[council] Interim Report of the Internationalized Registration Data Working Group

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-15nov10-en.htm

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Interim Report of the Internationalized Registration Data Working Group

15 November 2010

Background/Explanation:

On 26 June 2009 the Board of Directors of the Internet Corporate for Assigned 
Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved a resolution 
(2009.06.26.18<http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-26jun09.htm#6>) 
requesting that the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) and the 
Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC), in consultation with staff, 
convene an Internationalized Registration Data Working Group (IRD-WG) comprised 
of individuals with knowledge, expertise, and experience in these areas to 
study the feasibility and suitability of introducing display specifications to 
deal with the internationalization of registration data.

The Board further directed the IRD-WG to solicit input from interested 
constituencies including country code top level domain (ccTLD) operators and 
the Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) during its discussions 
to ensure broad community input. Subsequently, the SSAC and the GNSO formed the 
IRD-WG.

This Interim Report of the IRD-WG summarizes the discussions of the IRD-WG to 
date, provides preliminary recommendations, and seeks input from the community 
on the following questions relating to internationalized registration data:

 1.  Which of the four models described in Section 4 for internationalizing 
registration contact data is most appropriate, if any?  Are there other models 
the IRD-WG should consider?
 2.  Which of the preliminary recommendations in Section 5, if any, are 
feasible?  Are there related recommendations the IRD-WG should consider?

The Interim Report provides the community with an opportunity to understand 
ongoing discussions relating to the internationalization of registration data 
and to provide valuable input to these discussions.

At the direction of the IRD-WG, staff will post this Interim Report for public 
comment for a period of no less than 60 days.

Document Links:

Interim Report of the ICANN Internationalized Registration Data Working Group: 
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/ird/ird-wg-final-report-15nov10-en.pdf [PDF, 688 
KB]

The Process From Here:

At the end of this Public Comment Forum period, ICANN Staff will review the 
comments submitted and prepare a summary analysis of the various submissions 
for the IRD-WG to review and consider.

Deadline and How to Submit Comments:

At the direction of the IRD-WG, staff will post this Interim Report for public 
comment for a period of no less than 60 days beginning 15 November 2010 and 
ending 13 January 2011.  Translations into the six United Nations languages 
will be posted as soon as they are available.  The IRD-WG invites community 
comments on this document and, in particular, the questions provided above.

The formal Public Comment Forum Box is located here:  
http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201101-en.htm#ird
To submit comments:  ird-wg-report@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:ird-wg-report@xxxxxxxxx>
To view comments:  http://forum.icann.org/lists/ird-wg-report/

Staff Responsible:  Julie Hedlund