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Re: experiments in the ietf week

2008-03-14 09:06:46
Fred Baker wrote:
On Mar 14, 2008, at 8:01 AM, Jari Arkko wrote:

Challenge for our IT folks: Internationalized Internet Drafts,  
including file names. Doable?

It's doable, no doubt. The next question is whether this is actually  
smart.

The Finnish character set is something I can deal with, although my  
keyboard differs from a Finnish one, making typing the name in  
something I would have to think about. I personally don't speak or  
read any of the languages that use derivatives of the Han character  
set, and will find it difficult to read or point you to a draft with  
a Japanese or Chinese name.

I'm inclined to wonder what problem you're solving and what problem  
you're trading that one for. I imagine it is that you would like to  
be able to use Finnish words in draft monikers or to post internet  
drafts in Finnish. I would counsel you to be careful what you wish  
for. If the important thing is global communication among engineers,  
this might take you in a direction you didn't really intend.

Well,

two wishes that come up frequently are really modest:

- the ability to provide properly spelled contact information

- the ability to use non-ASCII characters in specification text that 
deals with I18N

Of course to make this useful, it would need to be accepted in RFCs as well.

BR, Julian
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