On 04:01 10/09/02, Adam M. Costello said: >"JFC (Jefsey) Morfin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > IDNA: every IDNA will be of the "iesg--xxxx" format. > > This creates a left to right hierarchy in the domain name space, > > conflicting with the right to left one. This new hiearchy is related > > to a first function. So this is a functional hierarchy. Who will > > manage it, how, will it be recursive when new functions will be added? > > And most important point "which one has the lead"? > >A single function does not constitute a hierarchy. There will be >a single prefix that means "warning: this label might need to be >transformed in a certain way in order to be intelligible to users". >Theoretically, there could someday be a second prefix that means >something else, but nothing like that is even on the horizon, so it's >premature to be worrying about it. If and when that time comes, the >questions you pose will be considered and answered.
Sorry, but there are already two levels: 1. with prefix 2. without prefix This makes a new hierarchy because it creates a difference where DNS knows none ... > > I cannot see any of these problems in my parallel domain scripting > > scheme, which only consists in hiding upper level labels including > > "--"? > >I'm not sure I remember that scheme, but I think it involved >interdependencies between the labels in a name. The working group >rejected all such schemes long ago. Labels are often inspected and >manipulated individually, so it's best if IDNA does not introduce any >interdependencies between the labels in a name. The DNS is recursive. You only consider a label in relation with the label above. jfc
