Universal acceptance is not just the ability to resolve DNS
queries TO individual TLDs with more than three letter TLDs, but it also
implies ability to send an email with a TLD address with more than three
letters. Universal Acceptance of TLDs on the ICANN website (http://www.icann.org/en/news/in-focus/tld-acceptance)
states “Most software should not need to test whether a domain name is
valid. The act of connecting to a domain name (in the case of a URL,
for example), or sending an email (in the case of an email address) will
automatically provide mechanisms of informing if the domain name is valid or
not. “ The issue is email address with a .NAME TLD is being rejected
by many entities. That is a universal acceptance issue, in my view.
Hope this helps,
RA
Ronald N. Andruff
President
RNA Partners, Inc.
220
+ 1 212 481 2820 ext. 11
From: Baskin, James F
(Jim) [mailto:james.f.baskin@verizon.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012
1:31 PM
To: Ron Andruff; 'Chris Chaplow';
bc-gnso@icann.org
Subject: RE: [bc-gnso] TLD
Universal Acceptance
Ron,
I appears to me that your example of .NAME
SLDs not being universally accepted as IDs for e-commerce sites is not directly
related to the “Universal Acceptance” topic.
Universal acceptance is the ability to
resolve DNS queries TO individual TLDs, e.g., the early (or even ongoing)
problems in reaching .TRAVEL because it is more than three characters or not in
some software lists of valid TLDs. Being able to resolve the IP address
of a .NAME URI is not related to the unwillingness of Apple or BBC to accept a
.NAME registration as valid user identification credentials.
Jim
From:
owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] On Behalf Of Ron Andruff
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012
11:34 AM
To: 'Chris Chaplow';
bc-gnso@icann.org
Subject: RE: [bc-gnso] TLD
Universal Acceptance
Chris,
Regarding the session on Universal
Acceptance, my business partner has had some unhappy experiences with .NAME
– after all these years!
.NAME is not accepted by Apple for an ID
(for iTunes, or any Apple device), British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Sears,
New York Department of Education, among many others.
Hope this helps.
Kind regards,
RA
Ronald N. Andruff
President
RNA Partners, Inc.
220
+ 1 212 481 2820 ext. 11
From: owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] On Behalf Of Chris Chaplow
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 5:45
PM
To: bc-gnso@icann.org
Subject: [bc-gnso] TLD Universal
Acceptance
BC
members,
As
mentioned in the meeting just now there is a panel tomorrow (and a
public forum closing on the 23rd March).
The
panel is at 12.30 on Wednesday in “La Paz A” entitled: TLD Universal Acceptance
Universal
Acceptance of All Domains has been an on-going effort driven by ICANN. In the
past this project's focus was on raising awareness that software vendors and
other parties needed to make sure they accepted domains from new gTLDs that
were introduced in previous rounds in 2000 and 2004. This scope has since
expanded to include IDN ccTLDs, and since the ICANN Board of Directors approved
the new gTLD program last year, many more new TLDs are expected to be added to
the root zone in the near future. The main goal of this project is to raise
awareness in the community and discuss the best ways of addressing these
issues. In order to help the project achieve these goals, we are seeking to
engage with the community on the best ways to identify and address the issues
involved. We are inviting experts, like yourself, to take part in this active
discussion so you can share your opinion on what you think could and should be
done in order to promote further universal acceptance of all domains.
We would like to allow invitees to share their experiences and opinions, as
well as answer the following questions:
1. What are the existing issues with acceptance of domains registered within
TLDs?
2. Who should be addressing the existing issues, for example, registry
operators, registrars, ISPs, software vendors, software developers, others?
3. How can ICANN promote universal acceptance of all domains effectively?
The
public comment forum that Initial
Report on Universal Acceptance of IDN TLDs
http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/universal-acceptance-idn-tlds-06jan12-en.htm
and
the initial report found here
http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/jig-idn-tld-acceptance-initial-report-06jan12-en.pdf
Any
help or thoughts on TLD Universal
Acceptance for tomorrow gratefully received.
Best
Chris Chaplow
Managing Director
Andalucia.com S.L.
Avenida del Carmen 9
Ed. Puertosol, Puerto Deportivo
1ª Planta, Oficina 30
Estepona, 29680
Malaga, Spain
Tel: + (34) 952 897 865
Fax: + (34) 952 897 874
E-mail: chris@andalucia.com
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