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class=000503105-07062012>A bit more understanding of the potential issue would
be helpful also for operators to give them a guideline for what they may
expect in future. Their main question: is additional IT investment needed caused
by the impementation of new TLDs to cover operational aspects? So ideas are
required to make them aware.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=000503105-07062012>How can we get more info about?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<BR><SPAN lang=de><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">Wolf-Ulrich</FONT></SPAN> </P>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>Von:</B> owner-ispcp@gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-ispcp@gnso.icann.org] <B>Im Auftrag von </B>Mike
O'Connor<BR><B>Gesendet:</B> Montag, 4. Juni 2012 02:39<BR><B>An:</B>
ispcp@icann.org<BR><B>Betreff:</B> [ispcp] Fwd: ICANN News Alert -- Universal
Acceptance of All TLDs - Prague Meeting<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>i'm *way* behind on email, having pounded my hands to a pulp
playing rock n'roll for the last 4 days, so apologies if this is a duplicate.
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<DIV>but i was thinking we might want to take these people up on their offer
to meet -- since we're going to be getting the customer-service calls when the
new domains don't work.</DIV>
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<DIV>what do the rest of you think?</DIV>
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<DIV>mikey</DIV>
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Universal Acceptance of All TLDs - Prague Meeting</B><BR></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<H2 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; CLEAR: left">Universal Acceptance of All TLDs
– Prague Meeting</H2>
<P style="MARGIN: 15px 0px 0px">31 May 2012</P>
<P>Universal acceptance of all top-level domains is an on-going initiative
within ICANN. Our goal is to raise awareness among all Internet users about
the diversity of domains on the Internet. In the 1980s and 1990s the number
of top-level domains (TLDs) was small and they all shared the same basic
format – two-character ASCII country code TLDs (ccTLDs) or a handful of
three-character ASCII generic TLDs (gTLDs). This standard format led
software vendors and web site developers to build their programs making
specific assumptions about what was considered a valid TLD. As long as the
software recognized the TLDs, people were able to use them. In the past
decade newer ASCII gTLDs longer than three characters were introduced, plus
new domains written in various non-Latin scripts — known as
Internationalized domain names (IDNs) – were added. In the not so distant
future we will be seeing even more TLDs, including IDN TLDs, thanks to the
new gTLD program and IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process. This is why ICANN is
committed to raising awareness among Internet software developers so they
can build their software to ensure compatibility with all domains, rather
than relying on outdated assumptions.</P>
<P>During the ICANN meeting in Costa Rica we held a roundtable discussion on
TLD Acceptance. A panel of experts shared their experiences with the issue.
We heard many suggestions on how to better guide our efforts in raising
awareness of this initiative from the experts as well as from the
community.</P>
<P>At the upcoming ICANN meeting in Prague we will not have a session
specific to this topic. Instead we are reaching out to groups such as The
At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), Country Code Names Supporting
Organization (ccNSO) and others in order to schedule times to talk with them
about the initiative and how they can help raise awareness.</P>
<P>If you have any questions about this effort or would like to schedule a
time during the Prague meeting to learn more about the initiative and how
you can help raise awareness, please contact ICANN staff at <A
href="mailto:tld-acceptance@icann.org">tld-acceptance@icann.org</A>.</P></DIV></DIV><BR><BR>
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