Re: [ICANN-EU] IDN or: Are users Unicode-aware?

["Griffini Giorgio" <grunz@tin.it>]

I think that the IDN issue and the 'push' of NSI toward their (network) solution 
 is indeed a clear sign that insisting in not looking for a way to unload the 
DNS system for current 'real world' visibility meaningsis is becoming very 
dangerous each day it passes leaving it unapproached.  
IDN are supposed to give capability to end user to better manage 'domain 
names' (due to differences in each culture about languages and used 
symbols) and have them more easy to 'perceive' that is 'being seen' from 
others who share the same 'culture'.
Although I'm ok with Unicode for such bare technical purpose (enlarging the 
symbol domain) I strongly disagree with such supposed 'high need' of putting 
this 'on line' especially in a so uncooperative manner.
I think that the 'world' is still far from being Unicode aware (or any other 
DBCS system) and any uncoordinated choice done in the DNS system will 
violate the basic principle which made Internet standards gain their spread 
wide acceptance and implementation that is ' Be conservative in  what you 
send and not restrictive in what you accept'.
There will be problem for sure for a DNS non IDN aware to hold DBCS zones 
and so on...
Indeed, If we allow for this such push of supposed 'visibility' extension I'm 
pretty sure someone in future will raise the 'domain name color' concern by 
stating that is needed to differentiate between a 'yellow' <whatever>.com and 
a <red> <whatever>.com because they may have different user feels 
depending on browser background page color. ('domain name smell' will 
came next later when affordable smell rendering device will exists) 

The load of visibility we  are pushing on such identifier called 'domain name' 
is pretty close to the limit to have it handled reasonably by the current 
system and this would urge to find a better _technical_ approach to address 
the real world 'manageability' issues.
Howewer I see more and more people who think about a directory system as 
an affordable approach to these problems so I hope we (I'm one of those) 
may reach enough a critical mass to have a reasonable hope to see it 
somewhat considered as a way to escape out of the projected DNS 
chaos we should expect in future.
A well organized neutral directory system for 'identification' and 'reachability' 
will level the field about registries businesses and this explain why NSI is 
pushing such sort 'extension'. 
I may note that such concern has been so drastically raised (by going 
'online' anyway) from a gTLD registry (who is supposed to be more favorable 
to promote a common language framework across the world to even ease 
their 'business' of 'global TLD') instead of a ccTLD (or a group) who maybe 
more concerned with localities like languages and their symbols.  
This fact is giving me a little hope that so uncooperative NSI behaviour may 
even bounce back against their supposed intents and I hope this may be just 
one the last shouts of such a resizing giant.

Best regards
Giorgio Griffini