IDNs in the root

[Harald Tveit Alvestrand]

Paul Hoffman skrev:
> At 5:37 AM +0100 1/23/09, Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:
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>> Paul Hoffman skrev:
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>>> At 4:55 AM +0100 1/23/09, Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:
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>>>> For one thing, that makes "IDNAv2" likely to be finished well after IDNs have been introduced in the root.
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>>> Serious question: why is this at all relevant? Is there any IDNs that are meant to be entered in the root that will have a different encoding under IDNA2003 than under IDNA2008 or contain characters that make them unrenderable in IDNA2003?
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>> There are many strings for which registration could be requested under
>> IDNA2003 that cannot be registered under IDNA2008 (the symbols being the
>> most prominent example). ICANN is aghast at the idea of having to allow
>> something to be registered in the root and then having to take it out
>> when the rules change.
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> ICANN does not *have* to allow anything to be registered, and therefore should not be aghast. It sounds like ICANN is getting some bad advice on registration practices in the root.
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You haven't been around ICANN much .... lucky you....

if ICANN sets up a ruleset, and people follow that ruleset, and ICANN 
then says "oh, we don't like your registration, we'll disallow it 
anyway", ICANN's looking at the wrong end of a lawsuit.

Being aghast at that prospect is a perfectly reasonable reaction.

             Harald