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

On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 07:55:16AM -0700, Leo Vegoda via db-wg wrote:

Hi,

> On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 10:52 AM ripedenis--- via db-wg <db-wg at ripe.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Please do Leo :)
> 
> Here's my draft for people to kick around and improve.

Thanks for this one. Two comments from my side, as a
for-internationalisation grumbler.

> 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.

> Adding support for e-mail addresses that use IDNs in the RIPE Database
> leads to the question of where else the RIPE NCC would need to add
> internationalization support in order to provide a properly integrated
> set of services. For instance, if support is added for registering
> e-mail addresses, there is likely to be a demand for the names used in
> "person:" and "role:" objects to be displayed as recorded on official
> identity documents.

The demand is there for at least 10 years now. I realised that I have
moaned about that for the first time at RIPE 61 in 2010. ;-)
But please, use baby steps with that.

Cheers,
Piotr

-- 
Piotr Strzyżewski