International domain names get a bit closer and more European-friendly
In early 2009, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) plans to
adopt the update for international domain names discussed since the
beginning of this year reports Heise. The issue was discussed at the
IETG meeting in Minneapolis last week. The report notes there were
ongoing discussions "up until the last moment" on the "extent to which
registries should be allowed to determine their own special language
characteristics and how to use them."
The authors of the standards series advocated stricter rules within the
actual standard documents, while Vint Cerf said "registries know best
about language specific problems". The article goes on to outline
complications due to numbers being written differently in Arabic
languages, and even in western and eastern Arabic countries and
depending on the solution reached, if there is an overlap of character
sets "will at best cause confusion, at worst it will be exploited by
phishers."To read this Heise article in full, see www.heise-online.co.uk/networks/International-domain-names-get-a-bit-closer-and-more-European-friendly--/news/112035.