[db-wg] Proposal to allow UTF8

> On 17 Apr 2015, at 14:54, Job Snijders <job at ntt.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 12:46:25PM +0000, Shane Kerr wrote:
>> On Fri, 17 Apr 2015 12:18:04 +0200
>> Piotr Strzyzewski <Piotr.Strzyzewski at polsl.pl> wrote:
>> 
>>> Proposal:
>>> I propose to allow UTF8 in all free text attributes of all DB objects
>>> except in primary keys.
>> 
>> I think it makes sense.
>> <snip>
>> 
>> Personally I think it could be used for primary keys too, but that can
>> always be added later.
> 
> Allowing UTF8 in datafields helps with the issues that Piotr mentioned,
> there is a big benefit for all if you can accurately input your personal
> name or company address.
> 

Fully agree.

> On the other hand lots of primary keys are used by computer programs
> that don't care about such data. They just need to expand AS-Королевство
> into a set of prefixes. wait, maybe it is easier to just leave that as
> AS-KINGDOM. :-)
> 
> I think it is best to leave primary keys untouched as they are today.
> 

Also agreed, not breaking installed base is important. Hopefully whatever comes after whois/rpsl will do this right from the beginning…(*)

> The proposal as set forth by Pitor will benefit humans, and it is my
> assessment that it does not harm existing computer programs.

yep!

Joao
(*) for some definition of right, of which there might be many.
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