Confirming Consensus IETF 74

[Harald Tveit Alvestrand]

I agree that this is a fair representation of the consensus at the WG, 
and I agree that it represents a reasonable way forward.

The purpose of confirming the consensus on the list after a physical 
meeting is (as I think of it) to verify that there is no significant 
group of list members who disagree strongly with the consensus reached 
at the WG meeting.

Thus, in this case (but not in very many others), it's reasonable to 
assume that silence is consent.

                  Harald

Vint Cerf skrev:
> Mark Davis has already sent out a brief note outlining a consensus  
> reached in the IETF 74 meeting.
>
> In rough terms, the idea is to continue to revise and finalize the  
> IDNA2008 documents and to add to them a mapping function for look up  
> only:
>
> 1. Use the IDNA2008 document set as the base
> 2. Do NO MAPPING in the registration phase of IDNs
> 3. Apply an IDNA2003-like mapping function on lookup for compatibility  
> with IDNs previously registered under IDNA2003 rules
>
> The WG now needs to specify:
>
> 1. what set of characters will be mapped and into what?
> 2. When will this mapping function be applied
>
> The current protocol spec has an appendix in which a two-lookup method  
> is suggested. If an non-mapping look up fails, then the IDNA2003-like  
> mapping function would be applied and another look up attempted. there  
> are other possible implementations, of course.
>
> This note is to confirm online the consensus reached at IETF74 to move  
> along these lines.
>
> WG members and document editors are encouraged to elaborate on this  
> proposal and to attempt to reach closure expeditiously.
>
> vint
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