- From: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 13:57:22 -0500
- To: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
- Cc: John C Klensin <klensin@mci.net>, uri@bunyip.com
Larry Masinter wrote: > I think to actually solve the problem of Internationalization > of URLs we need two recommendations: > > a) If you're writing software that displays URLs to users, ... > b) If you're writing software that lets users type in URLs, ... > c) If you're writing software that generates URLs to be ... I like that characterization, and I believe it's a constructive way to proceed. > These three recommendations affect software from a large number > of different producers. To make progress in the community, > those software implementors will need to agree that this is > the best solution to interoperability of URLs internationally. > > I think given its likely controversial nature, we should clearly > make these recommendations in a separate RFC, and perhaps with > a new working group. Fair enough. > I'm willing to put this all down in a separate internet draft, > if it will help focus the process on actually making progress. I would very much like to see that. I promise to review it (turn around time: a week) if you do. And I would like you to consider releasing it as a W3C NOTE or working draft as well. -- Dan Connolly, W3C Architecture Domain Lead <connolly@w3.org> +1 512 310-2971 http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/ PGP:EDF8 A8E4 F3BB 0F3C FD1B 7BE0 716C FF21
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