IDN TLD Allocation Implementation Processes

[alibuba]

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

[alibuba]

"String Similarity Algorithm - ICANN staff recently completed a workshop with SWORD, the partner who is assisting ICANN with the creation of an algorithm that will help automate the process for assessing similarity among proposed and existing TLD strings. SWORD's verbal search algorithms are used by various patent and trademark offices throughout the world. SWORD has completed a beta algorithm and reviewed several test cases with ICANN staff. This is being done in order to refine the parameters and discuss how the algorithm could be successfully integrated as a tool to help implement the GNSO's recommendation that new gTLD strings should not result in user confusion with existing TLDs (8 August 2008)."

[alibuba]

hold on, i just read the first post in the New gTLD program and they talk about holding auctions for similiar TLD strings.

reading the paper.....

[Explorer]

So, according to their time line, we could expect Verisign to submit an application in March of 2009 for new IDN gTLDs, such as .ком, .нет, and so on. Am I reading this wrong?

[mj]

Originally Posted by Explorer

So, according to their time line, we could expect Verisign to submit an application in March of 2009 for new IDN gTLDs, such as .ком, .нет, and so on. Am I reading this wrong?

Man, forget Russian, they better do Arabic first :-)

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[Explorer]

Originally Posted by mj

Man, forget Russian, they better do Arabic first :-)

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They will apply for everything at the same time, of course. Just wanted to make sure that I was reading it correctly :-)