Re: IDNA problem statement

Erik Nordmark <Erik dot Nordmark at sun dot com> wrote:

> IDNA uses the Unicode character repertoire, which avoids the
> significant delays that would be inherent in waiting for a different
> and specific character set be defined for IDN purposes by some other
> standards developing organization.

I still don't see the point of this passage.  It sounds as though some
other standards organization would be better equipped to develop a
character set than SC 2/WG 1 or UTC, but we're going with Unicode
anyway, just for the sake of expediency.  Is that the intent?  If not,
what purpose does the "which" clause serve?

-Doug Ewell
 Fullerton, California