[jig] Likely IDN single-character ccTLDs?

["Dillon, Chris" <c.dillon@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear colleagues,

Is anyone aware of a list of likely IDN single-character ccTLDs?

The only ones of which I am aware
1. either feel incomplete:
Japanese 日 or 和 for Japan
Korean 한 for South Korea (in hangul, the only non-Han script example here)
Chinese 中 for mainland China, 台 or 臺 for Taiwan; 汉 or 漢 and 华 or 華 may also 
indicate China;
Chinese and 英 for the UK, 法 for France (but also means ‘law’), 德 for Germany 
and 俄 for Russia
2. or are historical:
Chinese dynasties: 夏 (also ‘summer’), 商 (also ‘commerce’), 秦, 新 (also ‘new’), 
隋, 唐, 金 (also ‘gold’), 元 (also yuan, the Chinese currency), 明, 清

To be honest, I cannot imagine even any of the above actually being applied 
for. Perhaps there are Arabic or Devanagari candidates.

Regards,

Chris Dillon.
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From: owner-jig@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-jig@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Edmon Chung
Sent: 11 November 2011 06:13
To: jig@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Response on Single Character IDN TLDs [RE: [jig] JIG MP3 8 November 
2011]

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for all the quick and constructive comments on the matter.

Please find attached revised letter incorporating the comments:

1. single-syllable-single-word, yes, the idea is to point out the inequity that 
such TLDs are acceptable for English (e.g. ".word") but not for some languages 
(e.g. Chinese single word TLDs). Hopefully the edits explained it better.

2. included that SSAC members were involved in the development of the report

3. included stronger wording for Board to act

4. explained where the board may have inadvertently tied the implementation for 
IDN ccTLDs and IDN gTLDs together and asked for clarification

5. included description to indicate that we received no objections from ACs

With regards to process, as discussed in Dakar, it is probably best to pass it 
to the respective councils, and upon the mutual resolution by the 2 councils, 
have the council chairs forward the letter to the board.

Please find also attached a draft motion for consideration by the councils.

We will also look to circulate this to the ccNSO and GNSO councils for their 
considerations.

Edmon

From: owner-jig@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-jig@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Glen de 
Saint Géry
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 1:04 AM
To: jig@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jig] JIG MP3 8 November 2011


Dear All,

The next  joint ccNSO-GNSO IDN working group (JIG) call is scheduled on Tuesday 
22 November 2011 at 1300 UTC.

Please find the MP3 recording and transcript of the Joint ccNSO-GNSO IDN 
Working Group (JIG) call held on Tuesday, 8 November 2011 at 13:00 UTC at:
http://audio.icann.org/gnso/gnso-jig-20111108-en.mp3

On page:

http://gnso.icann.org/calendar/#nov

Attendees:
Jian Zhang, APTLD
Rafik Dammak, NCSG
Sarmad Hussain
Christopher Dillon
Young Eum Lee

ICANN Staff:
Bart Boswinkel
Glen de Saint Géry

Apologies:
Edmon Chung, .asia (Chair)
Fahd Batayneh, .jo
Avri Doria, NCSG

Kind regards,

Glen

Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
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