[council] Public Comment: Proposed IDN Guidelines Revision

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-27jul11-en.htm


Proposed IDN Guidelines Revision

Comment Period Deadlines (*)

Important Information Links

Public Comment 
Box<http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/idn-guidelines-revision-27jul11-en.htm>

Open Date:

27 July 2011

To Submit Your Comments (Forum)<mailto:idn-guidelines-v3-revision@xxxxxxxxx>

Close Date:

26 August 2011

Time (UTC):

23:59

View Comments 
Submitted<http://forum.icann.org/lists/idn-guidelines-v3-revision/>

Section I: Description, Explanation, and Purpose


ICANN is today publishing a proposed version 3.0 of the Internationalized 
Domain Name (IDN) Implementation 
Guidelines<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/idn-guidelines-discussion-draft-clean-25jul11-en.pdf>
 [PDF, 196 KB] for public comment. The IDN Guidelines are a list of general 
standards that all top-level domain registries deploying IDNs are required to 
follow based on the Internationalized Domain Names for Applications (IDNA) 
protocol standard from the IETF.
This draft was developed by the IDN Guidelines Revision Working Group 
(comprised of ccTLD and gTLD registry representatives with IDN experience 
supported by ICANN staff). The new draft modifies the current Version 2.2 to 
reflect the IDNABIS revision ("IDNA2008 protocol") of the initial IDNA protocol 
("IDNA2003"). ICANN previously published a discussion draft prior to the ICANN 
meeting in Cartagena, Colombia in November 2010 (see
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-4-15nov10-en.htm).

Section II: Background


The current version of the IDN Guidelines is available at
http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/implementation-guidelines.htm (version 2.2 
published 26 April 2007). A redline of changes in version 3.0 against the 
version published November 2010 is also available at 
http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/idn-guidelines-discussion-draft-redline-25jul11-en.pdf
 [PDF, 348 KB].

Section III: Document and Resource Links


Comments are welcomed from the community on version 3.0 and may be submitted to 
at 
idn-guidelines-v3-revision@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:idn-guidelines-v3-revision@xxxxxxxxx>
 by 26 August 2011 23:59 UTC. Comments may be viewed at 
http://forum.icann.org/lists/idn-guidelines-v3-revision/.

Section IV: Additional Information

The Internationalized Domain Names for Applications (IDNA) protocol is the 
technical standard for the implementation of IDNs for TLD registries, 
registrars and software developers that make IDNs available for their 
customers. The IDNA protocol references and further detail about the 2008 
revision can be found here: 
http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/rfcs.htm.<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/rfcs.htm>

Staff Contact:

Naela Sarras

Email:

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