The Internet will be fragmented if internationalization of domain names

Vint Cerf, the "father" of the Internet, thinks that the ability of people and devices to connect via a simple protocol is the power of the Internet. However, the decision to switch to a multi-lingual network world is worrying many experts.

ICANN International Domain Name Organization is handling the technical steps to enable users worldwide to access the network in their own languages ​​and scripts such as Arabic, Kirin, Chinese .

Currently, people can only type website addresses in Latin alphabet. Some countries and organizations argue that the process of forming a multilingual network is happening so slowly that the Internet is not really rich.

According to Viviane Reding, EC Commissioner of Information Society, narrowing the digital divide is not a problem of monitors and cables, but also the convergence of cultures into one body. Unity of the Internet. Therefore, it is impossible to rely on technical issues to abolish the task of internationalizing domain names, especially if users really want to use Chinese or Arabic.

In contrast, ICANN President Vint Cerf said the domain name must exist only, so that when typing bbc.co.uk, users will be taken to the BBC's site. If other languages ​​are implemented, technicians will be struggling to make sure people reach the page they need to find without knowing what language they are using.

" Domain names are not different expressions in the language they are identifiers. So they must be unique and no other variant. Only a small error is enough to turn the Internet into separate oases. Cerf does not interact with each other, "Cerf recommends.