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Originally Posted by rickkumar  From DNJournal: Q: Are they saying that punnycode domains will be obsolete/useless and real language domains will replace them? |
If that was to happen those already having registered the unicode (and punycode) would be grandfathered in.
The existing system allows "unicode" or native languages and scripts to convert to "punycode" which is Latin/English letters A-Z, numbers 1-9, 0 and - (hypen) which fits neatly within the existing internet system. The entire IDN system is functioning TODAY, but it will only take off and spread as Microsoft releases their IE7 in native languages to allow full IDN capability to non-English speaking internet users.
Verisign has a proposal up for DNAME which is their solution for mapping IDN system within the existing internet. Proposal is on link below at ICANN.
http://www.icann.org/announcements/p...ld-12dec05.pdf