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[council] IDN Laboratory Testing Progress
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- Subject: [council] IDN Laboratory Testing Progress
- From: "GNSO.SECRETARIAT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:49:46 +0200
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http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-19oct06.htm
IDN Laboratory Testing Progress
19 October 2006
ICANN continues to make progress toward laboratory testing for strings
corresponding to internationalized top level labels (IDNs). The purpose
of the laboratory tests were described during the ICANN meeting in
Morocco held earlier this year ICANN and they are being designed and
conducted under the guidance of the ICANN Presidents Advisory Committee
for IDNs.
ICANN is very pleased to be able to announce the engagement of
Autonomica AB to develop, conduct and report the results of the
laboratory test. The test will include insertion of a Punycode string
into the "root" as replicated in a laboratory environment. The purpose
of these tests is to clarify and document any issues that may arise, if
any, when inserting puny-code strings representing top level domains
into the root zone.
Among ICANN's core values is the technical security and stability of the
DNS. Therefore, laboratory technical tests of the viability of
internationalized top level levels and the effect they may have on the
DNS is being done before insertion of such labels in the root servers.
After the performance of the laboratory test and after appropriate
consultation with interested entities, a live root test will be
initiated. The live root test process and making participation publicly
available is being discussed by the President's Advisory Committee for
IDNs. The committee will publish a recommendation in this regard as soon
as it is finalized. It is important to note that participation in these
tests are not mandatory nor will participation create a favouable
position when IDN TLDs are designated.
As soon as the test design and framework has been developed by
Autonomica, it will be made available online at
http://www.icann.org/topics/idn/. ICANN welcomes replications of the
test and will post any results online for public review and for
comparison opportunities.
The agreement between ICANN and Autonomica plans to complete the
laboratory test and report the results by the ICANN meeting in Sao
Paolo. After that reporting a determination will be made in a
collaborative manner as to whether it is considered technically
appropriate to initiate a test of punycode string directly in the root zone.
The criteria and list of the strings that will be used for the testing
purposes is being worked on by a sub-group of the Presidents Advisory
Committee for IDNs and the paper describing this initiative will be
published shortly.
For more IDN relevant information and announcements please see
http://www.icann.org/topics/idn.
About Autonomica AB: Based in Stockholm, Sweden, Autonomica provides
technical support in the fields of the Domain Name System, Electronic
Mail, and Internet Exchange Point Technologies. The firm's staff often
provide advice to and works with the Internet Engineering Task Force and
the Internet Architecture Board.
--
Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat - ICANN
gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org
http://gnso.icann.org
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