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Welcome to the IDN Variant TLDs Community Home Page!

This Community Wiki page is designed to provide details and historical documentation about the IDN (Internationalized Domain Name) Variant TLDs (Top-Level Domain) Issues Project (now IDN Variant TLDs Program) and to support the IDN Variant TLDs Community.

The Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Variant TLDs Issues Project deals with the variant form of top-level domain (TLD) names in different scripts and consists of multiple projects in multiple phases. 

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For a brief introduction of the

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Announced in April 2011, the Variant IDN Project seeks to determine how variants may be properly delegated in the DNS Root Zone.

The Project is comprised of multiple parts, as follows:

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Phase 1 — Individual Case Studies

Between July and October 2011, six teams studied six common scripts to identify issues specific to those scripts. The reports of these teams were published for public comments. The teams are now evaluating those comments to provide summary reports.

Arabic

Arabic Report

Chinese

Chinese Report

Cyrillic

Cyrillic Report

Devanagari

Devanagari Report

Greek

Greek Report

Latin

Latin Report

Phase 2 — Integrated Report

Between October 2011 and December 2011, an integrated team formed of representatives of the six individual teams will work on harmonizing the output of the six teams into a single report. The group is meeting weekly to develop an integrated report.

Phase 3 — Development of Solutions

IDN Variant TLDs Issues Project and a summary of activities related to the first three phases of the project, please visit the IDN Variant TLDs dedicated page on the ICANN website: http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/variant-tlds

For further details on each phase of the project, please see the following subpages and the attachments included:

Phase 1: Case Studies (completed)

Phase 2: Integrated Issues Report (completed)    

Phase 3: IDN Variant TLDs Program (Current Phase)

The program is currently in its third phase with three projects in progress following the program plan posted with an announcement on http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-23aug12-en.htm. 

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Next Phase and Projects:

Upon completion of the Phase 3, and subject to ICANN Board approval, the Program will proceed to Phase 4 , which will include projects expected to focus on the implementation of IDN Variant TLDs.

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Subscribe to the vip@icann.org public mailing list for discussions on issues related to the IDN Variant TLDs Program by filling out the form available at: https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/vip. Mailing list archives are available for consultation to all interested parties.

 

 

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