Re: Character Variant Deployment at VeriSign

["JFC (Jefsey) Morfin" <jefsey@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 15:35 22/05/03, Stephane Bortzmeyer said:
> James Seng <jseng@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
> > i.e. if x1=x2 under X but x1!=x2 under Y, depending if the person
> > register in X or Y, he will get either x1 & x2 or just one of them.
> > there is no confusion because the registrant gets what he expected to
> > get. (anyone remember "law of least astonishment"?)
>
> This is the law of least astonishment for the registrant, not for the
> user. The user does not know the language of the registration. An user
> speaking the Y language will still be confused that X1 and X2 both
> exist.

X language?

Anyway if the registrant speaks X and Y, when he sees he is blocked under X 
he can switch to Y. Unless there is a registrant language enforcement. When 
a registrant has tried a name under a given language, he should be recorded 
and prevented to use another language.

A simple way would be for gTLDs to associate the language tag to the 
registrant when giving him his a registrant ID. The RID/LT could be quoted 
in the WhoIs so users could know the registrant language when relating with 
him by mail. Frauds would be exposed that way.
jfc