Subject: [idn] PROTEST! RESCUE CHINESE DOMAIN NAMES.

From: "Hsin-Hung Chou" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 03:27:43 +0800

[Note: there is a series of emails with the exact same content originated
from iis.sinica.edu.tw. I will continue to bounce it to the list until
someone ask me to stop - JS]

PROTEST! RESCUE CHINESE DOMAIN NAMES.

Many Han character variants, also known as equivalent Chinese characters, exists in Unicode. A Chinese domain name thus usually has many different Unicode representations. As Unicode evolves, more CJK Han characters are added to Unicode. It also increases the number of variants of a character and the number of characters with variants, and thus the number of Unicode representations per Chinese domain name.  

Though it meets the needs for internationalized domain name of those people who uses phonetic characters. However, a Chinese domain name service based on IDN WG technology is defective.

We urge the working group to seriously take these cultural differences into account. Do not finalize IDN documents without minimizing their negative impacts against Chinese domain names.

DO NOT DAMAGE INTERNET COMUNITY IN CHINA AND TAIWAN!