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From: ICANN News Alert
[mailto:communications@icann.org]
Sent: Thursday, 10 September 2009 09:36
To: ceo@auda.org.au
Subject: ICANN News Alert -- Status Update: IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process
Implementation
News Alert
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-09sep09-en.htm
Status Update: IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process
Implementation
9
September 2009
ICANN is pleased to provide
the following status report on the progress of implementation of the IDN ccTLD
Fast Track Process. Overall, the implementation is tracking to the project plan
and it is planned to be submitted to the Board during the ICANN meeting in
Korea, Seoul, 26-30 October 2009. Discussion of the implementation plan will
continue during the Korea meeting and the plan can be amended if a change is
indicated. Anticipating positive Board consideration, the process can be launch
within a very small timeframe after the Seoul meeting (in the fourth quarter of
2009).
The proposed Final
Implementation Plan will be posted online for public review at the end of
September 2009, and a new status update of the overall implementation will be
provided prior to the Korea meeting.
Implementation
Update:
·DNS Stability Panel: Interisle has
been contracted to form the DNS Stability Panel that conducts the technical
string requirement evaluations for requested IDN ccTLDs. This includes a
verification that the delegations of new TLD strings will not result in user
confusion with any existing strings in the DNS. Interisle is currently in the
process of forming the DNS Stability Panel for Fast Track Process String
Evaluation and providing on-boarding material to panel members.
·Online Request System: the online
system through which IDN ccTLD requests will be submitted is in the final
stages of development and testing. The next three weeks will be used: (i)
finalize the online content (ii) perform a legal review (iii) undertake a live
test. As part of the live test ICANN has consulted with representatives of five
countries and invited them to participate in testing of the system. Testing
includes: submitting a test request in the system, processing / qualification
by staff, providing feedback on the test to participants. These tests will run
from the end of September through 9 October after which a new status report of
overall Fast Track implementation will be released.
·Online IDN area: the IDN area online
will be revised with an FAQ, factsheets, and a manual reference for use of the
online request system. The new and improved site will be released prior to the
Fast Track Process launch time.
·Linguistic Processes: there are a few
aspects of the Fast Track Process that are related to linguists or require the
advice or statements from experts in writing systems. An important piece of
this relates to the requested string(s) as a meaningful representation of a
country or territory name. UNGEGN has agreed to support Fast Track participants
as needed with referrals to such expertise. The referrals will be provided
through an ICANN point of contact and the method for requesting such expertise
will be described in the proposed Final Implementation Plan. ICANN plans to
support to those requiring linguistic assistance.
·Outstanding issues: several topics
that has been discussed in public comment on implementation proposals of the
Fast Track Process since the initial draft implementation plan was released on
23 October 2008. These include: (i) the form of relationship between an IDN
ccTLD manager and ICANN, (ii) cost considerations regarding contribution to
processing and TLD support costs, (iii) management of variant TLDs. Solutions
to these issues have been discussed, and it is believed that current opinions
or positions of each community segment is well understood.
For questions, please contact
Tina Dam, at ICANN, at: tina.dam@icann.org.
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