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Re: [Idna-update] [Ext] FWD: Expiration impending: <draft-klensin-idna-rfc5891bis-01.txt>

Andrew Sullivan <ajs@anvilwalrusden.com> Mon, 05 March 2018 21:26 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Idna-update] [Ext] FWD: Expiration impending: <draft-klensin-idna-rfc5891bis-01.txt>
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On Mon, Mar 05, 2018 at 03:40:24PM -0500, John R. Levine wrote:
> 
> I am certainly interested in this stuff, but the only language I speak
> fluently is English so my knowledge of the topic is largely theoretical, a
> problem that I'd guess a lot of IETFers have.

The problem is worse than that, in that the problem for speakers whose
first or only language is _not_ English is also largely theoretical.
Writing sytems are way harder than one might think from being familiar
with any of them.

One important input to the IAB might be an observation by IANA that it
thinks it needs more guidance given the state of affairs.

I wish I had any evidence that there were any good answers here.

A


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