RE: [Ltru] Re: [psg.com #1061] eliminate (or proscribe) Private UseTags

["Peter Constable" <petercon at microsoft.com>]

> From: ltru-bounces at lists.ietf.org [mailto:ltru-bounces at lists.ietf.org]
On Behalf Of
> Randy Presuhn


> Another message from Jefsey clearly intended for the WG mailing list.


> > >If you really believe issue #1061 needs to be re-opened,
> > >please identify the specific text in the draft you object to and
> > >the text you would propose in its place.
> >
> > "The use of "x-" has no particular meaning regarding the nature of
the
> > private subtags."

-1. The interpretation of this is unclear, and even if it were clarified
it doesn't appear to add anything significant.


> > or
> > "The use of "x-" is to introduce the private extension of the
format. It
> > may in particular be used for multilingual or punycoded subtags."
> >
> > The Alpha8 is discreminatory against internationalised subtags, as
punycode
> > can imply punycoded string of different length for internationalised
> > strings of similar length.

The use of Alpha and AlphaNum, which JFC considers a discriminatory
limitation, is nothing of the sort, and cannot be changed unless
backward compatibility is to be abandoned. Since there was consensus
from the outset that backward compatibility must be maintained, and
since it was clear from the last call back in December that backward
compatibility with protocols that consume RFC 3066 is essential, then I
think this is not open to reconsideration, and therefore this proposed
text cannot be accepted.

Thus, I think this issue can remain closed.




Peter Constable

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