Contrasting IDN and IRI approach
- IDN
- backwards compatible, greatest common denominator
- ASCII is "the real thing", (Unicode) characters are
application/user-interface issue
- Danger of leaking
- Advantages of text-based protocols/formats only available for
ASCII
- IETF largely cought in this approach
- IRI
- (Unicode) characters are "the real thing", ASCII conversion for
compatibility
- Takes advantage of (Unicode) character substrates (e.g. XML)
- Danger of blocking, passable by escaping
- Advantages of text-based protocols/formats available everywhere
- Approach used by W3C
