Re: [I18n-discuss] Mappings for IDNA2008 ?

"John R Levine" <johnl@taugh.com> Fri, 08 February 2019 22:58 UTC

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Subject: Re: [I18n-discuss] Mappings for IDNA2008 ?
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>  This is *exactly* why IDNA2008 do ***NOT*** include any mapping mechanisms.
>  IDNA2008 do not care what mappings are used. That is up to the
>  application/context/whatever.

Yes, except that as I may have said once or twice, since the mappings 
don't exist, everyone uses UTS46 and in practice it's not much better than 
2003.

We've really dropped the ball here.

Regards,
John Levine, johnl@taugh.com, Taughannock Networks, Trumansburg NY
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