October 2007 - AFRI-Discuss

FW: ccTLD IDN
by Jacqueline A. Morris Oct. 22, 2007

Oct. 22, 2007

Resending. From: Jacqueline A. Morris [mailto:jam@jacquelinemorris.com] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 20:55 To: alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org Cc: afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; lac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; 'NA Discuss'; 'Discussion for At-Large Europe'; 'Asia-Pacific Discuss' Subject: [AFRI-Discuss] FW: ccTLD IDN Importance: High Dear At Large Please take notice of the communication from the ccNSO Chairman below. IDNs are a very important issue, especially to the individual internet user who uses other scripts. The At Large also has a working group on IDNs, chaired by Hong Xue, and you are encouraged to join. At Large IDN Policy work can be found at https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?idn_policy_formation Thanks Jacqueline A. Morris ALAC Chair From: Chris Disspain [mailto:ceo@auda.org.au] Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 21:06 To: 'Jacqueline A. Morris' Cc: Boswinkel, Bart Subject: ccTLD IDN Importance: High Greetings Jacqueline, As you are aware, the ICANN Board resolved in San Juan on 29 June 2007, inter alia, that the ICANN community including the GNSO, ccNSO, GAC, and ALAC continue to work collaboratively, taking the technical limitations and requirements into consideration, to explore both an interim and an overall approach to IDN ccTLDs associated with the ISO 3166-1 two-letter codes and recommend a course of action to the Board in a timely manner. Since San Juan, the ccNSO Council has undertaken a considerable program of work to determine the best way to respond to the Boards request. Overall approach At a meeting on 12 September 2007, in accordance with ICANN bylaws, the ccNSO Council requested an Issue Report be prepared to establish whether the ccNSO should launch a PDP to develop the policy for the selection and delegation of IDN ccTLDs associated with the ISO 3166-1 two letter codes. In preparing the Issue Report the Issue Manager (Bart Boswinkel) should take into account the joint ccNSO GAC Issues Paper, the technical limitations and requirements, and any other matters that the Issues Manager considers to be of relevance. The Issues Report is the first step in the process of launching ccPDP and at large input will be sought throughout the preparation of the Report. Should a ccPDP be launched following the Issues Report, the ccNSO will seek to work closely with the at large community. Interim approach The ccNSO Council agreed that the first step in considering an interim approach should be to determine the extent of the pressing need claimed by some in the community. On 5 October 2007 I sent a letter to all ccTLD managers seeking answers to three questions. I anticipate that the responses to this letter will provide guidance as to whether an interim fast-track approach to enable the introduction of a limited number of IDN ccTLDs is a desirable and necessary step. As there is no pre-defined process to deal with such an interim approach, the ccNSO has released two discussion documents (attached) regarding a possible interim approach to IDN ccTLDs. The Designing an Interim Approach document considers how an interim approach could be managed and canvasses time lines. The Charter IDNC document is a first draft of what the charter for an interim approach committee might look like. The principle of having an interim approach, the results of my letter to ccTLD managers, and these two documents will be discussed by the ccNSO in Los Angeles. As you will appreciate there is some urgency to resolve the issue of an interim approach and this is why the ccNSO is working to a tight schedule. I would hope, in the event that an interim fast-track approach can be developed to enable the deployment of a limited number of IDN ccTLDs into the root, that the timing for this be closely aligned with the release of gTLD IDNs. I shall be grateful if you will forward this email to the ALAC, At Large and RALO lists for their information. Kind Regards, Chris Disspain Chair ccNSO Important Notice - This email may contain information which is confidential and/or subject to legal privilege, and is intended for the use of the named addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, disclose or copy any part of this email. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify the sender and delete this message immediately. Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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FW: ccTLD IDN
by Jacqueline A. Morris Oct. 22, 2007

Oct. 22, 2007

-------> [ENGLISH] AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION NOT REVISED FROM THE ORIGINAL MILTILINGUAL -------> [PORTUGUESE] TRADUCAO AUTOMATICA NAO REVISADA DO ORIGINAL -------> [FRANCAIS] TRADUCTION AUTOMATIQUE NON REVISEE DE L'ORIGINAL Service d'aide à l'intercompréhension Vérifiez les règles pour un meilleur usage: http://funredes.org/tradauto/index.htm/regles Intercomprehension aid service Check the rules for better use: http://funredes.org/tradauto/index.htm/rules Serviço do dae de compreensão Verificar as réguas para o uso melhor: http://funredes.org/tradauto/index.htm/reguas Servicio de ayuda a la intercomprensión Leer las reglas para un mejor uso: http://funredes.org/tradauto/index.htm/reglas

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FW: ccTLD IDN
by Jacqueline A. Morris Oct. 22, 2007

Oct. 22, 2007

-------> [ENGLISH] AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION NOT REVISED FROM THE ORIGINAL MILTILINGUAL -------> [PORTUGUESE] TRADUCAO AUTOMATICA NAO REVISADA DO ORIGINAL -------> [FRANCAIS] TRADUCTION AUTOMATIQUE NON REVISEE DE L'ORIGINAL Service d'aide à l'intercompréhension Vérifiez les règles pour un meilleur usage: http://funredes.org/tradauto/index.htm/regles Intercomprehension aid service Check the rules for better use: http://funredes.org/tradauto/index.htm/rules Serviço do dae de compreensão Verificar as réguas para o uso melhor: http://funredes.org/tradauto/index.htm/reguas Servicio de ayuda a la intercomprensión Leer las reglas para un mejor uso: http://funredes.org/tradauto/index.htm/reglas

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New Community input into IGD processes web site.
by Cheryl Langdon-Orr Oct. 21, 2007

Oct. 21, 2007

-------> [ENGLISH] AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION NOT REVISED FROM THE ORIGINAL MILTILINGUAL -------> [PORTUGUESE] TRADUCAO AUTOMATICA NAO REVISADA DO ORIGINAL -------> [FRANCAIS] TRADUCTION AUTOMATIQUE NON REVISEE DE L'ORIGINAL Service d'aide à l'intercompréhension Vérifiez les règles pour un meilleur usage: http://funredes.org/tradauto/index.htm/regles Intercomprehension aid service Check the rules for better use: http://funredes.org/tradauto/index.htm/rules Serviço do dae de compreensão Verificar as réguas para o uso melhor: http://funredes.org/tradauto/index.htm/reguas Servicio de ayuda a la intercomprensión Leer las reglas para un mejor uso: http://funredes.org/tradauto/index.htm/reglas

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New Community input into IGD processes web site.
by Cheryl Langdon-Orr Oct. 21, 2007

Oct. 21, 2007

Following is some information about a new web site to facilitate Community input into IGF processes, that some of you may have an interest in contributing to. Firstly let me apologise for the cross posting between lists but it is important IMO that information such as this gets out to the Regional Lists as well as the public At-Large list subscribers. This information was recently posted to the ISOC Public Policy list as well, so some of you no doubt are already aware of this new initiative, but I have been requested by Jeremy Malcolm to assist my spreading the word and encouraging participation from the widest possible audience ( so feel free to pass it on) into this new and important initiative. Cheryl Langdon-Orr (CLO) <SNIP> from email previously sent to : plenary(a)intgovforum.org, governance(a)lists.cpsr.org , memberpubpol(a)elists.isoc.org on 19th October 2007. A new Web site for the IGF community has just been launched at http://igf-online.net/ by the Online Collaboration Dynamic Coalition (ODCD), a bottom-up multi-stakeholder working group of the IGF. The new site already hosts a number of useful resources including a community blog, wiki, calendar, chat and needs feeds, most of which were selected for their capacity to support multilingual usage. It also features a specially-designed menu running along the top of most pages of the site, that links in external Web sites including the Secretariat's official Web site and that of the Rio hosts. This new site for the Rio meeting and beyond supersedes last year's site (which, beset by hosting troubles, is currently inaccessible), and thanks to a sponsor's generosity now provides the IGF community with a dedicated server on which a large variety of online tools can be hosted without the limitations of a standard Web hosting service. Members of the IGF community, including dynamic coalitions, are encouraged to begin using the new site now. By registering (or logging in with your existing OpenID) you can begin posting on the community blog, adding events to the calendar, and entering information on the wiki. Hosting of other content will be accommodated on request. Volunteers are needed to help with translating the site's content into other languages, designing a complementary set of themes, and spreading the word. Please contact me or the Online Collaboration Dynamic Coalition if you would like to help, have any trouble using the site, or have any new ideas for it. -- Jeremy Malcolm LLB (Hons) B Com Internet and Open Source lawyer, IT consultant, actor host -t NAPTR 1.0.8.0.3.1.2.9.8.1.6.e164.org|awk -F! '{print $3}' <end SNIP>

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FW: ccTLD IDN
by Jacqueline A. Morris Oct. 20, 2007

Oct. 20, 2007

-------> [ENGLISH] AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION NOT REVISED FROM THE ORIGINAL MILTILINGUAL -------> [PORTUGUESE] TRADUCAO AUTOMATICA NAO REVISADA DO ORIGINAL -------> [FRANCAIS] TRADUCTION AUTOMATIQUE NON REVISEE DE L'ORIGINAL Service d'aide à l'intercompréhension Vérifiez les règles pour un meilleur usage: http://funredes.org/tradauto/index.htm/regles Intercomprehension aid service Check the rules for better use: http://funredes.org/tradauto/index.htm/rules Serviço do dae de compreensão Verificar as réguas para o uso melhor: http://funredes.org/tradauto/index.htm/reguas Servicio de ayuda a la intercomprensión Leer las reglas para un mejor uso: http://funredes.org/tradauto/index.htm/reglas

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FW: ccTLD IDN
by Jacqueline A. Morris Oct. 20, 2007

Oct. 20, 2007

-------> [ENGLISH] AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION NOT REVISED FROM THE ORIGINAL MILTILINGUAL -------> [PORTUGUESE] TRADUCAO AUTOMATICA NAO REVISADA DO ORIGINAL -------> [FRANCAIS] TRADUCTION AUTOMATIQUE NON REVISEE DE L'ORIGINAL Service d'aide à l'intercompréhension Vérifiez les règles pour un meilleur usage: http://funredes.org/tradauto/index.htm/regles Intercomprehension aid service Check the rules for better use: http://funredes.org/tradauto/index.htm/rules Serviço do dae de compreensão Verificar as réguas para o uso melhor: http://funredes.org/tradauto/index.htm/reguas Servicio de ayuda a la intercomprensión Leer las reglas para un mejor uso: http://funredes.org/tradauto/index.htm/reglas

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FW: ccTLD IDN
by Jacqueline A. Morris Oct. 20, 2007

Oct. 20, 2007

Dear At Large Please take notice of the communication from the ccNSO Chairman below. IDNs are a very important issue, especially to the individual internet user who uses other scripts. The At Large also has a working group on IDNs, chaired by Hong Xue, and you are encouraged to join. At Large IDN Policy work can be found at HYPERLINK "https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?idn_policy_formation"https://st.icann.o rg/alac/index.cgi?idn_policy_formation Thanks Jacqueline A. Morris ALAC Chair From: Chris Disspain [mailto:ceo@auda.org.au] Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 21:06 To: 'Jacqueline A. Morris' Cc: Boswinkel, Bart Subject: ccTLD IDN Importance: High Greetings Jacqueline, As you are aware, the ICANN Board resolved in San Juan on 29 June 2007, inter alia, that the ICANN community including the GNSO, ccNSO, GAC, and ALAC continue to work collaboratively, taking the technical limitations and requirements into consideration, to explore both an interim and an overall approach to IDN ccTLDs associated with the ISO 3166-1 two-letter codes and recommend a course of action to the Board in a timely manner. Since San Juan, the ccNSO Council has undertaken a considerable program of work to determine the best way to respond to the Board’s request. Overall approach At a meeting on 12 September 2007, in accordance with ICANN bylaws, the ccNSO Council requested an Issue Report be prepared to establish whether the ccNSO should launch a PDP to develop the policy for the selection and delegation of IDN ccTLDs associated with the ISO 3166-1 two letter codes. In preparing the Issue Report the Issue Manager (Bart Boswinkel) should take into account the joint ccNSO GAC Issues Paper, the technical limitations and requirements, and any other matters that the Issues Manager considers to be of relevance. The Issues Report is the first step in the process of launching ccPDP and at large input will be sought throughout the preparation of the Report. Should a ccPDP be launched following the Issues Report, the ccNSO will seek to work closely with the at large community. Interim approach The ccNSO Council agreed that the first step in considering an interim approach should be to determine the extent of the pressing need claimed by some in the community. On 5 October 2007 I sent a letter to all ccTLD managers seeking answers to three questions. I anticipate that the responses to this letter will provide guidance as to whether an interim fast-track approach to enable the introduction of a limited number of IDN ccTLDs is a desirable and necessary step. As there is no pre-defined process to deal with such an interim approach, the ccNSO has released two discussion documents (attached) regarding a possible interim approach to IDN ccTLDs. The Designing an Interim Approach document considers how an interim approach could be managed and canvasses time lines. The Charter IDNC document is a first draft of what the charter for an interim approach committee might look like. The principle of having an interim approach, the results of my letter to ccTLD managers, and these two documents will be discussed by the ccNSO in Los Angeles. As you will appreciate there is some urgency to resolve the issue of an interim approach and this is why the ccNSO is working to a tight schedule. I would hope, in the event that an interim fast-track approach can be developed to enable the deployment of a limited number of IDN ccTLDs into the root, that the timing for this be closely aligned with the release of gTLD IDNs. I shall be grateful if you will forward this email to the ALAC, At Large and RALO lists for their information. Kind Regards, Chris Disspain Chair – ccNSO Important Notice - This email may contain information which is confidential and/or subject to legal privilege, and is intended for the use of the named addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, disclose or copy any part of this email. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify the sender and delete this message immediately. Please consider the environment before printing this email. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.15.0/1077 - Release Date: 10/18/2007 09:54 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.15.0/1077 - Release Date: 10/18/2007 09:54

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IDN Wikis Go Live - in 11 Languages - http://idn.icann.org
by Nick Ashton-Hart Oct. 15, 2007

Oct. 15, 2007

-------> [ENGLISH] AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION NOT REVISED FROM THE ORIGINAL MILTILINGUAL From http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-15oct07.htm My Name, My Language, My Internet: IDN Test Goes Live ICANN launches global test of Internationalized Domain Names 15 October 2007 ICANN is celebrating the ability of people to get "My name, My Language. My Internet" wiki pages with the launch of the IDN evaluation with T-Shirts displaying example.test in the 11 languages. MARINA DEL REY, Calif.: Internet users around the globe can now experiment with their name in their language on their Internet with todays launch of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers live testing of Internationalized Domain Names in 11 languages. This is one of the most exciting times yet in the development of IDNs, said Dr Paul Twomey, ICANNs President and CEO. Internet users who speak the 11 languages of the test can play a key role in testing how IDNs operate, and help us move toward full implementation for all the languages of the world. Internet users around the globe can now to access wiki pages with the domain name example.test in the 11 test languages -- Arabic, Persian, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Russian, Hindi, Greek, Korean, Yiddish, Japanese and Tamil. The wikis will allow Internet users to establish their own subpages with their own names in their own language -- one suggestion is: example.test/yourname. ICANN has also put a video explaining the evaluation process on YouTube, and available on the ICANN website. The wiki pages can be accessed by typing example.test in the characters of one of the 11 languages, or by going to http:// idn.icann.org. These wikipages are key to the test. We want to know how the URL displays in the Internet browser, if it works when you cut and paste it into the body of an email to a friend, and how all of this impacts the root zone, Dr Twomey added. The 11 evaluation wikis will remain online until IDNs are fully implemented and the first top-level domain is introduced in the evaluation language. The full introduction of IDNs will mean that people can write the whole of a domain name in the characters used to write their own language. Presently you can only use these characters before the dot, so .com, .net, .org and the like can only be written in characters from basic Latin. IDNs will change this so that literally tens of thousands of characters will be available to the world. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN Main Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +41 (22) 594-85-44 Mobile: +41 (79) 595 54-68 email: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com/AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com/ Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart -------> [PORTUGUESE] TRADUCAO AUTOMATICA NAO REVISADA DO ORIGINAL De http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-15oct07.htm Meu Nome, Minha Língua, Meu Internet: O teste de IDN vai teste global dos lançamentos vivos de ICANN de nomes internacionalizados do domínio 15 outubro 2007 ICANN está comemorando a abilidade dos povos de começar "meu nome, minha língua. Páginas wiki do meu Internet do "com o lançamento da avaliação de IDN com as T-Camisas que indicam example.test nas 11 línguas. MARINA DEL REY, Califórnia: Os usuários do Internet em torno do globo podem agora experimentar com seu nome em sua língua em seu Internet com lançamento de hoje do Internet Corporation para nomes atribuídos e os números vivem testar de nomes internacionalizados do domínio em 11 línguas. "este é um dos tempos os mais emocionantes contudo no desenvolvimento de IDNs," disse o Dr. Paul Twomey, o presidente de ICANN's e o CEO. do "os usuários Internet que falam as 11 línguas do teste podem jogar um papel chave em testar como IDNs se opera, e ajudam-nos mover-se para a execução cheia para todas as línguas do mundo." Usuários do Internet em torno da lata do globo agora para alcançar páginas do wiki com o Domain Name example.test nas 11 línguas do teste -- árabe, persa, chineses (simplificados e tradicionais), russian, Hindi, grego, coreano, Yiddish, japoneses e tamil. Os wikis permitirão que os usuários do Internet estabeleçam seus próprios subpages com seus próprios nomes em sua própria língua -- uma sugestão é: example.test/yourname. ICANN pôs também um vídeo que explica o processo da avaliação sobre YouTube, e disponível no Web site de ICANN. As páginas do wiki podem ser alcançadas por example.test datilografando nos caráteres de uma das 11 línguas, ou indo a http:// idn.icann.org. "estes wikipages são chaves ao teste. Nós queremos saber como as exposições do URL no browser do Internet, se trabalhar quando você corte e pasta ele no corpo de um email a um amigo, e toda a esta impacta a zona da raiz, "Dr. Twomey adicionado. Os 11 wikis da avaliação remanescerão em linha até que IDNs esteja executado inteiramente e o primeiro domínio top-level estiver introduzido na língua da avaliação. A introdução cheia de IDNs significará que os povos podem escrever o todo de um Domain Name nos caráteres usados escrever sua própria língua. Presentemente você pode somente usar estes caráteres antes do ponto, assim que o com, o net, o org e o gosto podem somente ser escritos nos caráteres do latin básico. IDNs mudará este de modo que literalmente os dez dos milhares dos caráteres estejam disponíveis ao mundo. -- consideração, Diretor Do Ashton-Cervo Do Entalhe, Telefone Principal Em-Grande de ICANN: +33 Telefone (De 450) 40 46 88 EUA: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +41 (22) 594-85-44 Mobile: +41 (79) 595 54-68 email: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / -------> [FRANCAIS] TRADUCTION AUTOMATIQUE NON REVISEE DE L'ORIGINAL De http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-15oct07.htm Mon Nom, Ma Langue, Mon Internet : L'essai d'IDN devient disponible essai global de lancements d'ICANN des noms internationalisés de domaine 15 octobre 2007 ICANN célèbre la capacité des personnes d'obtenir "mon nom, ma langue. Pages de wiki de mon Internet "avec le lancement de l'évaluation d'IDN avec le T-shirt montrant example.test dans les 11 langues. MARINA DEL REY, Californie : Les utilisateurs d'Internet autour du globe peuvent maintenant expérimenter avec leur nom en leur langue sur leur Internet avec le lancement d'aujourd'hui d'Internet Corporation pour des noms assignés et les nombres vivent essai des noms internationalisés de domaine dans 11 langues. "c'est l'un des temps les plus passionnants pourtant dans le développement d'IDNs," a dit DR Paul Twomey, président d'ICANN's et Président. les "utilisateurs d'Internet qui parlent les 11 langues de l'essai peuvent jouer un rôle principal en examinant comment IDNs fonctionnent, et nous aident à nous déplacer vers la pleine exécution pour toutes les langues du monde." Utilisateurs d'Internet autour du bidon de globe maintenant pour accéder à des pages de wiki avec le Domain Name example.test dans les 11 langues d'essai -- l'arabe, Persan, Chinois (simplifiés et traditionnels), Russe, Hindi, Grec, Coréen, Yiddish, Japonais et Tamoul. Les wikis permettront à des utilisateurs d'Internet d'établir leurs propres subpages avec leurs propres noms en leur propre langue -- une suggestion est : example.test/yourname. ICANN a également mis une vidéo expliquant le processus d'évaluation sur YouTube, et disponible sur le site Web d'ICANN. Les pages de wiki peuvent être consultées par example.test de dactylographie en caractères d'une des 11 langues, ou en allant à http:// idn.icann.org. "ces wikipages sont principaux à l'essai. Nous voulons savoir comment les affichages de URL dans le navigateur d'Internet, si cela fonctionne quand vous découpage et déplacement il dans le corps d'un email à un ami, et toute la ceci effectue la zone de racine, "DR Twomey supplémentaire. Les 11 wikis d'évaluation resteront en ligne jusqu'à ce qu'iDNs soient entièrement mis en application et le premier domaine supérieur est présenté dans la langue d'évaluation. La pleine introduction d'IDNs signifiera que les gens peuvent écrire la totalité d'un Domain Name en caractères employés pour écrire leur propre langue. Actuellement vous pouvez seulement employer ces caractères avant le point, ainsi le com, le net, l'org et les semblables peuvent seulement être écrits en caractères de latin de base. IDNs changera ceci de sorte que littéralement les dizaines de milliers de caractères soient disponibles au monde. -- respect, Directeur D'Ashton-Cerf D'Entaille, À-Grand Téléphone Principal d'ICANN : +33 Téléphone (Des 450) 40 46 88 Etats-Unis : +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax : + 41 (22) 594-85-44 Mobile : + 41 (79) 595 54-68 courriers électroniques : nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org Win IM : ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com/AIM/iSight : nashtonhart(a)mac.com/ Skype : nashtonhart en ligne bio : https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart Service d'aide à l'intercompréhension Vérifiez les règles pour un meilleur usage: http://funredes.org/tradauto/index.htm/regles Intercomprehension aid service Check the rules for better use: http://funredes.org/tradauto/index.htm/rules Serviço do dae de compreensão Verificar as réguas para o uso melhor: http://funredes.org/tradauto/index.htm/reguas Servicio de ayuda a la intercomprensión Leer las reglas para un mejor uso: http://funredes.org/tradauto/index.htm/reglas

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IDN Wikis Go Live - in 11 Languages - http://idn.icann.org
by Nick Ashton-Hart Oct. 15, 2007

Oct. 15, 2007

From http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-15oct07.htm My Name, My Language, My Internet: IDN Test Goes Live ICANN launches global test of Internationalized Domain Names 15 October 2007 ICANN is celebrating the ability of people to get "My name, My Language. My Internet" wiki pages with the launch of the IDN evaluation with T-Shirts displaying example.test in the 11 languages. MARINA DEL REY, Calif.: Internet users around the globe can now experiment with their name in their language on their Internet with today’s launch of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers live testing of Internationalized Domain Names in 11 languages. “This is one of the most exciting times yet in the development of IDNs,” said Dr Paul Twomey, ICANN’s President and CEO. “Internet users who speak the 11 languages of the test can play a key role in testing how IDNs operate, and help us move toward full implementation for all the languages of the world.” Internet users around the globe can now to access wiki pages with the domain name example.test in the 11 test languages -- Arabic, Persian, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Russian, Hindi, Greek, Korean, Yiddish, Japanese and Tamil. The wikis will allow Internet users to establish their own subpages with their own names in their own language -- one suggestion is: example.test/yourname. ICANN has also put a video explaining the evaluation process on YouTube, and available on the ICANN website. The wiki pages can be accessed by typing example.test in the characters of one of the 11 languages, or by going to http:// idn.icann.org. “These wikipages are key to the test. We want to know how the URL displays in the Internet browser, if it works when you cut and paste it into the body of an email to a friend, and how all of this impacts the root zone,” Dr Twomey added. The 11 evaluation wikis will remain online until IDNs are fully implemented and the first top-level domain is introduced in the evaluation language. The full introduction of IDNs will mean that people can write the whole of a domain name in the characters used to write their own language. Presently you can only use these characters before the dot, so .com, .net, .org and the like can only be written in characters from basic Latin. IDNs will change this so that literally tens of thousands of characters will be available to the world. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN Main Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +41 (22) 594-85-44 Mobile: +41 (79) 595 54-68 email: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart

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