Subject: [iucg] WG Action: Internationalized Resource Identifiers (iri)

From: jefsey <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:06:14 +0100

>A new IETF working group has been formed in the Applications Area.
>For additional information, please contact the Area Directors or the WG
>Chairs.

I have created an IUCG/WIKI page: 
http://iucg.org/wiki/Internationalized_ressource_identifiers

>Internationalized Resource Identifiers (iri)
>---------------------------------------------------
>Current Status: Active Working Group
>
>Chairs:
>  Ted Hardie ([email-masked])
>
>Applications Area Directors:
>  Lisa Dusseault ([email-masked])
>  Alexey Melnikov ([email-masked])
>
>Applications Area Advisor:
>  Alexey Melnikov ([email-masked])
>
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>
>Description of Working Group:
>
>This working group will produce
>* A new version of RFC 3987: "Internationalized Resource
>Identifiers (IRIs)" using draft-duerst-iri-bis as the base
>* A new version of RFC 4395: "Guidelines and Registration
>Procedures for New URI Schemes"
>
>The new version of RFC 3987 may be split into separate documents,
>if, in the opinion of the chair(s), it would facilitate distribution
>of the workload and allow more focused reviews. For example, the
>following breakdown has been suggested:
>
>* Handling of Internationalized domain names in IRIs (BCP)
>* Internationalization Considerations in IRIs (guidelines
>for BIDI, character ranges to avoid, special considerations) (BCP)
>* Syntax, parsing, comparison of IRIs (Standards track)
>
>The working group starts with a relatively mature update to
>RFC 3987 in preparation; the primary focus of the group
>is to resolve conflicting uses, requirements and best practices
>for internationalized URLs/URIs/IRIs and various other forms,
>among many specifications and committees, while moving toward
>consistent use of IRIs among the wide range of Internet
>applications that use them. In particular:
>
>* The IRI specification(s) must (continue to) be suitable
>for normative reference with Web and XML standards from W3C
>specifications. The group should coordinate with the W3C working
>groups on HTML5, XML Core, and Internationalization, as well
>as with IETF HTTPBIS WG to ensure acceptability.
>* The IRI specification(s) should be follow best practices
>for domain names. The group should coordinate with the IETF
>IDNABIS working group and Unicode Consortium to assure acceptability.
>* Explicit review by experts on (and native speakers) of RTL
>languages, of the recommendations for BIDI languages,
>is required.
>
>The Working Group will examine at least one and possibly more
>URI/IRI schemes to check that the new specification(s) are
>appropriate for existing schemes. The exact schemes to be
>reviewed will be decided by the WG.
>
>Changes to RFC 3986 ("Uniform Resource Identifier (URI):
>Generic Syntax") are explicitly out of scope of this charter,
>and may only be considered with a charter update.
>
>Goals and Milestones:
>
>Feb 2010  Publish initial version of the WG documents
>May 2010  Working group Last Call of all documents
>Jun 2010  Publish IRI documents as RFCs (BCP, standards track, as
>           appropriate)