Date: Tuesday, 27 July 2021
Time: 08:00 - 09:30 UTC For the time in various time zones click here
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Guest Speakers: Emily Taylor, Sarmad Hussain, Justine Chew
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Description:
The GNSO Council had in June 2021 initiated the Expedited Policy Development Process on Internationalized Domain Names (EPDP on IDNs) to provide it with policy recommendations in 2 areas:
- The definition of all generic top-level domains (gTLDs) and the management of variant labels; and
- How the IDN Implementation Guidelines, which require compliance by the Contracted Parties, should be updated in the future.
Given the particular importance of Internationalized Domain Names for the Asia-Pacific region, considering its linguistic and cultural diversity, the APRALO Policy Forum has, in association with the At-Large Capacity Building Working Group (CBWG), organised this Webinar on IDNs to assist in building the capacity of our RALO members and other interested At-Large members to engage meaningfully in the work of the EPDP on IDNs. Among other things, the webinar speakers will broadly address the following:
- When IDNs were introduced to the Root Zone
- The landscape of IDNs in the APAC region
- The existing policies and procedures on IDNs including the Root Zone Label Generation Rules (RZ-LGRs) in addressing security/confusability in IDNs
- An overview on IDN Variant TLD management (in context of the ICANN Board's 2010 resolution on need for variant management solution to be in place prior to next round of New gTLDs)
- An overview on the GNSO Subsequent Procedures policy recommendations for the next round of IDN New gTLD applications
- Background to the EPDP on IDNs
Moderator & Speakers:
Moderator: Satish Babu, Chair, APRALO
Speakers:
Emily Taylor, CEO, Oxford Information Labs
Sarmad Hussain, Sr Director, ICANN UA & IDN Programs
Justine Chew, ALAC Member & At-Large liaison for Subsequent Procedures
Agenda:
1. Staff introduction - Staff (2 mins)
Satish Babu (3 mins)
2. Welcome and introduction to agenda
Emily Taylor (20 min)
3. What are Internationalized Domain Names at the Top Level (TL) and Second Level (SL)
- APAC examples of IDN TLDs and IDN SLDs
4. The landscape of IDNs from 2011-2019 (IDN World Report 2010 data)
- Diversity in languages and scripts within APAC
- Number/trend of IDNs in APAC (both TLDs and SLDs)
- Cursory insight into barriers to expansion of IDNs
Sarmad Hussain (30 mins)
5. When IDNs were introduced to the Root Zone and what are the existing ICANN policies and procedures governing IDNs
- Brief history of IDN policy development in ICANN via GNSO
- Development and status of the IDN Implementation Guidelines 4.0
6. How are IDN Variant TLDs to be handled
- Reference to the ICANN Board's 2010 resolution on need for variant management solution to be in place prior to next round of New gTLDs
- Origin of RZ-LGR Procedures and how that works to address security/confusability in IDNs
- Which scripts are already covered and which are in progress or not yet addressed
7. What led to the EPDP on IDNs
- Scope of this EPDP (charter)
- Participation in this EPDP (PDP model)
8. Using IDNs: the Universal Acceptance Challenge
- Interdependence with Universal Acceptance (UA) and Email Address Internationalization (EAI) as enabling elements to expansion of IDNs
Justine Chew (10 mins)
9. Subsequent Procedures policy recommendations for the next round of IDN new gTLD applications
Satish Babu (25 mins)
10. Q & A
11. Close
