August 2012 - IDN-WG - lists.icann.org

Advocacy on IDN Prioritization in the new gTLD Program
by Rinalia Abdul Rahim Aug. 30, 2012

Aug. 30, 2012

Dear IDN WG, *Updates* 1. Support for the ALAC Statement on IDN Prioritization in the New gTLD Program was expressed during ICANN's Community Input on new gTLD batching public comment period, which closed on 19 August 2012. Click here to see Community Input on gTLD Batching<http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/newgtld-input/> or go to the threaded archives at http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/newgtld-input/2012/thread.html Relevant messages of support for the ALAC Statement range between the following in the threaded archives: http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/newgtld-input/2012/000013.html http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/newgtld-input/2012/000031.html 2. CIRCLEID Blog on Strong Support for IDNs, GEOs and/or Communities to Go First<http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120829_strong_support_for_idns_geos_and_or_…>( http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120829_strong_support_for_idns_geos_and_or_…) posted by Dirk Krischenowski on 29 August 2012. <http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120829_strong_support_for_idns_geos_and_or_…> Best regards, Rinalia Abdul Rahim* *

2 1

IDN Variant TLD Program Update
by Rinalia Abdul Rahim Aug. 24, 2012

Aug. 24, 2012

ICANN News Alert http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-23aug12-en.htm ____________________________________ IDN Variant TLD Program Update 23 August 2012 The IDN Variant TLD Program has the following two updates: I. Volunteer Team formed to assist the development of the Label Generation Ruleset Process for the Domain Name System (DNS) Root Zone ICANN is pleased to announce the formation of a global volunteer team, comprised of community experts, who will work with ICANN on the project to define the Label Generation Ruleset Process for the DNS root zone. This project is part of the IDN Variant TLD Program (see below) that is intended to lead to the delegation of IDN Variant TLDs. Delegation of these types of IDN TLDs is expected to broaden global participation in the domain name system, but must be accomplished in a way that ensures good user experience. This particular project will develop the process to define allowed code points, corresponding exchangeable variant code points, and related allowed states for IDN Variant TLDs. The project requires significant technical expertise and the individual members of the volunteer team (listed below) possess capabilities in IDNA, Domain Name System, Linguistics, Unicode and Policy Development. The volunteer team will undertake the work through periodic teleconference calls and two face-to-face meetings. The first meeting will be on 29-30 August 2012 in Los Angeles, United States. The second two-day working session is planned during the ICANN meeting in Toronto, Canada. There will be an open public session in the Toronto meeting at which ICANN staff and volunteer team representatives will present an update on the progress and answer questions. The volunteer team is comprised of the following members from 18 countries and territories: Fahd A. Batayneh Chris Dillon Neha Gupta Sarmad Hussain Akshat Joshi Daniel Kalchev Yoav Keren Dmitry Kohmanyuk Mahesh Kulkarni Nadya Morozova Panagiotis Papaspiliopoulos Alireza Saleh Vaggelis Segredakis James Seng Vladimir Shadrunov Syed Iftikhar H. Shah Will Shorter Alexei Sozonov Mirjana Tasic Joseph Yee Yoshiro Yoneya Zhoucai (Joe) Zhang Linlin Zhou Team Observers: Rinalia Abdul Rahim Edmon Chung Raymond Doctor II. Updated IDN Variant TLD Program posted ICANN has updated the IDN Variant TLD Program Plan ( http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/idn-variant-tld-updated-plan-23aug12-…) that describes the projects that are intended to lead to the delegation of IDN variant TLDs. The plan defines the processes that must be in place to enable the delegation and management of IDN Variant TLDs. Two previous versions of the plan have been posted for public comment ( http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/idn-variant-tld-revised-program…) and discussed with the community during the ICANN meeting in Costa Rica in March 2012. This latest version reflects the latest public input. The Program follows on from the IDN Variant Issues Project that completed its work with the publication of the final Integrated Issues Report ( http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/idn-vip-integrated-issues-final-clean…) on 20 February 2012. Interested members of the community can receive updates and participate in the discussion of the variant work by subscribing to the vip(a)icann.org mailing list (https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/vip) or by visiting the Community Wiki at: https://community.icann.org/display/VIP/ ____________________________________ This message was sent to rinalia.abdulrahim(a)gmail.com from: ICANN | 12025 Waterfront Drive Suite 300 | Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536 Manage Your Subscription: http://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=20657474&l=6333&s=R4TD&m=89…

1 0

Fwd: [ccnso-idnpdpwg1] Draft Overall Policy Selection IDN ccTLD strings
by Cheryl Langdon-Orr Aug. 7, 2012

Aug. 7, 2012

Still in draft form (as you can see) so NOT for wider distribution yet but I wanted to keep this ALAC IDN-Wg 'up to date on activities in the ccNSO IDN PDP wg that I have been actively serving on ... Happy to note / pass on any issues or matters you might have and of course answer any questions (that I can :-) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Bart Boswinkel" <bart.boswinkel(a)icann.org> Date: Aug 7, 2012 9:33 PM Subject: [ccnso-idnpdpwg1] Draft Overall Policy Selection IDN ccTLD strings To: "ccnso-idnpdpwg1(a)icann.org" <ccnso-idnpdpwg1(a)icann.org> Dear all, Included is the updated version of the draft overall policy recommendations for the selection of IDN ccTLD strings (. For those of you interested to track the changes also included is a redline comparison with the document presented at the Prague WG meeting (see also major changes). CcNSO letter on confusing similarity and GAC communiqué: In the context of the work on confusing similarity please note the letter from the ccNSO Council to Elise Gerich ( http://ccnso.icann.org/node/32317) and the GAC communiqué from the Prague meeting (Section IV GAC Advice to the Board): * https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/4817665/FINAL_GAC_Communique_… * Next steps: As we have addressed the major concerns, as discussed before and at the Prague meeting, we suggest we publish the included draft for Public comment ( starting end of August, to close at the end of the Toronto meeting). At the Toronto meeting the WG will finalise the recommendations, which will then be handed over the IDN ccPDP Issue manager to merge the recommendations of this WG with the recommendations on the inclusion of IDN ccTLD’s in the ccNSO. for inclusion in the ccNSO. Major changes: The notes and comments sections have been further reduced. Section 2 Overall Principles C, Preserve security, stability etc. 1. Inclusion of reference to IETF/IAB work in progress on the Principles for Unicode Code Point Inclusion in Labels in the DNS Root ( Reference: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-sullivan-dns-zone-codepoint-pples-00) Section 3, Criteria for the selction of an IDN ccTLD string 1. Adjustment of section B, Eligibility 2. Adjustment of Section H, Technical Criteria. Only inclusion of high-level criteria. Details and method and criteria for review need to be included in Implementation Plan. Implementation Plan needs to be reviewed and adopted by the ccNSO , before Implemented. 3. Section I, Confusingly similarity. i, High level standard adjsuted to reflect concern raised by Vaggelis ii. Method and criteria for review to be furhter specified as part of implementation plan. Again need to be reveiwed and adopted by the ccNSO, before implementation. iii. Method and criteria need to take into account and be guided by Principles for inclusion of Unicode Code Point in Labels in the DNS Root. iv. Method and criteria need to take into account factors of technical, linguistic and visual perception Section 4, Processes and Documentation Documentation of required endorsement. Update of clarification of needed documentation and procedural requirements External Validation Process Option with two-stage confusing similarity review Included section explicit completion of IDN ccTLD Seelction Process. Section 5. Miscellaneous Applicability of ccNSO policies has been taken out. This is part of IDN ccPDP WG 2. Kind regards, Bart

1 0

Fwd: Re: ALAC Statement on the IDN Prioritization in the New gTLD Program
by Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond Aug. 5, 2012

Aug. 5, 2012

FYI -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: ALAC Statement on the IDN Prioritization in the New gTLD Program Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 17:58:58 -0700 From: Diane Schroeder <diane.schroeder(a)icann.org> To: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl(a)gih.com>, Steve Crocker <steve(a)shinkuro.com> CC: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org>, Secretary <secretary(a)icann.org> Dear Olivier – thank you for sending the attached statement. This will be taken into account during the discussion on batching and will be forwarded to the community input on batching forum. Regards Diane Diane Schroeder Director of Board Support ICANN 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536 Main Phone - +1-310-301-5800 Direct – +1-310-301-5827 Fax - +1-310-823-8649 Mobile - +1-562-644-2524 Please note new address From: Olivier Crepin-LeBlond <ocl(a)gih.com <mailto:ocl@gih.com>> To: Steve Crocker <steve(a)shinkuro.com <mailto:steve@shinkuro.com>> Cc: Atlarge <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>>, Secretary <secretary(a)icann.org <mailto:secretary@icann.org>>, Olivier Crepin-LeBlond <ocl(a)gih.com <mailto:ocl@gih.com>> Subject: ALAC Statement on the IDN Prioritization in the New gTLD Program Dear Steve, please be so kind to find attached, the /ALAC Statement on the IDN Prioritization in the New gTLD Program Targeted at the ICANN Board/. On 30 July 2012, Staff confirmed that the online vote resulted in the ALAC endorsing the Statement with 14 votes in favor, 0 votes against, and 1 abstention. You may review the result independently under: https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=2531CIXGA3KxY5DTwZiT26Ie In line with prior ALAC advice extrinsecus the usual Public Comment process, my colleagues and I would appreciate a response from the Board when the matter has been discussed and a response has been formulated regarding our comment. Kind regards, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond ALAC Chair

1 0