Re: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] This should help needy applicants

["Michele Neylon :: Blacknight" <michele@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

And here's why it probably won't help:

http://www.circleid.com/posts/an_itu_cut_and_paste_job_for_new_tlds_could_cost_150k/


On 11 Jul 2011, at 23:29, Carlton Samuels wrote:

> Thanks for posting this Elaine.
> 
> Carlton
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> On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Elaine Pruis <elaine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
>> Date: July 7, 2011 2:03:35 PM PDT
>> Subject: Wiki to shake up the new gTLD market
>> Source: DomainIncite - Domain Name News & Opinion
>> Author: Kevin Murphy
>> 
>> Tens of thousands of dollars worth of registry secret sauce is set to be 
>> released under a Creative Commons license on a new wiki, courtesy of the 
>> International Telecommunications Union.
>> 
>> Applying for a new generic top-level domain could be about to get a whole 
>> lot cheaper.
>> 
>> Before October, the ITU plans to publish template answers to all 22 of the 
>> questions about registry technical operations demanded by ICANN’s Applicant 
>> Guidebook.
>> 
>> Because it will be published under a Creative Commons license, new gTLD 
>> applicants will be free to copy and paste the whole lot into their 
>> applications for free.
>> 
>> And because it will be on a wiki, approved contributors will be able to 
>> fine-tune the templates to increase their chances of passing ICANN’s 
>> technical evaluation.
>> 
>> Currently, gTLD applicants are generally paying registry back-end providers 
>> to take care of this part of their applications, paying $10,000 and up for 
>> the privilege.
>> 
>> I think the word that applies here is “disruptive”.
>> 
>> Consultant and former ICANN board member Michael Palage, who has worked on a 
>> number of previous TLD launches, is coordinating the creation of the 
>> templates with input from registries and engineers.
>> 
>> The resulting “best in class” material will also be used by the ITU and the 
>> League of Arab States in their bid for .arab and its Arabic equivalent, .عرب.
>> 
>> According to the Guidebook, applicants do not need hands-on experience 
>> running a registry in order to have their application approved. ICANN is 
>> trying to enable competition, after all.
>> 
>> But there is a period of pre-delegation testing that each successful 
>> applicant must endure before their new gTLD is added to the root, so a 
>> simple copy-paste of the ITU’s templates will not suffice.
>> 
>> I doubt this project will take a great deal of money out of the pockets of 
>> the incumbent registries – well-funded applicants will presumably be happy 
>> to pay the extra money for certainty – but it will provide a bit of 
>> flexibility for applicants not already in bed with a back-end.
>> 
>> It could also help open up the new gTLD market to companies that may not 
>> have otherwise considered it, such as those in the developing world.
>> 
>> Indeed, part of the rationale for the Creative Commons publication is to aid 
>> with “capacity building” in these nations, according to an ITU presentation 
>> delivered in Cairo this week.
>> 
>> We’ve already seen pricing competition hit the registry services market in 
>> the wake of the approval of the new gTLD program, now it appears we’re 
>> seeing the dawn of “free”.
>> 
> 
> Elaine
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