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Originally Posted by 261275
what worries me more is why 2 israeli guys wrote this part and i own domains like download .com in hebrew...
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.IDN in the root
These days, ICANN is testing the operational impact of
IDNs in the root zone (a.k.a IDN.IDN or .IDN). Assuming
no unexpected surprises, these tests proving successful
would indicate that IDNs can be inserted into the root
zone.
Having an IDN TLD will allow domain names that are
“purely” IDN, meaning, the entire name can be made of
the same non-Latin script.
How will this affect each of the script categories defined
above? Well, plainly put,
it will solve (or improve on)
most of the problems we described. IDNs in Latin-based
scripts are seemingly already in pretty good shape even
prior to .IDN. For the Non-Latin LTR scripts, it will
eliminate the need for Hybrid names, and thus help to
better achieve the main objective of IDN.
But for Right-To-Left scripts, it will be a real revolution.
It will enable the creation of unidirectional RTL domain
names, which will eliminate most of the ambiguities
and usability issues described above. Essentially, it will
make RTL IDNs usable10.
Conclusion: . IDN is necessary!