From: Doug Ewell (dewell@adelphia.net)
Date: Mon Feb 21 2005 - 15:40:40 CST
Hans Aberg <haberg at math dot su dot se> wrote:
> The suggestion I made, was to use a function to detect confusables by
> declaring them equivalent, but retaining the full Unicode character
> set for representing the IDN's. If this is used at the registration
> level only, the only thing that happens when somebody enters a
> confusable, is that it is rejected. There is a problem only when an
> authority admits parallel, confusable names to be registered.
Granted. The problem, as I have said so often, is determining what the
set of "confusables" is. Don't just say a/а and o/ο, either; that's
only the tip of the iceberg.
-Doug Ewell
Fullerton, California
http://users.adelphia.net/~dewell/
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