RE: [ga] ICANN, TWNIC Host "Toward the New Era of Internet"- IDN Key topic

["Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Agreed Joe, at least with regard to the DNS, but it can make a huge
difference for non-English speakers at the application layer.

Chuck Gomes
 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Baptista [mailto:baptista@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 10:17 AM
> To: Gomes, Chuck
> Cc: Andy Gardner; ga the DNSO
> Subject: Re: [ga] ICANN, TWNIC Host "Toward the New Era of 
> Internet"- IDN Key topic
> 
> Gomes, Chuck wrote:
> 
> >Andy,
> >
> >IDN names at the second-level have been around for quite 
> awhile but not 
> >at the top-level.  The focus now is introducing them at the 
> top-level 
> >so that it is possible to have an IDN.IDN name instead of an 
> IDN.ASCII 
> >name.
> >  
> >
> Chuck - you and I know that technically speaking there is no 
> difference.  The DNS has no concern if a lable is IDN or 
> ASCII.  In the end to the DNS it's all ascii and the 
> translation of an IDN to ASCII for the purpose of DNS lookups 
> is a function of the users system or browser.
> 
> regards
> joe baptista
> 
> >Chuck Gomes
> > 
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> >  
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>[mailto:owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy Gardner
> >>Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 12:14 AM
> >>To: ga the DNSO
> >>Subject: Re: [ga] ICANN, TWNIC Host "Toward the New Era of
> >>Internet"- IDN Key topic
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>On Sep 24, 2007, at 5:12 PM, GNSO.SECRETARIAT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>"IDNs are going to change the face of the Internet when
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>they arrive -
> >>    
> >>
> >>>it will give people the chance to register domain names with their 
> >>>names in their languages," Dr Twomey added. "ICANN is about
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>to launch
> >>    
> >>
> >>>a technical evaluation of the impact IDNs will have, and if
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>all goes
> >>    
> >>
> >>>well internationalized domain names could be available sometime in 
> >>>2008."
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>When they arrive?
> >>
> >>Haven't IDN's been available since 2001?
> >>
> >>Who at ICANN is responsible for fact checking these press releases?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 
> -- 
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