Re: APNG iDNS Requirement

[Harald Tveit Alvestrand <Harald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:07 04.01.00 +0800, James Seng wrote:
> APNG IDNS WG some very simple requirements. While we may not use it, I think
> it might be a good reference.
>
> The system must
>
> 1. be compatible with current DNS servers, clients and protocols.
> 2. co-exists with current English domain name space.
> 3. provides a mechanism for DNS to adopt multilingual characters

....but we have to figure out exactly what this means.....

> 4. retains compatibility with all existing Internet protocols (e.g.
>    HTTP, SMTP, FTP etc)

SMTP at least is defined to use a small character set in domainnames, so 
i18n will require a protocol change.

given how many different implementations of these exist, all that we can do 
here is really ask how many of the implementations we break.....that's the 
real-life definition of "compatibility", methinks....


                            Harald

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