Consensus Call Tranche 7 (BiDi Model)

[Patrik Fältström]

On 12 okt 2008, at 11.24, Vint Cerf wrote:

> Consensus Call Tranche 7 (BiDi Model)
>
> Place your reply here: [YES or NO]

Yes

> COMMENTS:

I think regarding (7.b) that it MUST be done at registration time.

    Patrik

> Procedure:
>
>
> There are several decisions that the working group will need to make  
> to confirm consensus.  I will send a series of proposals over the  
> next two weeks requesting YES or NO positions on each within a 4 day  
> window. If NO is the response, a reason for that position needs to  
> be stated. If there is a clear consensus based on responses or in  
> the absence of a consensus against each proposal, it will be assumed  
> that the proposal is acceptable to the Working Group.
>
>
> Parenthesized symbols (e.g., "(R.1)") after the items are references  
> to the issues lists where additional explanations can be found, as  
> sent by John Klensin as body parts "idnabis-protocol-issues-rev3"  
> and "idnabis-rationale-issues-03" on a message titled 'Issues lists  
> and the "preprocessing" topic'  to the working group on 18 August (http://www.alvestrand.no/pipermail/idna-update/2008-August/002537.html 
> )
>
> This group needs to get its documents out; it is behind its original  
> schedule. It should be noted that the IDN ccTLD and gTLD selection  
> initiatives at ICANN have already begun so that delay may weaken the  
> IETF's ability to assist in a rational deployment of IDNA.
>
>
> (7) The Bidi model
>
> (7.a) Bidi tests are not made between labels in the protocol
> although warnings about possible presentation and others
> difficulties should appear in the Bidi discussion.  (P.4)
>
> (7.b) Bidi tests SHOULD be applied at lookup time (not MUST).
> (P.5)
>
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