Archive for the ‘IDNs’ Category
Posted January 10th, 2011
Important information for registrants of .CN and .HK.
“This article summarises the development of the domain name regimes in China and Hong Kong in the past 12 months and gives a quick overview of the new measures and policies adopted by the respective administrative bodies, i.e. China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC) and Hong Kong Internet Registration Corporation Limited (HKIRC).”
To read the full article, click HERE.
Tags: .CN, .HK, IDNs
Posted in IDNs by Kelly Hardy
Posted January 6th, 2011
From the successful launch of IDNs to Google’s battle with China to the approval of .XXX, 2010 was a year marked by progress. We might not have flying cars, robot butlers or crops that thrive on Gatorade but we do have Twitter weddings.
Behold, the NameSmash 2010 year in review!
January
- Cybersquatting fell to a three year low
- Google threatened to leave China
- Expressions of Interest for new gTLDs (http://www.namesmash.com/?p=452#more-452) was a hot button topic
February
- China tightens rules for domain owners
- Afilias bought Dot Mobi
- ICANN warns that the adoption of IPV6 is essential
- The .CO launch is announced
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Tags: .xxx, 2010 year in review, gTLDS, ICANN, IDNs, IPv6, Tiffany vs. EBay, Vertical Integration
Posted in EOI, Events, gTLDS, ICANN, IDNs, Internet Security, IPv6, Know Your Domains, Registrars, Registries, Tech News, trademark issues by Kelly Hardy
Posted January 5th, 2011
The Cartagena meeting yielded lukewarm results for those hoping to see ICANN move forward with the new gTLD program. Although for those who were a little less hopeful, it was business as usual. Decisions were delayed and generally not much happened save for some incredible alcohol fueled photos that showed up on Facebook.
Although one could hardly expect a decision to be made on the Proposed Applicant Guidebook, when the public comment period closes the same day as the board meeting, (If you’ve ever read an ICANN comment thread, no one of sound mind could expect that they would be read and considered in a day). The new delay may make the May 30, 2011 launch date impossible. As applications can’t begin to be submitted until ICANN has completed a four month outreach campaign following the publishing of the Final Version of the Draft Applicant Guidebook, it looks like without the aid of a time machine, that launch date will come and go.
Although there is good news for those who still wish to comment on the PAG. ICANN as stated, “Comment deadlines have been pushed up “Taking into account public comment and decisions made during ICANN’s Cartagena meeting, the public comment period for the Proposed Final Applicant Guidebook and supporting documentation have been extended to 15 January 2011 (1200 UTC).”
While residual squabbling among various interests in new gTLDs continues, the Internet community seems to be ready to find solutions to the elements of the DAG that are problematic. As Natalie Dreyfus explains on her blog, “According to ICANN’s Adopted Board Resolution of December 10, 201 0, public comments following the publication of the fifth Draft Applicant Guidebook (DAG) identified four “overarching issues” to be addressed as a threshold for moving forward with the introduction of new gTLDs: trademark protection, mitigating malicious conduct, root zone scaling and economic analysis.”
It would benefit no one to sweep these issues under the rug and move forward with so much unresolved. The more comfortable we are as a group, the better the end result of our years of effort spent on this program will be. New gTLDs will not happen in a vacuum, they will be the result of all interests coming together to further the scope of the Internet. And we do need each other to move forward. Peter Dengate Thrush said it best, quoted in a December 10 news release from ICANN, “It is imperative that the launch of new gTLDs be handled cautiously and thoughtfully, and that all voices are heard and considered”.
While New gTLDs were the most hotly anticipated issue of the meeting, IDNs and .XXX were also on the table. Below is an outline of the current state of the three most pressing issues of the Cartagena meeting.
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Tags: .xxx, Cartagena, GAC, ICANN, ICM Registry, IDNs, new gTLDs
Posted in Conferences, Events, gTLDS, ICANN, IDNs, Registries by Kelly Hardy
Posted November 17th, 2010
“ICANN is pleased to release a draft of updated IDN Guidelines for discussion and to inform an IDN session at the upcoming meeting in Cartagena.”
Click HERE to read more.
Tags: ICANN, IDN
Posted in ICANN, IDNs by Kelly Hardy
Posted November 4th, 2010
We have exactly one month until ICANN 39 when the domain industry will invade a Colombian resort town famous for it’s time as a busy port during the gold and silver trades. The Cartagena meeting, beginning Saturday the 4th of December and ending Friday the 10th, is (with the exception of individual closed meetings) open to anyone who would like to attend. While it may feel as though many of the recent meetings have been a broken record, rehashing the same talking points without moving forward or yielding any tangible action, this meeting more than several of the last, is where we may see the beginning of some real, active change.
With the New gTLD program finally at a point where it looks like things might really be able to move forward, we are facing a meeting that will be extremely New gTLD heavy. It will also be an active meeting for the IDN fast track program and IPv6, which is beginning to make mainstream news. We will (hopefully) see tangible progress of several programs that have been forming over the last few years. The apparent finalization of the New gTLD program should also attract many new attendees bringing new blood and new ideas to the conference.
If you are interested in applying for a new gTLD, this is the 11th hour for forming relationships with the folks you need to contract to assist in the application process as well as anyone you may need to run your back end operations. If your company is concerned with how they might be affected by new gTLDs, this is your meeting. If you are not yet actively involved, the best way for you to judge if all this is for you is to physically be present. If for no other reason this meeting will be a strategic networking opportunity.
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Tags: Cartagena Colombia, ICANN 39, IPv6, new gTLDs, Travel
Posted in Conference City Guides, Conferences, Domain Glossary, Events, gTLDS, ICANN, IDNs, IPv6 by Kelly Hardy
Posted October 22nd, 2010
While the Internet community is deciding what to do with a treasure chest of possible innovations to the domain space it is delightful and encouraging to see the product of such a “risk” thriving in the current economy. The quick spread of IDN’s is not only further opening the space to people’s who have been excluded from participation but also demonstrates how quickly and positively Internet users world-wide adapt to a change in the way they interact with the technology.
This week brings more positive developments as the IDN roll out continues to gain momentum with the announcement of the trade mark Sunrise period for فلسطين (.falesteen) in Palestine, the opening of the registration period for .台灣 (.taiwan) and the launch of Cyrillic IDN’s .com.ua and .keiv.ua. Applications for the Islamic Republic of Iran and Oman have also been approved. This means 29 IDN’s have been approved since the implementation of this program.
For more information on these and other IDNs, click HERE
Tags: .com.ua, .falesteen, .keiv.ua, .taiwan, IDNs, فلسطين, 台灣
Posted in IDNs by Kelly Hardy
Posted October 11th, 2010
From ICANN
ICANN and UNESCO have agreed to work together to further strengthen and promote multilingualism in cyberspace, and facilitate the successful implementation of IDN ccTLDs.
ICANN and UNESCO, in a letter of intent, have Identified the first area of joint collaboration in furtherance of the December 2009 Cooperation Agreement. Under the LOI, both parties will cooperate, each in its area of expertise, to develop a reference table of country names and abbreviations for the benefit of UNESCO’s Member States and countries whose official languages are based on Cyrillic Script.
Other languages and scripts are expected to follow.
The exact scope of the project is yet to be finalized, but the proposed table would be non-binding in its use. While the existence of a table may assist applicants for IDN ccTLDs in identifying strings, ICANN’s IDN ccTLD Fast Track application process and requirements would not be modified as a result of this project.
For the full story go HERE.
Tags: CCTLD's, ICANN, IDNs, UNESCO
Posted in CCTLD's, ICANN, IDNs by Ken Taylor
Posted September 1st, 2010
From Israel Internet Asscociation (ISOC-IL)
Hebrew Domain Names
ISOC-IL is expanding the Domain Name Registration service with the option to register Domain Names containing Hebrew characters, like איגוד-האינטרנט.org.il, which will soon be made available.
As a preliminary process prior to the opening of Hebrew Domain Names registration to the general public and following the globally-standard practice, ISOC-IL is launching a SUNRISE PROCESS.
See the full story HERE.
Tags: Hebrew Domain Names, IDNs, ISOC-IL
Posted in CCTLD's, IDNs by Ken Taylor
Posted May 6th, 2010
From ICANN News Alert
For the first time in the history of the Internet, non-Latin characters are being used for top-level domains. The first IDN country-code top-level domains were inserted in the DNS root zone earlier today. The associated countries and their respective IDN ccTLDs are:
Egypt: مصر (Egypt)
Saudi Arabia: السعودية (AlSaudiah)
United Arab Emirates: امارات (Emarat)
These are the first IDN ccTLDs to appear online as a result of the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process which was approved by the ICANN Board at its annual meeting in Seoul, South Korea on 30 October 2009.
The first requests were received starting 16 November 2009. The process enables countries and territories to submit requests to ICANN for IDN ccTLDs, representing their respective country or territory names in scripts other than Latin.
So far, ICANN has received a total of 21 requests for IDN ccTLD(s) representing 11 languages. A total of 13 requests have successfully passed through the “String Evaluation” (the second stage of the process) and are hence ready for the requesting country or territory to initiate the request for TLD Delegation (the final stage of the application process). As of today, the first three of these have been delegated into the DNS root zone, which means they are available for use.
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Tags: ccTLD, ICANN, IDN
Posted in CCTLD's, ICANN, IDNs by Ken Taylor
Posted May 3rd, 2010
From China Daily
The China Internet Network Information Center announced Wednesday that the top-level Chinese domain name “.zhongguo” (written in Chinese characters) has been approved by the board of ICANN, information portal chinanews.com.cn reported.
More than 90 percent of Chinese ministries and provincial departments and more than 95 percent of news websites have already opened their “.zhongguo” domain names, the report said.
See the full story HERE.
Tags: .zhongguo, China, ICANN
Posted in gTLDS, ICANN, IDNs by Ken Taylor
