Subject: [precis] Eric Rescorla's No Objection on draft-ietf-precis-7564bis-08: (with COMMENT)

From: Eric Rescorla <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2017 13:17:29 -0700

Eric Rescorla has entered the following ballot position for
draft-ietf-precis-7564bis-08: No Objection

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COMMENT:
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A table comparing Identifier and Freeform code point rules would not go unappreciated

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From: Peter Saint-Andre <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2017 17:06:57 -0600

> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-precis-7564bis/

Were you thinking of something like the following?

      +===========================+=================+===============+
      |        CATEGORY           | IDENTIFIERCLASS | FREEFORMCLASS |
      +===========================+=================+===============+
      | LetterDigits              | Valid           | Valid         |
      +---------------------------+-----------------+---------------+
      | Unstable                  |          [N/A (unused)]         |
      +---------------------------+-----------------+---------------+
      | IgnorableProperties       |          [N/A (unused)]         |
      +---------------------------+-----------------+---------------+
      | IgnorableBlocks           |          [N/A (unused)]         |
      +---------------------------+-----------------+---------------+
      | LDH                       |          [N/A (unused)]         |
      +---------------------------+-----------------+---------------+
      | Exceptions                | Contextual      | Contextual    |
      |                           | Rule Required   | Rule Required |
      +---------------------------+-----------------+---------------+
      | BackwardCompatible        |      [Handled by IDNA Rules]    |
      +---------------------------+-----------------+---------------+
      | JoinControl               | Contextual      | Contextual    |
      |                           | Rule Required   | Required      |
      +---------------------------+-----------------+---------------+
      | OldHangulJamo             | Disallowed      | Disallowed    |
      +---------------------------+-----------------+---------------+
      | Unassigned                | Unassigned      | Unassigned    |
      +---------------------------+-----------------+---------------+
      | ASCII7                    | Valid           | Valid         |
      +---------------------------+-----------------+---------------+
      | Controls                  | Disallowed      | Disallowed    |
      +---------------------------+-----------------+---------------+
      | PrecisIgnorableProperties | Disallowed      | Disallowed    |
      +---------------------------+-----------------+---------------+
      | Spaces                    | Disallowed      | Valid         |
      +---------------------------+-----------------+---------------+
      | Symbols                   | Disallowed      | Valid         |
      +---------------------------+-----------------+---------------+
      | Punctuation               | Disallowed      | Valid         |
      +---------------------------+-----------------+---------------+
      | HasCompat                 | Disallowed      | Valid         |
      +---------------------------+-----------------+---------------+
      | OtherLetterDigits         | Disallowed      | Valid         |
      +---------------------------+-----------------+---------------+

              Table 1: Comparative Disposition of Code Points

/psa

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From: Eric Rescorla <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2017 16:09:28 -0700

Yes, something like that....

-Ekr