Re: [council] IDNs in the Top-Level

["Sophia B" <sophiabekele@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Bret...I think the PAC group is handling it.  Cary should be a good
source.

On the same note, the press release below states:

"...and a policy group to draft explicit policies on the application and
operation of IDNs. Twomey said that ICANN was expecting the policy
development process to come to a conclusion in the end of the third quarter
or the early fourth quarter this year....."

can ANYONE kindly let me know who the policy group is that is drafing the
policies???
Sophia


On 14/03/06, Bret Fausett <bfausett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> FYI. Where can find more about this ICANN trial?
>
>       -- Bret
>
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>
> ICANN to launch trial testing of IDNs forTop Level Domains in the third
> quarter of 2006
>
> Shanghai.  March 14.  INTERFAX-CHINA - English language will lose its
> monopoly on  Internet domain names before the end of the year. ICANN (The
> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) will start the trial
> testing of internationalized domain names (IDN) in the Top Level Domain
> (TLD) system, in the third quarter of 2006, Paul Twomey, President and CEO
> of ICANN, told Interfax in an interview Tuesday. Once IDN domain names are
> implemented Internet sites will able to have domain names in foreign
> languages, and foreign character sets- such as Chinese.
>
> "The preparation for the testing is already underway, and it will be a
> testing on the top of the root," said Twomey. "We are presently moving to
> introduce the IDNs of TLD, and are much closer to the end for the answer."
> But the exact date for the launch of the IDN is not yet available.
>
> In order to implement the internationalized domain name system, ICANN has
> launched two working groups including the Presidents Advisory Committee
> with
> technical experts, and a policy group to draft explicit policies on the
> application and operation of IDNs. Twomey said that ICANN was expecting
> the
> policy development process to come to a conclusion in the end of the third
> quarter or the early fourth quarter this year.
>
> "I understand people's complaints towards ICANN's slow process on this
> issue," said Twomey. "ICANN should ensure the stability, usability of the
> Internet, and therefore, the launch of IDN involves different layers and
> protocols, and is not as simple as it sounds."
>
> The three biggest concerns for ICANN to implement IDNs in TLD include
> technical stability, the linguistic issue of language characters, and the
> policy of later operation. "The launch of IDNs is a big issue for ICANN,
> and
> important to Internet users worldwide, especially those do not speak
> English," said Twomey.
>
> However, Twomey emphasized that the real thing that drives Internet and
> usability should be the local Internet content instead of the domain name
> system.
>
> Commenting on the recent change that China has made towards its domain
> name
> system, Twomey said the change that China has made is mainly to build up
> their second-level domain name structure as other countries do. "We do not
> see they are transferring their own domain name systems onto their single
> root services."
>
> The full text of the interview, where Twomey talks about the Chinese
> Internet market, future development of the Internet worldwide, ICANN's
> linguistic policy, allocation policies, international strategy, censorship
> and other matters, will be available exclusively in the Interfax China IT
> Report Weekly.
>
> -FW
>
>
> http://www.interfax.cn/showfeature.asp?aid=10963&slug=INTERNET-ICANN-PAUL-TW
> OMEY-DOMAIN-NAME
>
>
>