Dear Kathy,<div><br></div><div>You are kind, but we do not deserve the credit for IDN VIP (variant issues project). If anything, variants are going to make it much harder for WHOIS implementation for IDNs. Consider answering the question on whether a variant of a TLD should have an independent WHOIS entry or should point to the WHOIS info of the base label? Would such a entry be same for allocated, delegated and blocked variants? Etc. Very interesting challenges, yet to be resolved. But first let us get the IDN WHOIS working, will worry about the WHOIS for variants in phase 2 ;-)</div>
<div><br></div><div>regards,<br>Sarmad</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Kathy Kleiman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kathy@kathykleiman.com" target="_blank">kathy@kathykleiman.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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FYI - As the Compliance recommendations created changes before our
final report, so too the IDN recommendations may be spurring faster
and more responsive action. Congratulations to Sarmad, Michael and
Wilfried!<br>
Best,<br>
Kathy<br>
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