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

["Edmon Chung" <edmon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Dennis,

 

Our next scheduled call will be on the coming Tuesday (Jan 10, 1300UTC).

We should add this to the agenda, please join us if your time permits.

 

Edmon

 

 

 

From: owner-jig@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-jig@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dennis 
Jennings
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 12:13 AM
To: JIG
Subject: [jig] ICANN News Alert -- IDN Variant Issues Project: Draft Integrated 
Issues Report

 

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

 

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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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