Re: [weirds] Internationalization Issues

[Andy Newton <[e-mail]>]

On 10/21/12 8:56 PM, "Byron Ellacott" <[e-mail]> wrote:

>>>Negotiate for native language with Accepts-Language, if indicated as
>>> possible via a Vary header?
>> 
>> That's HTTP layer stuff. We're talking about embedding multiple language
>> tags in the response.
>
>Are we?  I thought draft-sheng-weirds-icann-rws-dnrd-01 sect. 7.3
>suggested a single language tag for the entire response, with "possible
>considerations" of multiple language tags.


I was assuming multiple tags as in the uses of xml:lang.

>My primary perspective on this entire subject is that whatever mechanisms
>or systems indicate language or language preference need to be optional,
>and should support reasonable use cases for current or likely future
>operators.


I totally agree. I favor working on this but just want to understand it
better.

>>Can you provide an example of one of these services so we can query it?
>> That would go a long way in helping shape this need, I would think. Are
>> there registries that collect contact data in multiple languages?
>
>$ whois -h whois.nic.ad.jp -- 'NET 113.32.19.157'
>$ whois -h whois.nic.ad.jp -- 'NET 113.32.19.157 /e'
>
>$ whois -h whois.jprs.jp -- 'jprs.jp'
>$ whois -h whois.jprs.jp -- 'jprs.jp /e'

>From what I can tell, the /e just redacts information. Regardless, this
isn't the same thing as a language label. It is more akin to the Accept
header in HTTP.

-andy