2 Noticias IDNNEWS


ICANN: IDN TLD Allocation Implementation Processes

Following the progress on the IDN TLD allocation processes during the ICANN meeting in Paris a new area has been made available to describe IDN policy development and IDN ccTLD allocation developments under ICANN’s IDN Area: http://icann.org/en/topics/idn.

At the Paris meeting, the Board approved both of the processes described below for implementation.

* In relation to the IDN ccTLD “fast track” process it was resolved that the Board directs staff to: “(1) post the IDNC WG final report for public comments; (2) commence work on implementation issues in consultation with relevant stakeholders; and (3) submit a detailed implementation report including a list of any outstanding issues to the Board in advance of the ICANN Cairo meeting in November 2008.”

Fast-track IDN ccTLD Activities

* On a related note, the ICANN Board also adopted “the GNSO policy recommendations for the introduction of new gTLDs. And further that the Board directs staff to continue to further develop and complete its detailed implementation plan, continue communication with the community on such work, and provide the Board with a final version of the implementation proposals for the board and community to approve before the new gTLD introduction process is launched.”

New gTLD Program
source: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-20aug08-en.htm

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VeriSign certs now have IDN support
Yesterday VeriSign announced that VeriSign-branded SSL Certificates now support IDN. For years I have told people that IDN stood for International Domain Name, but in preparation for our press release on this topic, I have learned that the actual term is Internationalized Domain Name. Go figure. Anyway, IDN support means that a Web site can use character sets beyond the standard ASCII in its domain name. So you could use an umlaut or a Kanji character, for example. In the long term IDN affords the opportunity for non-English Web communications to have a truer experience by using the native alphabet in domains. One of the elements that's necessary is for sites to be able to secure themselves when these domain names are in use, and VeriSign is ready to do its part in that regard.@Domainer