Eszett and IDNAv2 vs IDNA2008

Eric Brunner-Williams ebw at abenaki.wabanaki.net
Sun Mar 15 16:48:42 CET 2009


+ a very large integer.
> How on earth did IDNA2008 become a matter of providing support for this
> handful of code points?  I though it was primarily about ensuring that
> communities whose scripts aren't included in Unicode 3.2 will be
> accommodated without need for further protocol revision, as the Unicode
> repertoire is expanded. Or that scripts which are in 3.2, but are
> barred from the IDN space because of flaws in IDNA2003, could similarly
> be made available.
>
> Anyone who doubts how incendiary this need is, would be well advised to
> review the transcripts of any of the "open forums" at the past few
> dozen ICANN meetings.


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