Re: nameprep vs. stringprep

I dont think this is an intent to "force" TC/SC mapping, I just think that
it would be a good repository for work done that is meaningful for the
community.
Edmon

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Ewell" <[email protected]>
To: "Edmon Chung" <[email protected]>; "Erik Nordmark"
<[email protected]>
Cc: "Eric A. Hall" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: [idn] nameprep vs. stringprep


> Edmon Chung <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Agreed... but not convinced that the CJK tables do not have an
> "intended"
> > use.  At least the T/SC table is already actively being used by a
> couple of
> > domain operators.
>
> Ah, see, I knew that was the intent all along.  This is another attempt
> to force IDN to perform 1-to-1 TC/SC mapping by having IETF "publish"
> the proposed table in the stringprep document and then insisting that
> IDN implement the conversions specified in the "official" table.
>
> TC/SC equivalence is not 1-to-1.  Implementations that pretend that it
> is will confuse and mislead Chinese speakers who expect true,
> context-based equivalence.  Domain operators who implement 1-to-1 TC/SC
> mapping tables are out of conformance with the IDN proposal.
>
> -Doug Ewell
>  Fullerton, California
>
>
>