RE: [gnso-rap-dt] Internationalized Data Registration Webinar - 16 September at 15:00UTC

["Greg Aaron" <gaaron@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you, Glen.
 
I believe this is an invitation for anyone who is interested.  Its relevance
(if any) to RAPWG work is undetermined.  
 
One of the issues with internationalization is whether in the future, WHOIS
data for gTLDs should be displayed only in ASCII characters (as it is now),
or whether it may be displayed exclusively in local characters (for example,
Hindi or Chinese characters).  In other words, it's a language or legibility
issue for responders who look up WHOIS data.
 
All best,
--Greg
 
 

  _____  

From: Glen de Saint Géry [mailto:Glen@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 6:37 PM
To: gnso-rap-dt@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gnso-rap-dt] Internationalized Data Registration Webinar - 16
September at 15:00UTC



Dear All,

FYI

 

Please note that on Wednesday, 16 September 2009 at 15:00 UTC you are
invited to join a 
SSAC Webinar briefing on SAC 037, Display and usage of Internationalized
Registration Data: Support for characters from local languages or scripts.
  <http://gnso.icann.org/announcement/announcement-09sep09-en.htm>
http://gnso.icann.org/announcement/announcement-09sep09-en.htm

Dave Piscitello, ICANN Senior Security Technologist, discusses the issues
surrounding internationalized registration data in an upcoming webinar.

 

Please RSVP  <mailto:gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx NLT Tuesday 15 September 2009 if you would
like to join so that there will be enough lines available.


Call details will follow.

 

SSAC Briefing: Display and Usage of Internationalized Registration Data
Webinar provides essential background for understanding global Whois issues

Many Internet applications today support characters from local languages,
alphabets or scripts. This type of ?internationalization? affects how
information displays to Internet users, and how users submit information to
applications.
 
A recently published report on internationalized registration data (SAC037
<http://www.icann.org/en/committees/security/ssac-documents.htm> ) by the
Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) explains that standard
formats are defined for internationalized domain names (IDNs), but no
standards exist for how contact information and other registration data can
be submitted and displayed using character sets other than ASCII. Can
Internet users continue to use Whois services effectively if data such as
contact information, host names, sponsoring registrar and domain name status
are submitted and displayed only in local languages, or in a random mix of
languages ? 
 
Dave Piscitello, ICANN Senior Security Technologist, discusses the issues
surrounding internationalized registration data in an upcoming webinar. In
this session, Dave will brief you on:

·     How the use of characters from local scripts affects the Internet user
experience with respect to domain name registration data submission, usage,
and display. 

·     Examples of what users may encounter today when accessing registration
data via Whois or via the web

·     Issues related to supporting characters from local scripts in
applications that registrars, registries, and other parties provide for the
submission and display of domain names and registration data

·     How some ccTLDs collect and display internationalized registration
data today

·     Standards that postal services use, so that they can deliver mail
between countries when languages and scripts vary from sender to recipient


Join us for this essential background information, to be delivered via Adobe
Connect on Wednesday, 16 September, 15:00 UTC (local time conversion chart
<http://101science.com/UTCzulu.html> ). Mark your calendar now, then on 16
September, simply participate as our guest by pointing your browser to
http://icann.na3.acrobat.com/ssacwebinar/ . 
You?ll come away with knowledge that enables you to make more informed
decisions about international registration data and Whois. We hope you?ll
join us!

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you.

Kind regards,

 

Glen de Saint Géry

GNSO Secretariat

gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

http://gnso.icann.org