Re: [newprep] wg/newprep project: clarification asked

[Andrew Sullivan <[e-mail]>]

On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 11:35:44PM +0200, JFC Morfin wrote:
> My question is therefore:
>
> -          "a need is identified by our Internet user contributing  
> party. This need is for a stable, unique, comprehensive manner to  
> orthotypographically format prepared strings whatever the script and  
> language. Such a format must prevent phishing and support a single  
> registry indexing and sorting order of every possible orthotypographic 
> string, throughout the Internet protocols, related applications, and 
> interoperated technologies.
> -          Is this or is this not also an immediate or ultimate goal for 
> the AD, WG Chair, and WG/newprep possible participants?"

I can't speak for anyone else, but I don't think it's my goal (because
I don't believe it to be realistic).  In particular, any plan that
contains as a stated goal "prevent phishing" is IMO just a plan to
tilt at windmills: con artists have been around at least as long as
human language, and I don't think we are likely to form a WG that will
completely prevent their craft.  Moreover, universal quantification in
the face of the possibility operator has at best difficult semantics,
and I'm therefore not at all sure I understand what "every possible
orthotypographic string" would be.

Stringprep has some practical issues, and my impression is that the
plan is to try to address those.

A


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