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Comment Open: | 6 January 2012 |
Comment Close: | 7 February 23 March 2012 |
Close Time (UTC): | 23:59 UTC |
Reply Open: | 8 February 24 March 2012 |
Reply Close: | 7 March 13 April 2012 |
Close Time (UTC): | 23:59 UTC |
Brief Overview |
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Originating Organization: | Joint ccNSO and GNSO IDN Working Group (JIG WG) |
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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 |
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Vote Schedule: As the WHOIS-RT meeting on the Monday in CR might generate more comments, it would be worth delaying the vote and keeping the comment period open until after that meeting. The ALAC could then ratify the final statement during its wrap-up on Thursday 15th March, in time to file it then.
JIG Initial Report on Universal Acceptance of IDN TLDs downloadable from here.
Click here to download this draft Statement in PDF form.
Click here to download the final version of this statement
DRAFT ALAC STATEMENT ON JIG REPORT ON UNIVERSAL ACCEPTANCE OF IDNs
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Whilst 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]\[At-Large Policy Development Early Engagement: Locking of a Domain Name subject to UDRP Proceedings Workspace - May 2013|#_ftn1\]. 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.
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\[[1]\[At-Large Policy Development Early Engagement: Locking of a Domain Name subject to UDRP Proceedings Workspace - May 2013|#_ftnref1\] [ https://community.icann.org/display/alacidnpolicy/ALAC+Statement+IDN+Issues]unmigrated-wiki-markup Wiki Markup
\[[2]\|#_ftnref2\] ibid