On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 3:57 PM, JP Blankert (thuis & PC based) < jpblank...@zonnet.nl> wrote:
> Dear unicode.org interested, > > I discovered at least 1 flaw in the converter tools I used so far (as > Verisign's IDN to punycode converter): none of the ones I checkes recognises > the German character > > ß > > (the sz, as from 'Straße' ) > > correctly, the sign is always dissolved in ss. > This is standard IDNA2003 behavior. It is usually desirable because a) many German speakers are unsure about when exactly to use ß vs. ss, b) the spelling reform a few years ago changed the rules, and c) Switzerland does not use ß at all in German. This means that for most purposes it is counter-productive (and can be a security risk) to distinguish ß and ss. IDNA2008, an incompatible update, by itself does not map characters. UTS #46 provides a compatibility bridge for both IDNA2003 and IDNA2008, and the ß behavior is an option there. Best regards, markus
