[council] IDN Variant TLD Program - Procedure to Develop and Maintain the Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone in Respect of IDNA Labels - Second Public Comment Draft

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/lgr-procedure-07dec12-en.htm
IDN Variant TLD Program - Procedure to Develop and Maintain the Label 
Generation Rules for the Root Zone in Respect of IDNA Labels - Second Public 
Comment Draft
Comment/Reply Periods (*)

Important Information Links

Comment Open:

7 December 2012

Comment Close:

6 January 2013

Close Time (UTC):

23:59

Public Comment 
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Reply Open:

7 January 2013

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Report of Public Comments

Brief Overview

Originating Organization:

ICANN

Categories/Tags:

Top-Level Domains

Purpose (Brief):

To receive community feedback on the latest draft of the "Procedure to Develop 
and Maintain the Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone in Respect of IDNA 
Labels - Second Public Comment 
Draft<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/draft-lgr-procedure-07dec12-en.pdf>"
 [PDF, 790 KB]

Current Status:

The IDN Variant TLD Program includes a project to establish the Label 
Generation Rules (LGR) Process for the DNS Root Zone. The project team includes 
expert consultants and a global team of volunteers. The project team has 
created new draft document and seeks a second round of community comment and 
input on the proposed process.

Next Steps:

The Label Generation Rules (LGR) Procedure document will be updated and 
published for implementation in the next phase of the IDN Variant TLD Program.

Staff Contact:

Francisco Arias

Email:

francisco.arias@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:francisco.arias@xxxxxxxxx?subject=More%20information%20on%20the%20IDN%20Variant%20TLD%20Program%20%E2%80%93%20Procedure%20to%20Develop%20and%20Maintain%20the%20Label%20Generation%20Rules%20for%20the%20Root%20Zone%20in%20Respect%20of%20IDNA%20Labels%20%E2%80%93%20Second%20Public%20Comment%20Draft%20public%20comment%20period>

Detailed Information

Section I: Description, Explanation, and Purpose


The IDN Variant TLD Program has been exploring the issues associated with the 
potential inclusion of IDN variant TLDs in the DNS root zone at the request of 
the ICANN Board and the community.

The Label Generation Rules Procedure is a way to develop and maintain the Label 
Generation Rules for the Root Zone in respect of IDNA labels. This procedure 
must be in place to enable the delegation and management of IDN Variant TLDs.

The IDN Variant TLD Program follows on from the publication of the final 
Integrated Issues Report on 17 February 2012. The Program 
Plan<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/idn-variant-tld-updated-plan-23aug12-en.pdf>
 [PDF, 576 KB] was published after two rounds of public comment. The Label 
Generation Rules (LGR) project team was formed to include expert consultants 
and a global team of volunteers.

After discussions on-line and a two-day face-to-face session in Los Angeles in 
August, the project team created a first draft of the document on the 
"Procedure to Develop and Maintain the Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone 
in Respect of IDNA Labels". That draft was published for Public Comment, and 
the project team received community input on the LGR process and the principles 
that support it during September and October 2012.

The team continued the refinement of the procedure document, and after a second 
two-day face-to-face session at the ICANN Toronto Meeting, two additional 
teleconferences, and daily e-mail discussion with the global team of 
volunteers, a new draft of the procedure document is now ready for the second 
and final round of Public Comment.

Section II: Background


On 20 April 2011, ICANN announced the IDN Variant Issues Project to explore the 
issues associated with the potential inclusion of IDN variant TLDs in the DNS 
root zone. This project was initiated in response to a 2010 ICANN Board of 
Directors 
resolution<http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-25sep10-en.htm#2.5>. The 
project completed with the publication of the final Integrated Issues Report on 
17 February 2012.

The IDN Variant TLD Program follows on from that work. The Program consists of 
several projects, and continues as a multi-phase multi-year program. The 
Program Plan was published - after substantial public input and comment - on 23 
August 2012.

One of the first projects in the new program is to develop the Label Generation 
Rules (LGR) Process for the DNS Root Zone. The approach taken was to form a 
project team of expert consultants supported by a global group of volunteers 
representing multiple scripts and languages. The formation of the volunteer 
group was announced on 23 August 2012.

The project team has had multiple discussions on-line and by telephone 
conference, and held two two-day face-to-face sessions. The project team has 
created a new draft document on the "Procedure to Develop and Maintain the 
Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone in Respect of IDNA Labels" for Public 
Comment, and now seeks community input and comment.

Section III: Document and Resource Links


Procedure to Develop and Maintain the Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone 
in Respect of IDNA Labels - Second Public Comment 
Draft<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/draft-lgr-procedure-07dec12-en.pdf> 
[PDF, 790 KB]

Integrated Issues 
Report<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/idn-vip-integrated-issues-final-clean-20feb12-en.pdf>
 [PDF, 2.15 MB]

Program 
Plan<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/idn-variant-tld-updated-plan-23aug12-en.pdf>
 [PDF, 576 KB]

Section IV: Additional Information

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