RE: [bc-gnso] TLD Universal Acceptance

["Ron Andruff" <randruff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Universal acceptance is not just the ability to resolve DNS queries TO
individual TLDs with more than three letter TLDs, but it also implies
ability to send an email with a TLD address with more than three letters.
Universal Acceptance of TLDs on the ICANN website
(http://www.icann.org/en/news/in-focus/tld-acceptance) states ?Most software
should not need to test whether a domain name is valid. The act of
connecting to a domain name (in the case of a URL, for example), or sending
an email (in the case of an email address) will automatically provide
mechanisms of informing if the domain name is valid or not. ? The issue is
email address with a .NAME TLD is being rejected by many entities.  That is
a universal acceptance issue, in my view.

 

Hope this helps,

 

RA

 

Ronald N. Andruff

President

 

RNA Partners, Inc.

220 Fifth Avenue

New York, New York 10001

+ 1 212 481 2820 ext. 11

 

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From: Baskin, James F (Jim) [mailto:james.f.baskin@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 1:31 PM
To: Ron Andruff; 'Chris Chaplow'; bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [bc-gnso] TLD Universal Acceptance

 

Ron,

 

I appears to me that your example of .NAME SLDs not being universally
accepted as IDs for e-commerce sites is not directly related to the
?Universal Acceptance? topic.  

 

Universal acceptance is the ability to resolve DNS queries TO individual
TLDs, e.g., the early (or even ongoing) problems in reaching .TRAVEL because
it is more than three characters or not in some software lists of valid
TLDs.  Being able to resolve the IP address of a .NAME URI is not related to
the unwillingness of Apple or BBC to accept a .NAME registration as valid
user identification credentials.

 

Jim

 

From: owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Ron Andruff
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 11:34 AM
To: 'Chris Chaplow'; bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [bc-gnso] TLD Universal Acceptance

 

Chris,

 

Regarding the session on Universal Acceptance, my business partner has had
some unhappy experiences with .NAME ? after all these years!

 

.NAME is not accepted by Apple for an ID (for iTunes, or any Apple device),
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Sears, New York Department of
Education, among many others.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Kind regards,

 

RA

 

 

Ronald N. Andruff

President

 

RNA Partners, Inc.

220 Fifth Avenue

New York, New York 10001

+ 1 212 481 2820 ext. 11

 

  _____  

From: owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Chris Chaplow
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 5:45 PM
To: bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bc-gnso] TLD Universal Acceptance

 

BC members,

 

As mentioned  in the meeting just now  there is a panel tomorrow (and a
public forum closing on the 23rd March). 

 

The panel is at 12.30 on Wednesday in ?La Paz A?  entitled: TLD Universal
Acceptance   


 Universal Acceptance of All Domains has been an on-going effort driven by
ICANN. In the past this project's focus was on raising awareness that
software vendors and other parties needed to make sure they accepted domains
from new gTLDs that were introduced in previous rounds in 2000 and 2004.
This scope has since expanded to include IDN ccTLDs, and since the ICANN
Board of Directors approved the new gTLD program last year, many more new
TLDs are expected to be added to the root zone in the near future. The main
goal of this project is to raise awareness in the community and discuss the
best ways of addressing these issues. In order to help the project achieve
these goals, we are seeking to engage with the community on the best ways to
identify and address the issues involved. We are inviting experts, like
yourself, to take part in this active discussion so you can share your
opinion on what you think could and should be done in order to promote
further universal acceptance of all domains. 
 
We would like to allow invitees to share their experiences and opinions, as
well as answer the following questions: 
 
1. What are the existing issues with acceptance of domains registered within
TLDs?
 
2. Who should be addressing the existing issues, for example, registry
operators, registrars, ISPs, software vendors, software developers, others?

 
3. How can ICANN promote universal acceptance of all domains effectively?

 

 

The public comment forum that   Initial Report on Universal Acceptance of
IDN TLDs

 
<http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/universal-acceptance-idn-tlds-0
6jan12-en.htm>
http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/universal-acceptance-idn-tlds-06
jan12-en.htm

and the initial report found here

 
<http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/jig-idn-tld-acceptance-initial-report-
06jan12-en.pdf>
http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/jig-idn-tld-acceptance-initial-report-0
6jan12-en.pdf

 

 

Any help or thoughts on TLD Universal Acceptance   for tomorrow  gratefully
received.

 

Best 

 

 

 

 

Chris Chaplow
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