The real issue: interopability, and a proposal (Was: Consensus Call on Latin Sharp S and Greek Final Sigma)

Alexander Mayrhofer alexander.mayrhofer at nic.at
Wed Dec 2 11:19:56 CET 2009


> I think that's Mark's point.  He was following the previous 
> logic and saying that if you can't map PVALID, then you 
> shouldn't map DISALLOWED because they could become PVALID.  
> Eg: effectively what's happening to eszett.

Ok, i got it - you mean that DISALLOWED characters *could* become PVALID in future revisions of the protocol, and cause similar transition problems like those we experience now. 

Alex


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