[council] FW: Notice re: Internationalized Registration Data Working Group

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Forwarded From: Julie Hedlund


As directed by the ICANN Board in its 26 June resolution, the Security and 
Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) and the Generic Names Supporting 
Organization (GNSO) are convening an Internationalized Registration Data 
Working Group (IRD WG) that will be 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 creation of the Working Group is in response to increasing community 
concerns that the  current WHOIS service is deficient in a number of ways, 
including  technical areas as noted in a recent SSAC report titled SAC037 
"Display and usage of Internationalized Registration Data" (SAC037) located at 
http://www.icann.org/committees/security/sac037.pdf.  Issues identified in the 
report include the accessibility and readability of WHOIS contact information 
in an internationalized domain name (IDN) environment.  On 16 September 2009, 
ICANN held an online presentation (a "webinar") on the "Display and Usage of 
Internationalized Registration Data"  The presentation is available here: 
http://www.icann.org/en/committees/security/ssac-presentations.htm.

ICANN Staff in cooperation with members of the GNSO  Council and SSAC developed 
a draft charter for the IRD WG, which may be viewed at: 
http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/internationalized-data-registration-wg-draft-charter-27sep09.pdf.

The SSAC and the GNSO encourage SSAC members, GNSO constituencies, stakeholder 
groups and  other GNSO participants, members of the GAC, the ccNSO, the ALAC, 
and the ASO to identify possible participants of the IRD WG 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.

Please direct questions or request for additional information to Julie Hedlund, 
Director, SSAC Support, at: julie.hedlund@xxxxxxxxx.

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