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Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2000 06:51:00 -0500 (EST)
To: ietf-announce: ;
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Subject: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-idn-dnsii-mdnp-01.txt
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
This draft is a work item of the Internationalized Domain Name Working
Group of the IETF.
Title : The DNSII Multilingual Domain Name Protocol
Author(s) : E. Chung, D. Leung
Filename : draft-ietf-idn-dnsii-mdnp-01.txt
Pages : 14
Date : 25-Aug-00
Historically, the DNS is capable of handling only names within the
basic English alphanumeric character set (plus the hyphen), yet the
standards were so elegantly and openly designed that the extension of
the DNS into a multilingual and symbols based system proves to be
possible with simple adjustments.
These adjustments will be made on both the client side and the server
side. However, DNSII works on the principal that it is preferable to
make the transition to multilingual domain names seamless and
transparent to the end-user. Which means initially the server, or
more specifically, the resolver, SHOULD take the primary
responsibility for the technical implementation of the changes
required for a multilingual Internet.
The DNSII protocol is designed to allow the preservation of
interoperability, consistency and simplicity of the original DNS,
while being expandable and flexible for the handling of any character
or symbol used for the naming of an Internet domain. DNSII intends
to provide a platform for the implementation of multilingual domain
names. Besides the original specifications therefore, four
alternatives are included for discussion purposes in this document.
A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-idn-dnsii-mdnp-01.txt
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Joe Baptista
The dot.GOD Registry
http://www.dot.god/
