SSAC Comment on Examining the User Experience Implications of Active Variant TLDs Report (R-6)

Date IssuedDocumentReference IDCurrent Phase

  

SSAC Comment on Examining the User Experience Implications of Active Variant TLDs Report (R-6)SAC060

CLOSED



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



Description:

Because the removal of a delegation from the root zone can have significant non-local impact, new rules added to a LGR must, as far as possible, be backward compatible so that new versions of the LGR do not produce results that are incompatible with historical (existent) activations.


STATUS UPDATES

DatePhaseTypeStatus Updates

 

Phase 5Phase ChangeThis Advice Item is now Closed

 

Phase 5Board UpdateThis item has been processed as much as is relevant and is considered complete; no work is outstanding from the perspective of Board Advice (note that related implementation work may have been integrated into ICANN’s ongoing operations or other initiatives). 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 backwards compatibility will be one of the main considerations the Integration Panel has to take into account in each release of the IDN LGR. The LGR procedure including guidelines has been put in place (Project 2.1 of the IDN Variant TLD Program) and is being imposed by integration panel. General information on the Root Zone Label Generation Rules can be found here: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/root-zonelgr-2015-06-21-en.

 

Phase 5Phase ChangeNow in Phase 5: Close

 

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.