Internationalized Domain Names (idn)
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James Seng jseng@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Marc Blanchet Marc.Blanchet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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The goal of the group is to investigate and specify the requirements for
supporting internationalized (i18n) domain names.
The scope of the group is to investigate the possible means of doing this
and what technical impact they will have on the users of such names and on
other users and administrators of the domain name system.
The group will not address the question of what, if any, body should
administer or control usage of names that use this functionality.
The Action Item(s) for the Working Group are
1. An Informational RFC specifying the requirements for encoding
International characters into DNS names and records. The document
should provide guidance for development solutions to this problem,
taking localized (e.g. writing order) and related operational issues
into consideration.
2. An Informational RFC or RFC's documenting down the various proposal
and Implementation of Internationalization of Domain Names. The
document(s) should also provide a technical evaluation of the proposal
by the Working Group.
Milestones:
Jan 2000 First draft of the requirements document
Feb 2000 First draft of the mechanisms document
Mar 2000 Presentation and discussion at IETF-Adelaide
May 2000 Second version of the requirement document
May 2000 Second version of mechamism document
Jun 2000 IETF presentation and wg last call
Jul 2000 Requirements and mechanisms sent to IESG for publication as
Informational