IDNmerkkejä
IDNmerkkejä is a term that refers to Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) in Finnish. IDNs allow domain names to be registered using characters from various scripts and languages, not just the traditional ASCII characters. This means that users can register domain names that include characters such as å, ä, ö, é, ü, and many others not found in the standard English alphabet.
The introduction of IDNs has broadened the accessibility of the internet for non-English speakers. Previously, individuals
The technical implementation of IDNs involves a process called Punycoding. This converts the Unicode characters in
The Finnish ccTLD (country code top-level domain) registry, FICIX, manages the .fi domain. They have supported