[db-wg] NWI-11 Internationalised Domain Names

On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 6:05 PM ripedenis--- via db-wg <db-wg at ripe.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Nick
>
> "would it be possible to work towards a day in the future when
> the ripedb could formally support utf8 across multiple different field
> types, not just email addresses?"
>
> The technical aspect of utilising utf-8 in the RIPE Database has been looked at several times by the RIPE NCC, but it never moves forward because of the social/political/registry/legal issues which cannot be resolved at the technical level:

I think we need to consider the whole registry and not just the RIPE
Database. The creation of objects to describe organizations is still
relatively new. That information was placed in the RIPE Database, but
it could have been placed elsewhere, with an outward link from the
RIPE Database.

> -Should we allow all/some/none of the data content to be in non Latin characters?

Cynthia's message from earlier today [1] gives at least one case where
it would be useful to present names in a format that aids searching in
external data sources.

I support adding good support for internationalization in the RIPE
registry. I'd like it to be done in a way that minimizes the chance of
surprising organizations who miss a few announcements and find their
tools breaking because of character set issues.

Kind regards,

Leo Vegoda

[1] https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/db-wg/2020-July/006567.html