Dear Colleagues,<br><br>as a "secretary" for our French speaking group, I skyped most of us this afternoon after receiving Mark's mail. The consensus is for<br><br>(1) both PVALID.<br><br>Applications can be biased the way they want but the network must be as neutral, simple, robust and dumb as possible. The more we wait, the more people will have to adapt. <br>
<br>In the way we (lead users, with interplus in mind) consider the whole thing we agree with Mark, but NOT at network layers. These are consideration for what we call the user pseudo-network layer (same as French Majuscules we will certainly not drop!!!), i.e. in the middleware we transparently introduce between the dumb network-end and the user, i.e. the smart-plug extension Mark actually calls for. Here we will be able to host all the enhancements Unicode will want/accept to provide. Let say we want IDNA not in applications, but in a front-end application. With a netlocale parameter file. <br>
<br>We would be interested in knowing if someone has already developped or plans to develop an IDNA2008 routine for tools like ISC hosts.exe? <br><br>P. Suger.<br> <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/11/29 Vint Cerf <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vint@google.com">vint@google.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">In consultation with the area director, issues were raised concerning<br>
the consensus on the use of Latin small letter sharp S and Greek small<br>
final sigma as PVALID in IDNA2008.<br>
<br>
I have copied the working group on a request for opinion from the<br>
Unicode Technical Committee.<br>
<br>
By this message, I request a response from the Working Group on the<br>
question:<br>
<br>
Should Latin Small Letter Sharp S and Greek Small Letter Final Sigma<br>
be PVALID in IDNA2008 or not:<br>
<br>
Please Respond by choosing among the following:<br>
<br>
(1) Both characters should be PVALID<br>
(2) Both characters should be DISALLOWED<br>
(3) Only Latin Small Letter Sharp S should be PVALID<br>
(4) Only Greek Small Letter Final Sigma should be PVALID<br>
<br>
Choices (3) and (4) create additional complexity in dealing with<br>
IDNA2003 and IDNA2008 disparities<br>
<br>
During the Last Call, a number of objections were raised with regard<br>
to choice (1) and this led the Area Director to question the rough<br>
consensus that the WG submission to IESG claimed.<br>
<br>
It will be much appreciated if all working group members would respond<br>
by December 8.<br>
<br>
thanks,<br>
<br>
vint cerf<br>
<br>
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