[db-wg] Fw: Not yet NWIs: Support for IDNs

Hi Job,

On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 10:56 PM Job Snijders <job at ntt.net> wrote:
>
> Dear Leo, group,
>
> On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 01:21:02PM -0700, Leo Vegoda via db-wg wrote:
> > On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 1:09 PM Piotr Strzyzewski
> > <Piotr.Strzyzewski at polsl.pl> wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > > The RIPE NCC service region includes countries whose language is not
> > > > written using Latin script. Languages using other scripts include (in
> > > > English alphabetical order) Arabic, Georgian, Greek, Hebrew, and
> > > > Russian. Many of the languages used in the RIPE NCC service region are
> > >
> > > The list is lacking a lot of languages that are written in Cyrillic and
> > > its variations (like Bulgarian or Serbian Cyrillic). This should be
> > > noted.
> >
> > Absolutely. I wasn't trying to be comprehensive. I do not think a
> > complete list is required to make either the practical or moral case.
>
> I'd like to add that ascii vs unicode vs utf-8 seems to be a complicated
> story.
>
> Big question: What do we expect to happen here? now?

My personal view is that I'd like the WG Chairs to evaluate whether
there is community support for this change in principal. If they
believe that there is support, I'd like the RIPE NCC to let the WG
know what would be needed to update the RIPE Database and any other
RIPE NCC systems that need changes. I'd also like an evaluation of the
likely changes needed by other systems that interact with the RIPE
Database, like IPAMs.

Kind regards,

Leo Vegoda