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Internationalized Domain Name
charter-ietf-idn-01

Document Charter Internationalized Domain Name WG (idn)
Title Internationalized Domain Name
Last updated 2008-04-23
State Approved
WG State Concluded
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charter-ietf-idn-01

The goal of the group is to specify the requirements for
internationalized access to domain names and to specify a standards
track protocol based on the requirements.

The scope of the group is to investigate the possible means of doing
this and what methods are feasible given the technical impact they
will
have on the use of such names by humans as well as application
programs, as well as the impact on other users and administrators of
the domain name system.

A fundamental requirement in this work is to not disturb the current
use
and operation of the domain name system, and for the DNS to continue to
allow any system anywhere to resolve any domain name.

The group will not address the question of what, if any, body should
administer or control usage of names that use this functionality.

The group must identify consequences to the current deployed DNS
infrastructure, the protocols and the applications as well as
transition
scenarios, where applicable.

The WG will actively ensure good communication with interested groups
who are studying the problem of internationalized access to domain
names.

The Action Item(s) for the Working Group are

  1. An Informational RFC specifying the requirements for providing
    Internationalized access to domain names. The document should
    provide guidance for development solutions to this problem, taking
    localized (e.g. writing order) and related operational issues into
    consideration.

  2. An Informational RFC or RFC's documenting the various proposals and
    Implementations of Internationalization (i18n) of Domain Names. The
    document(s) should also provide a technical evaluation of the
    proposals by the Working Group.

  3. A standards track specification on access to internationalized
    domain
    names including specifying any transition issues.