Charter changes and a possible new direction

[Martin Duerst]

At 04:03 09/01/15, Michel SUIGNARD wrote:

>I had also hoped to decouple the Unicode version dependency by pushing
>the relevant table in an IANA maintained set which didn't require a new
>RFC for new Unicode versions. At the same time, now with IDN syncing
>with Unicode 5.1 (or even 5.2 if we wait another few months), the
>impetus to sync with newer versions will fade because the added
>characters are becoming less and less significant. Unicode/10646 as a
>repertoire is maturing. I should know. So embedding the Unicode data in
>the RFC is not as serious an issue as it was when IDNA2003 was created.
>I however favor the usage of external properties referencing because it
>reduces the chance of errors.

It's easily possible to look at this the other way round.
The fact that the repertoire is maturing means indeed that
only relatively few or with respect to IDN 'minor' scripts
and characters will be added. But that may mean that it then
will take even longer than five (or six) years for an update,
which is fine for the majority, but not for those who would
really like to use the new characters.

Regards,   Martin.



#-#-#  Martin J. Du"rst, Assoc. Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University
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