Consensus Call Tranche 7 (BiDi Model)

[Vint Cerf]

On Oct 12, 2008, at 5:24 AM, Vint Cerf wrote:

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