[OpenID] Benefits of XRI i-names/i-numbers as OpenIDs (was: is openid 2.0 a lightweight identity system?)

['Stephane Bortzmeyer']

On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 08:46:54AM -0800,
 Drummond Reed <drummond.reed at cordance.net> wrote 
 a message of 34 lines which said:

> Good point, you're correct that there are a few TLDs that have
> relaxed Whois requirements.

Few? ".fr", ".uk", ".eu", not even mentioning all the TLD who have no
whois at all.
 
> Yes, but will it be implemented consistently by all RPs and other
> OpenID-identifier consuming applications that need to process
> internationalized domain names as OpenID identifiers?

Of course, see Martin Atkins' for a good explanation.