Draft Expressions of Interest/Pre-Registrations Model

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Dear Sir or Madam:

New gTLD Program - ICANN Proposes Draft Expression of Interest /
Pre-Registrations Model

In response to your draft model for soliciting Expressions of Interest for
new generic top level domains (new gTLD),

I hereby send you my comments and open questions.

Table of Contents

1.      Thank you for launching this program
2.      gTLD, sTLD, uTLD and dTLD
3.      Ideas for Phase Processing of TLD Registrations
4.      Reserved Words
5.      Funding of gTLD and sTLD
6.      Questions regarding the EOI
7.      References

 

1. Thank you for launching this program 

My name is Matthias Jungbauer and I initiated Top Level Domain Consulting in
2005.
I might have missed something, but I have been waiting for your announcement
dated 18 DEC 2009 for four years.

So I am happy that you have launched this program.

Thank You that is the right step to add value to the Domain Name System and
World Wide Web.

2. gTLD, sTLD, uTLD and dTLD

Is this program only for sTLD or also for uTLD?

Definitions are provided in Topic 7 References.

The thing is that I would like to introduce a sub-type to sTLD, named dTLD.

dTLD stands for Database driven Top Level Domain.

That means that the TLD equals the name of a database like ISBN or ISIN.

And the record key in this database equals the domain.

As the databases belong to parties, the parties might provide funding for
the corresponding TLDs.

3. Ideas for Phase Processing of TLD Registrations.

I do suggest an Expression of Interest model where the first stage is free.

I might have missed something, but the purpose of the first round would be
to get an idea of which party is interested in which TLD.

E.g. there might be parties from the United States, South Africa and New
Zealand which are all interested in the TLD book or ebook.

This gives the parties the opportunities to debate and discuss their
concepts and collect funds together.

My apologies to everyone, if I missed this opportunity.

4. Reserved Words

Will it be possible to reserve words for future use or to prevent a party to
request a TLD which I don't like.
Some new TLD might cause damage rather than benefit.
Is there an international court system in place in case a "legal war" breaks
out between two or more eligable parties?

5. Funding of sTLD and uTLD

How about, that every party which wants to register a sTLD must also fund a
uTLD.

Just a thought.

6. Questions regarding the EOI

What determines if a party is eligible or not?

How do you spend the USD 185,000 ? Are there budget plans available ?

Are gTLD open for Strings in characters outside the Latin Alphabet?

7. References

http://www.icann.org/en/general/glossary.htm#G

gTLD - Generic Top Level Domain

Most TLDs with three or more characters are referred to as "generic" TLDs,
or "gTLDs". They can be subdivided into two types, "sponsored" TLDs (sTLDs)
and "unsponsored TLDs (uTLDs), as described in more detail below.

In the 1980s, seven gTLDs (.com, .edu, .gov, .int, .mil, .net, and .org)
were created. Domain names may be registered in three of these (.com, .net,
and .org) without restriction; the other four have limited purposes.

Over the next twelve years, various discussions occurred concerning
additional gTLDs, leading to the selection in November 2000 of seven new
TLDs for introduction. These were introduced in 2001 and 2002. Four of the
new TLDs (.biz, .info, .name, and .pro) are unsponsored. The other three new
TLDs (.aero, .coop, and .museum) are sponsored.

Generally speaking, an unsponsored TLD operates under policies established
by the global Internet community directly through the ICANN process, while a
sponsored TLD is a specialized TLD that has a sponsor representing the
narrower community that is most affected by the TLD. The sponsor thus
carries out delegated policy-formulation responsibilities over many matters
concerning the TLD.

A Sponsor is an organization to which is delegated some defined ongoing
policy-formulation authority regarding the manner in which a particular
sponsored TLD is operated. The sponsored TLD has a Charter, which defines
the purpose for which the sponsored TLD has been created and will be
operated. The Sponsor is responsible for developing policies on the
delegated topics so that the TLD is operated for the benefit of a defined
group of stakeholders, known as the Sponsored TLD Community, that are most
directly interested in the operation of the TLD. The Sponsor also is
responsible for selecting the registry operator and to varying degrees for
establishing the roles played by registrars and their relationship with the
registry operator. The Sponsor must exercise its delegated authority
according to fairness standards and in a manner that is representative of
the Sponsored TLD Community.

 

With kind regards

 

 

Top Level Domain Consulting

Matthias Jungbauer

Otto-Hahn-Str.16

75031 Eppingen

Germany

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