[RndTbl] CIRA IDN - got it right

[Sean Walberg]

Whenever you make a policy on something you're trying to treat everyone the
same. Invariably there will be exceptions such as this.

A good policy:

- Has few exceptions relative to the number of uses and relative to the
severity of a "cache-miss" (think "I didn't get my domain name" vs "we
didn't mandate enough testing on pacemakers")
- Has a way for people to get exceptions in a fair manner. (Fair meaning
"same rules apply to everyone", not "I didn't get what I want")
- (optional) leaves your options open for future interpretation and
expansion

I'm sure there are more exceptions than the ones you found, but even if
there are a hundred more, it's something that can be handled by a small
group of people. And limiting it to only French and English reduces the
scope of problems, and leaves the option open to bring in other languages
later.

Sean

On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Adam Thompson <athompso at athompso.net>wrote:

> I agree that their proposed reservation system seems workable.  However,
> I’m trying to come up with an example where diacritics alter the meaning of
> a word.  There are relatively few examples of homonyms that differ by
> diacritics, and the majority appear to be conjunctions or adjectives that
> would not typically be found in a domain name.****
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> For example,****
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> Sur = above/on top of****
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> Sûr = sure/certain****
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> («www.sur.ca» does exist, BTW)****
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> The only noun I’ve found so far is matin/mâtin, where there does exist a «
> matin.qc.ca» – and presumably a specialty dog breeder might want «
> mâtin.qc.ca <http://xn--mtin-boa.qc.ca>».****
>
> I know we have several francophones & francophiles reading this list,
> surely someone must be able to come up with a better example?****
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> What I find interesting is that every single homonym I’ve checked has lead
> to a domain-squatting page.  What does **that** tell you about the
> current system?!****
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> -Adam Thompson****
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> athompso at athompso.net****
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> (204) 291-7950 - direct****
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> (204) 489-6515 - fax****
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> *From:* roundtable-bounces at muug.mb.ca [mailto:
> roundtable-bounces at muug.mb.ca] *On Behalf Of *Sean Walberg
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 25, 2012 2:44 PM
> *To:* Continuation of Round Table discussion
> *Subject:* Re: [RndTbl] CIRA IDN - got it right****
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> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 5:34 AM, Trevor Cordes <trevor at tecnopolis.ca>
> wrote:****
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> Speak of the devil, looks like they got it right...****
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> I think bundling is a practical solution. There are some comments on that
> site, and for the most part completely miss the point which is
> disappointing but unsurprising.****
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> There are some interesting comments though, such as "what if foobar and
> fööbár have completely different meanings?", and I'd think some sort of
> resolution process could be invented to handle those infrequent requests.*
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> Sean****
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