[Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5] Comment on Paragraph 1 of the Scope of Terms of Reference - Board on Geo Names.

[Kavouss Arasteh]

Dear All,
Jorge + 1
Kavouss

On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 9:07 AM, <Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch> wrote:

> Dear Aslam
>
> Thanks for this interesting example.
>
> Would you be able to provide some further info on it, e.g. (1) who
> maintains this database?, (2) what are the eligibility rules? who can
> request an inscription?, (3) what is its specific purpose?, (4) what are
> the effects of an inscription in that repository? does it provide some sort
> of protection to the name?
>
> thanks in advance for any specific info on these questions...
>
> best
>
> Jorge
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> Von: Aslam Mohamed <aslam at rnaip.com>
> Datum: 30. November 2017 um 16:29:59 MEZ
> An: Jeff Neuman <jeff.neuman at comlaude.com>
> Cc: gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5 at icann.org <gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5 at icann.org>
> Betreff: Re: [Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5] Comment on Paragraph 1 of the Scope of
> Terms of Reference - Board on Geo Names.
>
> Dear Jeff et al
> I thought this could be an informative reference point for WT5.
>
> The US Board on Geographic Names rules on hundreds of naming decisions
> each year and maintains geographical databases (available at
> geonames.usgs.gov<http://geonames.usgs.gov/>) containing more than two
> million domestic records and over 11 million records for foreign names.
> There are some conflicts with established trademarks though!
>
> Should BGN be the point of reference for geo name gTLDs? Or is there any
> other global database anyone in the group knows of which can be built into
> policy by WT5? It would speed things up for WT5 recommendations.
>
> By way of comparison, for country code gTLDs ISO 3166 has been adopted as
> the point of reference.
>
> It might interest you to know that .Amazon or .PersianGulf do not find
> mention in these lists for proscription! Do correct me if I am wrong.
>
> Kind Regards
>
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> On 30 Nov 2017, at 09:52, Jeff Neuman <jeff.neuman at comlaude.com<mailto:
> jeff.neuman at comlaude.com>> wrote:
>
>
> With respect to the Scope of the Terms of Reference, please keep in mind
> that this section refers only to what will be discussed.  It is intended to
> make sure the right questions are being asked and the right topics are
> being covered.  It should also be neutral in nature to allow all sides of
> an issue to be discussed.
>
>
> Therefore, may I suggest a slight rewording of that first paragraph to the
> following:
>
>
> Work Track 5 will focus on developing proposed recommendations regarding
> the treatment of geographic names at the top level (both in ASCII and IDN
> form), including whether such names require consent or non-objection from
> applicable governmental authorities, evaluation criteria and potential
> grounds for objection.
>
> This shorter rewording moves the consent or non-objection part up in the
> paragraph from where it is now.  The new wording does not preclude any
> discussions on “approvals” nor does it implicitly endorse an approval-based
> model.  It (hopefully) is neutral and by virtue of having the word
> “consent” in the paragraph will naturally lead to discussions on how one
> obtains consent or non-objection if required.
>
> In addition, the term consent is already in the Applicant Guidebook, so it
> is a term that we are all familiar with.  And finally, according to
> http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/consent, the term “Consent” is synonymous
> with, “approval, assent, authorization, permission, allowance,
> acquiescence”, etc.
>
> This is being provided as a suggestion only to move forward the
> conversation.  It is not being provided in any official capacity.
>
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