[council] RE: Verisign IDN TLDs

["Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am not sure whether I can post to the Council list or not so I am including 
Bret and Marilyn because they specifically sent me messages on this issue and 
give them permission to forward this on if it does not go to the full Council 
list.  Also, let me apologize for the delay of my response.  As you have 
possibly already learned: 
 
VeriSign is not operating an internationalized top level domain name 
(TLD)registry or registrar. The service offered by the Digital Brand Management 
Service (DBMS) business unit of VeriSign, Chinese internationalized TLD domain 
name registrations, is offered by CNNIC, the registry operator for the .cn TLD. 
VeriSign’s DBMS business unit is offering such registrations as a provider of 
brand and identity management services across the globe.
 

Chuck Gomes
VeriSign Information Services



 


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        From: Bret Fausett [mailto:bfausett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
        Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 1:00 PM
        To: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Cc: Gomes, Chuck
        Subject: Verisign IDN TLDs
        
        
        Council Members (with a copy to Chuck Gomes),
        
        I note, via the GA list and the ALAC mailing list, that Verisign has 
launched what appear to be new TLDs in an alternate root, or some resolution 
equivalent. The Verisign web site contains the following announcement:
        
        

                VeriSign Now Offering Chinese Character Extensions  
                VeriSign Digital Brand Management Services is now offering the 
following Chinese character extensions:
                
                *         .中国 (.china) 
                *         .公司  (.company) 
                *         .网络 (.network)
                
                Domain names cannot exceed 20 characters (each constituting 
element is considered as one character). For further details, please contact 
your VeriSign Digital Brand Management Services Account Team or Enterprise 
Customer Support.
                
                

        
http://www.verisign.com/Resources/Digital_Brand_Management_Services_Resources/Digital_Branding_Bulletin/page_039521.html#0100000A
        
        Given the fact that we are currently working on a process for new TLDs, 
including new IDN TLDs, this is curious timing. I wonder if we could request a 
briefing, first in writing and then at the next council call, from Verisign 
about what it is doing technically with these new “TLDs.” The At Large has 
raised this as an issue to be addressed within the ALAC, and I expect that 
Council will want to look at it as well.
        
             -- Bret