SSAC Comment on Examining the User Experience Implications of Active Variant TLDs Report (R-7)

Date IssuedDocumentReference IDCurrent Phase

  

SSAC Comment on Examining the User Experience Implications of Active Variant TLDs Report (R-7)SAC060

CLOSED





  1. Phase 1 Receive
  2. Phase 2 Understand
  3. Phase 3 Evaluate
  4. Phase 4 Implement
  5. Phase 5 Close
  6. Closed



Description:

Should ICANN decide to implement safeguards, it should distinguish two types of failure modes when a user expects a variant to work, but it is not implemented: denial of service versus misconnection.


STATUS UPDATES

DatePhaseTypeStatus Updates

 

Phase 5Phase ChangeThis Advice Item is now Closed

 

Phase 5Board UpdateThis item has been processed as much as is relevant and is considered complete; no work is outstanding from the perspective of Board Advice (note that related implementation work may have been integrated into ICANN’s ongoing operations or other initiatives). Status provided in 19 October 2016 letter from ICANN Board Chair to SSAC Chair (https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/crocker-to-faltstrom-19oct16-en.pdf). This specific advice item is part of project 2.1 LGR Procedure. Information on Project 2.1 of the LGR can be found here (https://community.icann.org/display/VIP/P2.1-Label+Generation+Ruleset+Process+for+the+Root). Considerable work has been underway on IDNs and IDN variants. Some of this work can be found at the links listed below: IDN Implementation Guidelines (https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/implementation-guidelines-2012-02-25-en), IDN Variant Program information (https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/variant-tlds-2012-05-08-en), IDN Variant TLD Root LGR Procedure and User Experience Study Recommendations (https://features.icann.org/idnvariant-tld-root-lgr-procedure-and-user-experience-studyrecommendations?language=es), Procedure to Develop and Maintain the Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone in Respect of IDNA Labels (https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/lgrprocedure-20mar13-en.pdf), Public Comment on Label Generation Ruleset for Root Zone Version 1 (LGR-1) (https://www.icann.org/publiccomments/lgr-1-2015-12-04-en), Community Wiki on Root Zone LGR Project (https://community.icann.org/display/croscomlgrprocedure/Root+Zone+LGR+Project).

 

Phase 5Phase ChangeNow in Phase 5: Close

 

Phase 1Phase UpdateSSAC published SAC060: SSAC Comment on Examining the User Experience Implications of Active Variant TLDs Report: https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/sac-060-en.pdf.