Re: Internationalization and the IETF

[Anthony Atkielski]

> Yes. 555-1212 (and it's regional equivalents).

No.  That number only works in certain places, for certain numbers, not
everywhere for everything.

> It's still name-to-address mapping.

But it is not universal and worldwide.

DNS may represent the same oversight that IP addressing schemes have
included thus far.  Perhaps there are lessons to be learned from the
experience of the telephone network.