[council] Webinar: Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Variant: Examining the User Experience Implication of the Active Variant TLDs

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Webinar: Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Variant: Examining the User 
Experience Implication of the Active Variant TLDs
1 February 2013

Date: 13 February 2013
Time: 13:00 - 14:30 UTC (5:00am - 6:30am PST)
Adobe Connect: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/idnvarianttld/
Dial In: 1-800-550-6865 or 1-213-233-3193
International numbers available here<http://adigo.com/icann/>
Meeting ID: 46389

Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) serve as powerful tools for broadening 
the Internet's capacity and accessibility; however, they also raise novel 
issues. One important issue concerns "variants" which occur when a single 
character can be identified with two or more different Unicode Code Points with 
graphic representations that may or may not be visually similar. IDN variants 
contain one or more such characters and therefore, if not handled correctly, 
might result in user confusion or a poor user experience.

In an effort to develop potential solutions for the delegation of IDN variant 
Top-Level Domains (TLDs), IDN Variant Project Teams, consisting of volunteers, 
subject matter expert consultants and ICANN staff, have conducted case studies 
in six scripts, produced an integrated report, and are currently underway to 
completing three projects investigating potential solutions for IDN Variant 
TLDs delegation.

One of these projects is called the Examining the User Experience Implications 
of Active Variant TLDs Project (P6). The purpose of the project is to gain an 
understanding of issues that could arise from activating IDN Variant TLDs and 
offer recommendations to users to avoid such issues. Examples of user roles 
that have been identified include registrants, registrars, registry operators, 
system administrators, network operators, application developers, and end users.

Project team has published for public comment the Draft Final Report for 
Examining the User Experience Implications of Active Variant 
TLDs<https://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/variant-ux-18jan13-en.htm> 
and is seeking to establish a dialog with the community to refine proposed 
principles, impacts and recommendations of the study.

This webinar is offered to complement that process both by presenting the key 
concepts and gathering user input.

The IDN Variant TLDs Program team is looking forward to your participation.

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