[Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5] Proposed Agenda - WT5 meeting - 17 July 2019 at 20:00 UTC

[Emily Barabas]

Dear Work Track 5 members,

Please find below the proposed agenda for the WT5 meeting tomorrow 17 July 2019 at 20:00 UTC:

1. Welcome/Agenda Review/SOI Updates
2. Languages/Translations (see additional information below)
3. Additional Categories of Terms (non-AGB Terms)
4. Substantive review of comments in response to Initial Report questions e1-e5.

  *   We will reference the public comments summary document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rsyxCEBd6ax3Rb_w1kms_E9n29XL1_lw3Yp9XQ4TeCY/edit?ts=5ce64d6d#<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rsyxCEBd6ax3Rb_w1kms_E9n29XL1_lw3Yp9XQ4TeCY/edit?ts=5ce64d6d>.
  *   For reference, full text of comments is available at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WKSC_pPBviCnbHxW171ZIp4CzuhQXRCV1NR2ruagrxs/edit#gid=543808477
5. AOB

For agenda item 2, the leadership team has prepared the following summary of options discussed and welcomes further input to support reaching a conclusion on this issue.

As a reminder:

  *   In the 2012 Applicant Guidebook, a string was considered unavailable if it was a translation in any language of the following categories of country and territory names: long-form name listed in the ISO 3166-1 standard; short-form name listed in the ISO 3166-1 standard; separable component of a country name designated on the “Separable Country Names List.”
  *   In the 2012 round, applicants were required to obtain letters of support or non-objection from the relevant governments or public authorities for “An application for any string that is a representation, in any language, of the capital city name of any country or territory listed in the ISO 3166-1 standard.”

WT5 has discussed the following proposal as an alternative to the “in any language” standard, and two possible additions. The tables below capture pros and cons mentioned for each option.

Proposal: translations in UN and official languages
--> For those countries that have no official language, include “de-facto” official languages (a list would need to be identified for this)
--> Supplement with a curative mechanism that allows for objections in the case of commonly used languages

Possible addition 1: transliteration into ASCII and conversion to DNS labels

Pros

Cons

From one perspective, this allows names such as Den Haag or São Tomé to be protected with denhaag/den-hag or sao-tome/saotome.



From one perspective, ASCII is not a language but
an encoding of a set of (alphabetic) glyphs so transliterating into ASCII doesn't make sense.

From one perspective, this can be a limited and clearly defined list.

From one perspective, for the same source language one can easily have different transliterated forms depending on the target language. This provision may cause confusion and uncertainty because there is a lack of standardization for transliteration.




Possible addition 2: languages spoken by X% of people in the country/territory/capital city (to represent relevant national, regional and community languages)

Pros

Cons

From one perspective, some communities and groups strongly identify with translations of names in non-official languages and this proposal would offer protection for names translated into those languages.



From one perspective, there is no standard definition of relevant national, regional and community languages and no existing list from which to draw. The term would have to be clearly defined so that it can be effectively implemented.


From one perspective, it should be possible to create a list of relevant national, regional and community languages in implementation, especially if the group provides a definition to use. ICANN Org or the Geographic Names Panel should be able to create definitions.

From one perspective, it is unclear if there is an official, objective data source available that can be used in implementation.


Kind regards,
Emily

Emily Barabas | Policy Manager
ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
Email: emily.barabas at icann.org | Phone: +31 (0)6 84507976

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