Re: Possible BofF question -- I18n (was: Re: Possible OBF question -- I18n)

Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com> Fri, 01 June 2018 04:03 UTC

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Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 23:03:36 -0500
From: Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com>
To: Patrik Fältström <paf@frobbit.se>
Cc: John C Klensin <john-ietf@jck.com>, John Levine <johnl@taugh.com>, ietf@ietf.org
Subject: Re: Possible BofF question -- I18n (was: Re: Possible OBF question -- I18n)
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On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 09:31:45PM +0200, Patrik Fältström wrote:
> On 31 May 2018, at 19:22, Nico Williams wrote:
> 
> > Certainly, in the context of Internet protocols, the IETF is the place to do I18N work.  Can there be any doubt?
> 
> From my personal view, a crystal clear "NO" (part from coordination
> with W3C of course).
> 
> But that is something I think IETF should ask itself and decide that
> is the case, and act accordingly. Whatever that means. If I knew, I
> would say...

Who else will do I18N work on Internet protocols?  Either we give them
to other SDOs or we do the work.

Nico
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