based (Paul Hoffman) 15 min. Infrastructure-Based (John Klensin) 15 min. IRI-Based (Michel Suignard) 15 min.
Discussion 60 min.
Topics for discussion:
Are there other solutions which have been specified?
The solutions present the problem at different scopes;
Where should the IETF tackle it?
Are some short-term, and other long-term?
Can the solutions be staged or co-exist?
If staged, how to migrate from one to another?
What are the next steps for the IETF?
NB: This BoF is exploratory in nature, and it is not intended that the IETF will finalize a decision in this venue. It was proposed to foster a community discussion, not charter a working group or pick a winner. If further work is required, step one would be identifying individuals willing to carry that work forward.
Reading material: draft-hoffman-imaa-03.txt draft-klensin-emailaddr-i18n-01.txt draft-duerst-iri-04.txt
Pete and myself hope people will come with a lot of constructive comments and ideas.
Patrik, co-chair of the bof