Dear Work Track members,

On the call today, there was a request to provide additional information about how the attached proposed draft recommendations would translate into changes to the 2012 Applicant Guidebook text.

Please find this information below. Text in blue italics are notes from staff.

2.2.1.3.2 String Requirements

Part III - Policy Requirements for Generic Top-Level Domains – These requirements apply to all prospective top- level domain strings applied for as gTLDs.

3.1  Applied-for gTLD strings in ASCII must be composed of three or more visually distinct characters. Two- character ASCII strings are not permitted, to avoid conflicting with current and future country codes based on the ISO 3166-1 standard.

[No changes were suggested to this text. Note that AGB section 2.2.1.3.2 Part III 3.1 addresses all two-character ASCII strings, but the draft recommendation only addresses a sub-set of the strings included in this section, namely two-character letter-letter ASCII combinations.]

2.2.1.4.1 Treatment of Country or Territory Names

Applications for strings that are country or territory names will not be approved, as they are not available under the New gTLD Program in this application round. A string shall be considered to be a country or territory name if:

  1. it is an alpha-3 code listed in the ISO 3166-1 standard.
  2. it is a long-form name listed in the ISO 3166-1 standard, or a translation of the long-form name in any language official languages of the country and the official UN languages.
  3. it is a short-form name listed in the ISO 3166-1 standard, or a translation of the short-form name in any language official languages of the country and the official UN languages.
  4. it is the short- or long-form name association with a code that has been designated as “exceptionally reserved” by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency.
  5. it is a separable component of a country name designated on the “Separable Country Names List,” or is a translation of a name appearing on the list, in any language official languages of the country and the official UN languages. See the Annex at the end of this module.
  6. it is a permutation or transposition of any of the names included in items (i) through (v). Permutations include removal of spaces, insertion of punctuation, and addition or removal of grammatical articles like “the.” A transposition is considered a change in the sequence of the long or short–form name, for example, “RepublicCzech” or “IslandsCayman.” [Note: No changes were suggested to this text, but the draft recommendation points out that the existing language is confusing and should be revised to more clearly reflect the original intent of provision.]
  7. vii. it is a name by which a country is commonly known, as demonstrated by evidence that the country is recognized by that name by an intergovernmental or treaty organization.  

Kind regards,

Emily

 

From: Emily Barabas <emily.barabas@icann.org>
Date: Wednesday, 8 August 2018 at 13:09
To: Martin Sutton <martin@brandregistrygroup.org>, "gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org" <gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org>
Subject: Re: [Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5] WT5 Agenda, Work Plan & Consensus Call on Country & Territory Names - Please review before our call.

 

Dear Work Track members,

 

Please find attached suggested revisions to the draft recommendations shared yesterday. Please note that this revised text includes clarifications and typo corrections only. Feedback on some of the more substantive issues will be discussed further on today’s call.

 

Kind regards,

Emily

 

From: Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5 <gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Martin Sutton <martin@brandregistrygroup.org>
Date: Monday, 6 August 2018 at 14:45
To: "gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org" <gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org>
Subject: [Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5] WT5 Agenda, Work Plan & Consensus Call on Country & Territory Names - Please review before our call.

 

Dear Work Track members,

 

Please find below the proposed agenda for the WT5 call on Wednesday 8 August at 13:00 UTC:

 

1. Welcome/Agenda Review/SOI Updates
2. Review of Consensus Call Process and Work Plan
3. Consensus Call on Country and Territory Names
4. Wrap Up - Non-AGB Terms
5. AOB

 

On our upcoming call, the leadership team will introduce a work plan aimed at wrapping up WT5’s work and delivering an Initial Report by the end of September. In maintaining this timeline, the leadership is seeking to ensure that Work Track 5 inputs can be effectively integrated into the work of the broader New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP Working Group in time for delivery of the PDP’s Final Report. A copy of the work plan is attached.

 

As outlined in the work plan, the leadership team will be holding a series of consensus calls on potential recommendations to include in WT5’s Initial Report. These will be introduced in clusters, with the first set of recommendations focusing on country and territory names. The draft recommendations, which will be discussed on Wednesday, are attached. Work Track members are encouraged to review and provide feedback on these draft recommendations prior to the call on Wednesday. The leadership team will officially open the consensus call on this topic following Wednesday’s call. For more information on the consensus call process that will be followed, please see the GNSO Working Group Guidelines, Section 3.6:https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/annex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-18jun18-en.pdf [gnso.icann.org].

 

If you need a dial out for the upcoming call or would like to send an apology, please email gnso-secs@icann.org.

 

Kind regards,

 

WT5 Co-Leads

Annebeth Lange

Javier Rua

Olga Cavalli

Martin Sutton

 

 

 

 

 

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