SSAC Comment on Examining the User Experience Implications of Active Variant TLDs Report (R-8)

Date IssuedDocumentReference IDCurrent Phase

  

SSAC Comment on Examining the User Experience Implications of Active Variant TLDs Report (R-8)SAC060

DEFERRED



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



THIS ITEM IS DEFERRED; SEE DEPENDENCIES


DESCRIPTION

A process should be developed to activate variants from allocatable variants in LGR.


DEPENDENCIES

This item remains deferred pending further consideration by the ccNSO and GNSO in the context of their IDN related PDPs.


STATUS UPDATES

DatePhaseTypeStatus Updates

 

Phase 4DependenciesThis item remains deferred pending further consideration by the ccNSO and GNSO in the context of their IDN related PDPs.

 

Phase 4AP FeedbackSSAC notes that while this item is deferred, there has been major progress with respect to IDNs including IDN guidelines 4.0 and ICANN org's work in script tables. Does any of this recent work impact the implementation status of recommendation 8?

 

Phase 4AP FeedbackSSAC acknowledged the 2021 Q3 implementation updated and did not have any comments or feedback for ICANN org.

 

Phase 4Phase UpdateThis has already been proposed by SubPro WG for gTLDs with more details being developed by the IDN EPDP underway. ccNSO is also working on a solution for variant TLDs through its ongoing IDN ccPDP4.

 

Phase 4AP FeedbackSSAC acknowledged the 2020 Q4 implementation updated and did not have any comments or feedback for ICANN org.

 

Phase 4Phase UpdateThis item remains deferred pending further consideration by the ccNSO and GNSO in the context of their IDN related PDPs.

 

Phase 4AP FeedbackSSAC acknowledged the 2019 Q2 implementation updated and did not have any comments or feedback for ICANN org.

 

Phase 4Phase ChangeNow in Phase 4: Deferred

 

Phase 4Phase UpdateICANN org recently developed the Recommendations for Managing IDN Variant TLDs, published at https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/idn-variant-tld-implementation-2018-07-26-en. These have been adopted by ICANN Board at their meeting at ICANN64, where the Board asked the GNSO and ccNSO to consider these in their policy and procedures. Further implementation of this item is deferred as of 30 June 2019 pending external activity. ICANN org will take up further work once the GNSO and ccNSO have considered these items as part of their policy development work.

 

Phase 4DependenciesFurther implementation of this item is deferred as of 25 June 2019 pending external activity. ICANN org will take up further action once the GNSO and ccNSO consider this item as part of the policy development work.

 

Phase 4Phase UpdateICANN agrees with this recommendation and the entire Project 7 of the IDN Variant TLD Program is dedicated to developing the processes to handle variant mechanisms, including the life cycle of a variant label. Implementation of this specific advice item is in progress and is part of project 7. This recommendation is being looked at by the Study Group on Technical Use of RZ-LGR: https://community.icann.org/display/croscomlgrprocedure/Study+Group+on+Technical+Use+of+RZ-LGR.

 

Phase 4Phase UpdateICANN agrees with this recommendation and the entire Project 7 of the IDN Variant TLD Program is dedicated to developing the processes to handle variant mechanisms, including the life cycle of a variant label. Implementation of this specific advice item is in progress and is part of project 7. Considerable work has been underway on IDNs and IDN variants. Including: IDN Implementation Guidelines: The public comment period on the Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Implementation Guidelines Version 4.0 opened on 3 March 2017 and closed on 2 May 2017. An ICANN organization report is expected on 9 August 2017 (https://www.icann.org/public-comments/idn-guidelines-2017-03-03-en). Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone: The public comment period on Version 2 of the LGR Rules for the Root Zone opened on 6 June 2017 and closed on 24 July 2017. An ICANN organization report is expected on 11 August 2017 (https://www.icann.org/public-comments/rz-lgr-2-2017-06-06-en).

 

Phase 4Board UpdateBoard consideration is complete and implementation of advice item is ongoing. 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). ICANN agrees with this recommendation and the entire Project 7 of the IDN Variant TLD Program is dedicated to developing the processes to handle variant mechanisms, including the life cycle of a variant label. Implementation of this specific advice item is in progress and is part of project 7. 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 4Phase ChangeNow in Phase 4: Implement

 

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.