Danny Younger wrote:
In the IDN world, do we really want to see an advantage given to either IDN gTLDs or to the IDN ccTLDs by having one of these groups launched before the other?
Maybe. But on the other hand, playing the devil's advocate here, by artificially delaying one or the other of the IDN TLD category, aren't we really giving an unfair competitive advantage to the non-IDN TLDs? And please be aware that I don't want to raise any polemic here, this is a genuine question. I am also a fan of "get a standard first", as you propose in the last paragraph of your message (below), but I am seriously concerned about the consequences of further delay. Cheers, Roberto
"The IANA is not in the business of deciding what is and what is not a country's set of territorial scripts" -- this truly should be a matter for a standards body to determine through its processes. I remain of the view that ICANN, in its role as technical manager of the DNS, should only act when such a list is properly compiled.