Comments on Draft Final Report on Policy Aspects Regarding Introduction of Single Character IDN TLDs by Hong Kong Internet Registration Corporation Limited (HKIRC)

["Henry Chan" <henry.chan@xxxxxxxx>]

Hong Kong Internet Registration Corporation Limited (HKIRC), the registry of
the .hk ccTLD, submits the following comments on Draft Final Report on
Policy Aspects Regarding Introduction of Single Character IDN TLDs as found
on the ICANN public comment page:
http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#jig-draft-final-report. 

 

HKIRC supports the positions of the Draft Final Report by the joint ccNSO
and GNSO IDN working group (JIG) on the matter of single-character IDN TLD.
As innumerable single Chinese characters are meaningful in themselves,
single-character IDN TLDs should be acceptable, but must not be confusingly
similar to single or two character ASCII TLDs. The requested
single-character IDN TLD strings should be analysed on a case-by-case basis
in both the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process and new gTLD process depending on
the script and language. As a result, HKIRC supports the editorial revisions
suggested by the JIG at sections 5 and 6 of the Draft Final Report.

 

Regards,

 

Henry CHAN

International Liaison

Hong Kong Internet Registration Corporation Ltd (HKIRC)
Ph: +852 2319 3830
Fax: +852 2319 2626