Thanks Hong, Since I found that page very difficult to read (in part because it scrolled horizontally), I include the recent changes here: " Public Comments Requested on Initial Draft Fast-Track Mechanism for Introduction of a Limited Number of IDN ccTLDs" <http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-01feb08.htm> _Draft Comments on Initial Draft Fast-Track Mechanism for Introduction of IDN ccTLDs (22/02/08)_ Individual user community believes the draft initial report be a positive step to move ahead on fast-track introduction of the IDN ccTLDs. For purpose of avoidance of public confusion and protection of individual users in specific language communities, we hope the Initial Report would consider the following suggestions. In the Section 3(B)(i) of the Initial Report, "Apart from the overarching requirements to meet the IDNA protocols and any other IDN technical requirements, are there any criteria for a string to be acceptable under the fast track (for example that the string must be a meaningful representation of the name of the Territory or an abbreviation of the name of the Territory in the relevant script)? **We suggest the IDN guidelines be specfically supplemented into the requirements for selection of the IDN strings. Character tabling is very important to prevent the equivalent character variants of the same or different scripts from co-existing in the registration. A well-documented and publicly available character table shall be the prerequisite for introduction of an IDN TLD relevant to that character set. ***With respect to selection of IDN ccTLD managers under the Section 4 of the Initial Report, we hope that a manager have the language capacity of providing the services per the script of an IDN ccTLD. " Is there a brief reference you can recommend on "character tabling"? Thanks, --Wendy Hong Xue wrote:
Given the deadline for commeting on the Initial Report, I've drafted the statement. The idn-wg list is not working so I posted on wiki at https://st.icann.org/idn-policy/index.cgi?at_large_idn_policy. Welcome to comment or revise and let me know if we would like submit it before Feb. 24.
Hong
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