Hi Shelly, Ish,
At 10:01 18-09-2015, Shelly Hermia Bhujun wrote:
>Yes, based on the URL Ish sent me. I could observe that apostrophe
>in a .com works.
>Could you please explain why .mu does not support apostrophes?
Many years ago, apostrophes were not allowed in domain names. .mu
likely does not support the apostrophe because it did not find any
reason to do so.
>What do you mean by software problems?
A domain name with that type of character might not work in your web
browser or other software on your computer. Nowadays, software can
also be run over the internet instead of the software being on your
computer. It is not useful to have a domain name if it is not
compatible with all that software.
At 10:33 18-09-2015, Ish Sookun wrote:
>Apostrophe in the URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) works. The URI
>is the part following the domain. Let's break this URL for you:
>http://hacklog.mu/about
>
>'http' is the protocol
>'hacklog.mu is the domain
>'about' is the URI
Some of the terms I use locally are not entirely correct, e.g.
URL. The term "URI" is generally used instead of "URL". The "about"
part in the above is not the URI; it is the path.
>I was reading about Internationalized Domain Names [1] to understand
>the software limitations. There are two lengthy RFCs [2][3] as well.
>I haven't gone through yet.
>
>Am I on the correct RFCs, SM?
Those two RFCs are part of the standard for domain names. Some parts
of those two RFCs have been clarified in other RFCs. International
Domain Names for Applications is a complex subject. Although I am
familiar with the subject I don't list it as my subject of expertise
as I don't have in-depth expertise on some of the issues beyond
domain names and applications protocols.
Regards,
S. Moonesamy
Received on Fri Sep 18 2015 - 20:02:40 PST