Dear Hameed,
That is precisely a problem which we need
to find a solution for. One “easy” solution is to have a
script centric language(?)-table. However, if that is allowed, it enables
users to type different similar-looking characters (0649 vs. 06cc) which can
cause security problems.
However, if language-table is truly LANGUAGE
table, then multiple languages will share the character set. Latter could
be the preferred solution. In this case if multiple languages use the
same URL, then it would be first-come-first-served (which is what the model is
currently, in any case). Thus, if you register www.kabulbank.com then I cannot get it
afterwards.
I am cc:ing others who can also comment/advise
on this, e.g. Ram has experience from Indian langauges which share
similar script/langauge challenges.
Regards,
Sarmad
From: Hameed Sherani
[mailto:hameed.sherani@...]
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007
11:33 AM
To: 'Sarmad Hussain'; 'Seemin
Suleri'
Cc: 'Maria Ng Lee Hoon'
Subject: IDNs
Dear
Dr Sarmad:
What
about a domain name that appears to be with the same characters in Urdu Persian
Arabic and Pashto i.e www.kabulbank.com
. Do we have any reservations in this.
Thank
you.
Hameed Sherani|Project
Manager|ACSA|CPL (Country Project Leader) PAN
Localization-Afghanistan Component|13th Floor
Ministry of IT and Communication Kabul Afghanistan|hameed.sherani@...
haidersherani@...|