Arabic Domain Names: Analysis & Solution

Top-Level Arabic Domain Names

Internet domain names (i.e., web site addresses) are still written using English characters regardless of the worldwide spread of the Internet. Currently, domain names do not support other languages for one to locate resources on the Internet. Users in non-English speaking countries, such as the Arabs, are disadvantaged. Multilingual domain names have been the goal and activities of many not-fo...

The Persian Nights Vs. The Arabian Nights

This paper explores the possible origins of some names in 1001 Nights. The names of the major characters of the Night stories, and their borrowed reflexes in Arabic, have been traced back to their ancient Persian roots. Examples from classical works are brought to argue that Shahrāzād, Shahriyār, and Dīnāzād are not only the correct forms but more suitable to the deep structure of the frame-sto...

Arabic Script Internationalized Domain Names

Linguistic Guidelines for the Use of the Arabic Language in Internet Domains

This document constitutes technical specifications for the use of Arabic in Internet domain names and provides linguistic guidelines for Arabic domain names. It addresses Arabic-specific linguistic issues pertaining to the use of Arabic language in domain names. Status of This Memo This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes. This i...

Cross Linguistic Name Matching in English and Arabic

This paper presents a solution to the problem of matching personal names in English to the same names represented in Arabic script. Standard string comparison measures perform poorly on this task due to varying transliteration conventions in both languages and the fact that Arabic script does not usually represent short vowels. Significant improvement is achieved by augmenting the classic Leven...