Re: [council] Draft discussion paper on IDN policy issues

["Sophia B" <sophiabekele@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Olof,

Thanks for sharing paper below.  Since these paper came out after the GNSO
polciy discussion over IDNs, I presume that *we will be adding the
points*that Bruce captured from us in the meeting.   I have reviewed
the document
and here is my input thus far.

I have a couple of suggestion for you/us to think about.  I belive these two
points are not  covered by the document either in question or in statement
form, in the format you have layed out:

1- If a single existing *registry *gets 20 languages - are they going to
hire people in each language and have an office in each language country,
i.e. hire tens of peoples and open offices and deal with getting linguistic
permission of allowed names and allowed cultural rules in each country?
Certainly, if there is an error in the language and if it ignores the local
government's views of what names are allowed, etc. – *a global policy across
all languages and all countries* *set by a single manager working at a
global registry* may not be politically and culturally sensitive.

2- I can only see the script selection *to be or should be* only ONE script
throughout a full domain names.  I am not sure of *NO domain name with more
than one script* - does make logical sense and may even cause endless
grief.  I am hoping the IDN guidelines will not advocate this.

I would suggest that we consider  these two significant policy matters in
the IDN discussion paper below.   Additionally, I see the paper to be a live
document, so I hope to see an updated one soon.

If there is anything I can clarify, please feel free to get back to me.

Kind regards,
Sophia


On 25/03/06, Olof Nordling <olof.nordling@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  Dear councilors,
>
> Attached please find a draft discussion paper on IDN policy issues, as
> just announced by Bruce at the meeting on new gTLDs.
>
> Best regards
>
> Olof
>
>