Some reading on IRIs and IDNs

[John Cowan]

On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 10:55 AM cage <cage-dev at twistfold.it> wrote:


> I have read most of the messages in this thread, i would just say that
> one  of  the  problems  with  WWW is  that  browser  are  getting  not
> manageable by a single user or a hobbyist programmer.
>

This is not strictly a Web issue: it is a DNS issue and affects all
protocols, including FTP, email, Gopher, etc.

> Probably many of you just thinking "who cares about CL?"
>

As a Schemer, I definitely do care about it.


> Internationalized  hostname  has  advantages  but  how  this  adding
> complexity impact software author? Is this complexity needed?
>

It's a balancing act between the needs of software authors and the needs of
content authors.  If Gemini succeeds, the latter will be much more common.
I think that internationalized link lines (which will have to become part
of the definition of text/gemini) are very important to authors.  Whether
clients accept IRIs in the address bar (or equivalent) is up to the client
author.  And I very strongly feel that changing the Gemini *protocol* to
pass IRIs serves nobody and shouldn't even be considered.


> PS: i am not a native English speaker (as you can see :-) )
>

Good.  As the saying is, if you want to know if there is antisemitism in a
particular place, ask the Jews who live there.



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