Re: [ga] On Its Way: One of the Biggest Changes to the Internet

[Andy Gardner <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Oct 11, 2007, at 9:21 PM, Ram Mohan wrote:

> > Would it be useful for them if "normal" latin names could be   
> > translated into a punycode-like representation in THEIR native  
> > script?
> > So ebay.com would translate to something like 試測-試測試測 
> > 試. 試測 for Chinese people to be able todescribe without  
> > resorting to  ASCII?
> + I can imagine this to be a reality someday - say if ".com" was  
> represented in Traditional (or Simplified) Chinese, and through  
> some policy, contractual or other mapping mechanism, the domain  
> <ebay.com> is also accessible through <試測-試測試測試. 試測 
> > [disclaimer: I have no idea what these characters mean].
> + Things will not only get interesting, but also would plausibly  
> become messy for the hapless end-user if the "translated" name is  
> registered to another registrant or registry, and resolves to a  
> completely different spot.
Which is why a special prefix would be assigned and made illegal for  
other uses, much like xn-- has become.