I cannot agree more to Eric's analogy. To me the key is that IDN has to be used in multiple apps and it is therefore important we consider that.
> Furthermore, MIME and its constituent application protocols are being > extended so that binary data *CAN* be transferred without being encoded > first. Think about why this is so, and then ask yourself if the ability to > transfer i18n domain names in binary form would also not be desirable, for > the same kinds of reasons. This is what IDNA has not provided us with and what we probably should consider. I am not sure when... but now might be a good time to start. Edmon
