Stop me if I've misunderstood...

Paul Hoffman phoffman at imc.org
Fri Jul 10 23:21:17 CEST 2009


At 7:24 PM +0000 7/10/09, Shawn Steele wrote:
> >> If you want to make a run at a concise definition, that would be still be most
>>> appreciated, at least by me.
>
>Thinking...
>
>Does this work?
>
>"An interoperable IDNA system is one where a human readable machine name from any source, entered by any user, in any country or language, on any computer platform or software, will resolve to the identical IP address with minimum disruption of user expectations."
>
>Don't know if you find that helpful, and please don't nitpick every word, I'm sure it has holes!

This is not about every word: it's about big assumptions that you have made but not define.

What is an "IDNA system"? This key to the question of what two (or more) things are interoperating.

Also, as you have been seeing on this list, "any user" and "with minimum disruption of user expectations" cannot be used in the same definition. Some users have one reasonable set of expectations based on their language, and a different set of users have a different set of expectations based on theirs.



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