[spec] IRIs, IDNs, and all that international jazz

[Sean Conner]

It was thus said that the Great Petite Abeille once stated:
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> > On Dec 22, 2020, at 16:13, Solderpunk <solderpunk at posteo.net> wrote:
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> > Okay, I'm finally getting involved in this discussion.
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> Thanks for the, hmm, textwall :) Glad you are back. 
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> To summarize:
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> #1: Make ASCII Great Again. And again.
> #2: Transcribe between 1 & 3
> #3: Take the IRI mantel
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> Hopefully a fair transliteration of intent.
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> Clearly #3 has the most appeal.
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> But yes, nothing comes for free, and pragmatism may drag us back to #1.
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> I don't quite see what #2 is for. Midway compromise? 

  1. Status quo
  2. Clients take the hit (have to support both URL and IRI)
  3. Clients and servers take the hit (both have to support URL and IRI)

  -spc