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Dear all,<br><br>
I forward you the mail of the workon@idna2010.org facilitator. The
post-IDNA2008 appeal phase is finished on my side (now the response is to
the IAB). Let me recall you the situation.<br><br>
* IDNA2008 is the new and final way to support IDNs after the IDNA2003
current live experimentation period, and the IAB RFC 4690
review.<br><br>
* IDNA2008 replaces IDNA2003 _ONLY_ on the network side, making it rock
solidly based on the DNS and transparent to IDNs (except for exceptions
like Latin majuscule, etc.).<br><br>
* IDNA2008 is documented by four Standard propositions + an Informational
document that introduces for developpers the way to match it on the
userside. <br><br>
* The Area Director and the IESG have killed that Informational document,
and approved the four Standard propositions. The apeal is about the fact
they have not informed the Internet community on the way they want to
document how build userside IDNA interfaces. Manage exceptions like Latin
majuscule, etc. Ans probably foster a dramatic innovation. Something
IDNA2008 has permitted to stabilize and the IAB is investigating
(<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-iab-idn-encoding-02" eudora="autourl">
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-iab-idn-encoding-02</a>). <br><br>
* What I says is: "IDNA2010 is therefore about matching IDNA2080 on
the userside. Then IDNA2012 should be about building a common
IDNA2008/IDNA2010 Internet User Interface". <br><br>
Now, the ball is in the IAB field. The Internet Users and IAB positions
are not practically so different, but they still belong to two different
architectural paradigms of the Internet (pre and post IDNA). The
difference is that the Internet is "end to end dump rope" and
IDNA2008 permit to extend it (intelligence is to be on the fringes) to
"fringe to fringe smart wire" - this is Internet 2.0 with
additional network/users layers (at least the presentation layer,
probably two others on debate).<br><br>
The difficulty is that the "fringe to fringe smart wire"
namespace does not belong to the ICANN scope and technically may use a
unique virtual root matrix (VROOM) some have to coordinate. This
"some people" MUST technically include users because they build
it. FAST TRACK is about testing if ICANN can resist Internet
2.0.<br><br>
jfc<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Dear all,<br><br>
the text of the appeal to the IAB can now be found on the IDNA2010 page
(<a href="http://idna2010.org">http://idna2010.org</a>).<br>
Direct access :
<a href="http://iucg.org/wiki/100606_-_JFCM_Appeal_to_the_IAB">
http://iucg.org/wiki/100606_-_JFCM_Appeal_to_the_IAB</a><br><br>
This publication being the last possible general action to get the
Internet community alerted about the IDNA2008 Internet architectural
paradigmatic change and the missing work and information on the way to
support IDNA2008. The work to be achieved is now identified at the IUCG
as four different and independant tasks:<br><br>
* IDNA2010: general integration of IDNA2008 on the userside from an
Internet User point of view<br>
* IDNA2012: joint adminance of IDNA2008 and IDN2010<br>
* Interplus: encapsulation of the Internet in a smart Internet Use
Interface (IUI)<br>
* Interbox: JEDI's ("jefsey's disciples") project of prototype
Interplus support for the Intertest (the Internet as its own
test-bed).<br><br>
As a result: <br><br>
1. the <a href="mailto:workon@idna2010.org">workon@idna2010.org</a> is
not moderated anymore.<br>
2. the <a href="http://idna2010.org">http://idna2010.org</a> page is now
the portal of the IDNA2010 section in the
<a href="http://iucg.org/wiki">http://iucg.org/wiki</a> page.<br>
3. the <a href="http://idna2012.org">http://idna2012.org</a> page has
been created and is dormant<br><br>
The other actions will be documented on the
<a href="mailto:workon@idna2010.org">workon@idna2010.org</a> mailing list
and on <a href="mailto:iucg@ietf.org">iucg@ietf.org</a>.<br><br>
Best regards.<br><br>
Portzamparc<br><br>
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