Re: New Internet Draft on registering IDNs

[tedd <tedd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

AMC said:

> No, this group is not trying to predict them all.  It is trying to
> devise an architecture that can be extended to deal with the issues
> incrementally as they are discovered.  The first tables to be developed
> (not by this group, but by experts in the relevant language) will
> prohibit all Unicode characters except those essential to a particular
> language, and will contain carefully crafted mappings for those
> characters.  Then some tables will be developed that combine two
> languages, with special care taken for the characters used by both.
> Gradually, as more experience and expertise is developed, more inclusive
> tables will be created.  Each registry will decide what table to use for
> each of its zones.

Okay, fair enough -- I understand then, you are simply trying to set 
up a procedure for dealing with confusing, or otherwise look-alike, 
code-points. With that said, are you trying to prohibit them, or map 
them to other code-points, or both?

Another question -- What "experts in the relevant language" will 
oversee char sets such as Dingbats, Mathematical Symbols, or other 
such non-language specific (or multi-language) characters?

Thanks for the clarification.

tedd
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