What rules have been used for the current list of codepoints?

[Vint Cerf]

I have been following along, perhaps with less understanding than many, but
I continue to have concerns that we are not always distinguishing that which
is needed for expressive natural language, and that which is safe, stable,
and secure for Internet domain names.

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-----Original Message-----
From: idna-update-bounces at alvestrand.no
[mailto:idna-update-bounces at alvestrand.no] On Behalf Of Michael Everson
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 5:10 AM
To: idna-update at alvestrand.no
Subject: Re: What rules have been used for the current list of codepoints?

At 09:51 +0100 2006-12-14, Patrik Fältström wrote:
>On 13 dec 2006, at 17.45, Kenneth Whistler wrote:
>
>>, but *I* am absolutely sure that Lm and Nd need to be added.
>
>Exactly. A good start of finding a consensus. 
>Crisp statement, easy to say "yes" or "no" to.
>
>Hmmm...I have got some requests to not include IPA Extensions, and here 
>might be an issue where I do not see consensus.

, but *I* am absolutely sure that you cannot exclude characters from this
block by excluding the block. This will deny IDN to millions of people.

Is that clear enough?
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Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com
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