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Important Information Links

Comment Open:

6 January 2012

Comment Close:

23 March 2012

Close Time (UTC):

23:59 UTC

Reply Open:

24 March 2012

Reply Close:

13 April 2012

Close Time (UTC):

23:59 UTC

Brief Overview

 

Originating Organization:

Joint ccNSO and GNSO IDN Working Group (JIG WG)

Categories/Tags:

  • Top-Level Domains
  • Policy Processes

Purpose (Brief):

The Initial Report reflects the preliminary stocktaking by the WG members of policy and other considerations relating to the Universal Acceptance of IDN TLDs.

Current Status:

Seeking public comment on its Initial Report is part of the process to report on identified issues to the respective Councils and propose a methodology to address the issues.

Next Steps:

The WG will closely review all submitted comments to revise and assess its preliminary stocktaking.

Staff Contact:

Bart Boswinkel

Email:

bart.boswinkel@icann.org

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Solutions are not always technical

Wiki MarkupWhilst the ICANN by its very nature is a type of multi stakeholder technical coordination body, it tends to seek comments and rely on comments from the technical community. The ALAC in a 2010 Statement is on record to say that not every problem has a technical solution and that ICANN should not deter from making a policy decision even when technical solutions do not exist\[[1]\|#_ftn1\].  An illustration to  from a previous statement is as follows\[[2]\ An illustration to  from a previous statement is as follows[2|#_ftn2\]:\-

The Chinese SC-TC problem is a classic case. During the early days of IDN, it was proposed that SC-TC be handle within the IDN protocol. There was a long debate among the IETF Working Group participants and a strong push from the Chinese technical community.

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ALAC would like to encourage ICANN to prioritize its efforts and exert its influence to best promoting Universal Acceptance and thanks the JIG for the initial report.unmigrated-wiki-markup

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\[[1]\|#_ftnref1\] [ https://community.icann.org/display/alacidnpolicy/ALAC+Statement+IDN+Issues]unmigrated-wiki-markup

\[[2]\|#_ftnref2\] ibid