Comments on Draft Final Report on Policy Aspects Regarding Introduction of Single Character IDN TLDs by Asia Pacific Top Level Domain Association (APTLD)

["Jian Zhang" <jian@xxxxxxxxx>]

Asia Pacific Top Level Domain Association (APTLD) 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. 

 

APTLD supports in principle 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. We are aware that a single character can carry
meaning(s) independently in many non-Latin languages. For instance,
innumerable single Chinese characters are meaningful in themselves. The same
applies to Japanese, Korean, and a few cases of the Arabic languages, where
these languages are widely used in the Asia Pacific community. Hence,
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, APTLD supports the editorial revisions
suggested by the JIG at sections 5 and 6 of the Draft Final Report, subject
to the following three suggested revisions:

 

1.      On page 2, point 6, the term "letters" is not properly defined. It
apparently means ASCII letters.

2.      On page 5, Section 4, regarding the JIG Implementation
Recommendations on Single Character IDN TLDs, it is mentioned that requested
single character IDN TLD strings should be analysed on a case-by-case basis
in the new gTLD process. As we mentioned earlier, the case-by-case analysis
should also apply to the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process. As a result,
respective editorial revision to the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Implementation
Plan should also be added in Section 5 of the Draft Final Report.

3.      On page 7, point V, we do not see the editorial changes as
necessary. The applied-for single or two-character gTLD string in IDN script
should not be approved if it is visually similar to any of the one-character
label in any script, as stated in the Proposed Final Version of the gTLD
Applicant Guidebook. 

 

 

Jian Zhang

GM APTLD