Re: [ga] Re: New Versions of IDNA Protocol Revision Proposals Posted

[Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,


On 27 nov 2007, at 14.59, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 02:26:16PM +0100,
>  GNSO.SECRETARIAT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  
> wrote
>  a message of 61 lines which said:
>
> > An informal expert panel, working as what the IETF calls a "design
> > team,"
>
> Be aware that it is *not* IETF work, it is just that: three persons
> informally gathering to propose things, that's all. It has no official
> status, the IDNA standard is still RFC 3490, as before. And there is
> no consensus on the proposed changes.

True but it can become 'IETF work' by going through a 4 week last  
call etc..  when it is finally cooked.

And while this has been a deviation of the normal IETF process, I  
believe the design team functions under a request of the IAB and/or  
IESG and the work has been presented at a plenary for initial  
discussions and was open for comments (made a couple of obnoxious  
ones myself).  Also I understand that the design team has held 'open  
office hours' during the last IETF.

So, while not a normal IETF product, it is also not quite a normal  
independent submission.

I think it would be cool to see some substantive discussion on some  
of the revisions.    do people think it will an improvement?  will it  
work?

I can't comment yet, because I have yet to read these latest revisions.

a.