Re: [idn-discuss] LA 2007

[John C Klensin <john+icann@xxxxxxx>]

--On Sunday, October 07, 2007 12:13 PM +0545 Basanta shrestha 
<basanta.shrestha@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Dear Shahram,
> Thanks for the info.I had sent an email to idirect.com and
> they told me the same. But for the time being I just want to
> try second level IDN. for example http://www.èæ.jp. Where
> did these guys register from ? I checked the
> domainwhitepages.com but couldn't track the registrar.

Hi.

At the second level, each TLD registry makes its own decisions 
as to whether to support/register IDNs and, if so what types of 
IDNs to permit.   For example, for ccTLDs, restrictions to 
particular scripts, or names in particular languages, are 
common.  As a handy example, since you used a registration in 
.JP, I don't believe one can register a string of Tamil 
characters in that domain.

I believe that gTLDs are still expected to get permission from 
ICANN before opening up registrations and there are some other 
requirements and recommendations with which registries are asked 
(or required) to comply, but, basically, it is a per-TLD 
registry decision.

So you need to figure out which TLD you want to register in, 
determine from the registry (or from a registrar that deals with 
them frequently) whether they are willing to accept IDNs and 
what restrictions, if any, they apply to names they are 
registering, and then do the registration.  If whatever ccTLDs 
you ordinarily work with are not yet accepting IDN 
registrations, several of the gTLDs are now accepting IDN 
registrations in at least some scripts.

    regards and best wishes,
      john