[council] Public Comments Requested on Interim Paper on Policy Aspects Regarding Introduction of Single Character IDN TLDs

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-27jul10-en.htm


Public Comments Requested on Interim Paper on Policy Aspects Regarding 
Introduction of Single Character IDN TLDs

27 July 2010

The joint ccNSO and GNSO IDN working group (JIG) is pleased to announce the 
publication of the working group's Initial Report [PDF, 192 KB] on the 
introduction of Single Character IDN TLDs. This Report is intended to be a 
stocktaking of the policy issues regarding the introduction of Single Character 
IDN TLDs and some viewpoints on possible policy implementations that could 
address those issues. The JIG solicits input and comment from the community on 
these policy issues and viewpoints. The working group identifies the following 
policy issue area's:

   1. Possible confusion with reserved single character ASCII TLD strings
   2. Whether special financial considerations should be considered
   3. Whether due to the relatively smaller pool of possible names that special 
allocation methods should be considered
   4. Whether due to the relatively shorter string, it may be easier for users 
to make mistakes, and that special policies should be considered
   5. Whether additional criteria should be introduced to qualify a Single 
Character IDN TLD as an IDN ccTLD or IDN gTLD
   6. Whether special policies are required to address usability of Single 
Character IDN TLDs given existing application environments

To be most helpful you are kindly requested to submit your comments by 9 
September 2010 at: 
http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201009-en.htm#jig-initial-report

An archive of all comments received will be publicly available.

Background and Next Steps

The ccNSO and GNSO Councils recognized there may be topics and/ or issues 
related to the introduction of IDN TLDs which are of common interest to both 
the GNSO and ccNSO, and which are preferably addressed in a collaborative 
effort through the GNSO and ccNSO. For that matter the Councils established a 
joint IDN working group. The charter of the working group can be found at: 
http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/jiwg.htm.

According to its charter the purpose of the joint working group is to identify 
and explore issues and topics of common interest, if any, and of relevance to 
both the cNSO and GNSO, report on such an identified issues to the ccNSO and 
GNSO Councils and propose a methodology to address the issue. To date the JIG 
identified the following areas of common interest:

   1. Single Character IDN TLDs
   2. IDN TLD Variants
   3. Universal Acceptance of IDN TLDs

After closure of the comment period, the working group will finalise the 
Initial Report taking into account the public comments and input and publish a 
Final Report to be submitted to the ccNSO and GNSO Councils for their 
consideration. During the public comment period the Working Group will continue 
its work on the other topics identified by the working group as of common 
interest to both the ccNSO and GNSO.


Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://gnso.icann.org