"Adam M. Costello" wrote:
> I suggest clarifying this by changing "require" to "depend on" in the > two instances quoted above, and making similar changes in the last > paragraph before 1.1: Please delete the reference. It is non-contributory to implementation of the specification and is somewhat argumentative. Cumulatively, it is a distraction to the protocol. > As far as I know, no use for the 8th bit has ever been standardized. The standardized usage is local interpretation. Any usage is compliant. > IDNA effectively says that the 8th bit is not to be used for > internationalization, at least not for the time being. It's still > available for other purposes (like non-textual domain names). These can still be supported, but they can't be run through the converter. They have to be treated as exceptions. This is in DM-IDNS-01, now that it is going to a strong data-typing model. -- Eric A. Hall http://www.ehsco.com/ Internet Core Protocols http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/coreprot/
