[Errata Held for Document Update] RFC5891 (3969)

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Mon Apr 21 15:18:54 CEST 2014


The following errata report has been held for document update 
for RFC5891, "Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA): Protocol". 

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You may review the report below and at:
http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=5891&eid=3969

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Status: Held for Document Update
Type: Editorial

Reported by: Peter Occil <poccil14 at gmail.com>
Date Reported: 2014-04-19
Held by: Barry Leiba (IESG)

Section: 4.2.3.2

Original Text
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The Unicode string MUST NOT begin with a combining mark or combining
character (see The Unicode Standard, Section 2.11 [Unicode] for an
exact definition).

Corrected Text
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The Unicode string MUST NOT begin with a combining mark or combining 
character (as defined in The Unicode Standard, Section 3.6 [Unicode], 
definition D52).

Notes
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Section 2.11 of the Unicode Standard explains what combining characters are only in general terms. Section 3.6 contains the actual definition.

----- Verifier Notes -----
The actual fix is probably closer to changing "exact definition" to "explanation of combining characters," and leaving the reference alone.  But discussion indicates that more clarification is probably good, and that clarification needs to be in the broader context of a document update.

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RFC5891 (draft-ietf-idnabis-protocol-18)
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Title               : Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA): Protocol
Publication Date    : August 2010
Author(s)           : J. Klensin
Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
Source              : Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (Revised)
Area                : Applications
Stream              : IETF
Verifying Party     : IESG



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