on 6/10/2002 12:54 PM Dave Crocker said the following:
> The interpretation of domain name strings is not subject to > application-specific choice. Not in the current design it isn't. > The DNS is a single, unified, global service and it defines its own > strings. Interpretation (comparison) of strings must work the same in all > cases. That is historically and technically erroneous. Applications can and do define their own formatting rules and interpretations. > What you are seeking is in fundamental opposition to global > interoperability of the DNS. Reread the thread. What I seek is already offered in STD13 labels. -- Eric A. Hall http://www.ehsco.com/ Internet Core Protocols http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/coreprot/
