[jig] ICANN News Alert -- IDN Variant Issues Project: Draft Integrated Issues Report

[Dennis Jennings <Dennis.Jennings@xxxxxxxx>]

Dear JIG Colleagues,

I hope everyone had a good holiday and I wish you all a wonderful new year.

Below is the announcement of the Public Comment Period on the IDN 
Variant Issues Project Draft Integrated Issues Report.
I hope that you will have time to review and comment on the report.

Many thanks
Dennis

From: ICANN News Alert <communications@xxxxxxxxx 
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Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:52:18 -0800
To: Naela Sarras <naela.sarras@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:naela.sarras@xxxxxxxxx>>
Subject: ICANN News Alert -- IDN Variant Issues Project: Draft 
Integrated Issues Report
ICANN <http://www.icann.org/>


   News Alert

http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-23dec11-en.htm

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   IDN Variant Issues Project: Draft Integrated Issues Report

23 December 2011

IDN Variant Issues Project: Draft Integrated Issues Report
Comment Period Deadlines ^(*)   Important Information Links
Public Comment Box 
<http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/idn-vip-integrated-issues-23dec11-en.htm> 

*Open Date:* 	23 December 2011 	To Submit Your Comments (Forum) 
<mailto:idn-vip-integrated-issues@xxxxxxxxx>
*Close Date:* 	30 January 2012 	*Time (UTC):* 	23:59 	View Comments 
Submitted <http://forum.icann.org/lists/idn-vip-integrated-issues/>
*Section I: Description, Explanation, and Purpose*

On 20 April 2011, ICANN announced the IDN Variant Issues Project 
<http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-20apr11-en.htm> to 
explore the benefits and risks associated with the potential inclusion 
of IDN variant TLDs in the DNS root zone. This project was initiated in 
response to a 2010 ICANN Board of Directors resolution 
<http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-25sep10-en.htm#2.5>.
ICANN is publishing today for public comment 
<http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/idn-vip-integrated-issues-23dec11-en.htm> 
the draft Integrated Issues Report 
<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/idn-vip-integrated-issues-23dec11-en.pdf>, 
a study of the issues that this project has identified in relation to 
the management of IDN variant TLDs. It represents the result of the 
completion of the second phase of the project.
The first phase involved the formation of six case study teams for the 
Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Greek and Latin scripts. These 
teams were comprised of community experts with support by ICANN and 
worked on identifying issues related to IDN variant TLDs for each 
particular script, resulting in the publication in October of six 
individual reports 
<http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-4-03oct11-en.htm> 
detailing their findings.
The second phase focused on integrating those six case study reports 
into the Integrated Issues Report. To complete this phase, ICANN formed 
a coordination team 
<http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-4-03oct11-en.htm> 
comprised of experts from each of the case study teams. The coordination 
team advised ICANN in completing the Integrated Issues Report, which 
summarizes and categorizes the various issues related to the 
identification and management of IDN variant TLDs.
ICANN is now seeking community input on the issues discussed in this 
draft report. The report will be updated to reflect community feedback 
and the final Integrated Issues Report will be presented to the ICANN 
Board of Directors during their meeting at the ICANN public meeting in 
Costa Rica in March 2012.
Following publication of the final Integrated Issues Report, ICANN will 
facilitate work toward determining the conditions under which certain 
types of variant TLDs could be implemented.  Future work may also 
involve developing tools, processes, and protocols to support specific 
solutions, in cooperation with the appropriate experts.  For the purpose 
of arriving at a determination on whether variant TLDs can be delegated, 
it is expected that the required work can be completed in calendar year 
2012.
*Section II: Background*

On 25 September 2010 the Board of Directors of the Internet Corporation 
for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) directed the CEO "to develop an 
issues report identifying what needs to be done with the evaluation, 
possible delegation, allocation and operation of gTLDs containing 
variant characters IDNs as part of the new gTLD process in order to 
facilitate the development of workable approaches to the deployment of 
gTLDs containing variant characters IDNs." 
(http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-25sep10-en.htm#2.5)
In response, ICANN conducted six case studies of individual scripts to 
investigate any issues associated with delegating and using IDN variant 
TLDs that need to be resolved to facilitate a good user experience.
The next phase focused on integrating those six case study reports into 
the draft Integrated Issues Report, which is being posted here for 
public comment.
*Section III: Document and Resource Links*

Documents posted for comment

 * The IDN Variant Issues Project: A Study of Issues Related to the
   Management of IDN Variant TLDs
   
<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/idn-vip-integrated-issues-23dec11-en.pdf>

Additional Resources

 * The original Variant Issues Project proposal
   
<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/idn-variant-tlds-delegation-20apr11-en.pdf>
   20 April 2011.

*Section IV: Additional Information*
None
*Staff Contact:* 	Kurt Pritz 	*Email:* 	kurt.pritz@xxxxxxxxx 
<mailto:kurt.pritz@xxxxxxxxx?subject=More%20information%20on%20the%20IDN%20Variant%20Issues%20Project:%20Draft%20Integrated%20Issues%20Report%20public%20comment%20period> 


/(*) Comments submitted after the posted Close Date/Time are not 
guaranteed to be considered in any final summary, analysis, reporting, 
or decision-making that takes place once this period lapses./


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