[UA-discuss] Recommendations for Managing the IDN Variant TLDs - Public Comment

[Satish Babu]

I'm the penholder for the ALAC response to these recommendations. I also
welcome participation and inputs from the UASG, specifically on issues
viewed from the end-users' side.








satish



On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 3:41 AM, Mark Svancarek (CELA) via UA-discuss <
ua-discuss at icann.org> wrote:

> I’ve been asked to consider a public comment on this on behalf of
> GNSO/BC.  Is there anyone in UASG who would like to join me?
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> *From:* UA-discuss <ua-discuss-bounces at icann.org> *On Behalf Of *Sarmad
> Hussain
> *Sent:* Saturday, July 28, 2018 23:31
> *To:* ua-discuss at icann.org
> *Subject:* [UA-discuss] Recommendations for Managing the IDN Variant TLDs
> - Public Comment
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> Dear UASG members,
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>
> The recommendations for managing IDN variant labels for the top-level
> domains (TLDs) have been developed by the ICANN organization.  The relevant
> analysis along with these proposed recommendations have been posted for public
> comment
> <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/managing-idn-variant-tlds-2018-07-25-en>
> .
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>
> Please consider providing feedback on the analysis and the recommendations
> published.  UASG may also consider exploring if there are any implications
> of delegating IDN variant TLDs on the universal acceptance of domain
> names.  We look forward to your input.
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Sarmad
>
>
> News Alert
>
> https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2018-07-25-en [icann.org]
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_news_announcement-2D2018-2D07-2D25-2Den&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&m=TiTyd-CCZAGUvxvU5gNs89ZY3EH-Dx7rTqsNNAkCXEw&s=-zjF_yHV0lM5o-VBGF1hKDqOIrSA3VZ92GW_xmAKRI8&e=>
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> Recommendations for Managing IDN Variant Top-Level Domains
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> 25 July 2018
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> *Open Date:*
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> 25 July 2018
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> *Close Date:*
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> 3 September 2018
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> *Originating Organization:*
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> Global Domains Division
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> *Categories/Tags:*
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> Top-Level Domains
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> *Brief Overview:*
>
> Recommendations for managing Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) variant
> labels for top level domains (TLDs) have been developed by ICANN
> organization. The relevant materials along with these proposed
> recommendations are being published to seek community feedback.
>
> The community has identified a need for IDN variant TLDs; however, the
> ICANN Board resolved on 25 September 2010 that "no variants of gTLDs will
> be delegated ... until appropriate variant management solutions are
> developed."
>
> Subsequent work by ICANN organization and the community led to the
> identification of two issues: (i) there is no accepted definition for
> variant TLDs, and (ii) there is no 'variant management' mechanism for TLDs.
>
> For the first issue, the Root Zone Label Generation Rules (RZ-LGR)
> Procedure was developed with the support of the community and adopted by
> the ICANN Board on 11 April 2013 for implementation. The Procedure has been
> implemented and RZ-LGR has been developed for six scripts, and other
> scripts are being added as their proposals are finalized by the relevant
> script communities.
>
> For the second issue, ICANN organization has undertaken a detailed
> examination to propose a set of recommendations for variant management
> mechanisms for TLDs, which will be finalized based on the community input.
> The finalized recommendations will be presented to the ICANN Board,
> anticipated in March 2019. At that time, the ICANN Board will be requested
> to consider these recommendations to allow for implementing IDN variant
> TLDs.
>
> *Link:*
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> https://www.icann.org/public-comments/managing-idn-variant-tlds-2018-07-25-en
> [icann.org]
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_public-2Dcomments_managing-2Didn-2Dvariant-2Dtlds-2D2018-2D07-2D25-2Den&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&m=TiTyd-CCZAGUvxvU5gNs89ZY3EH-Dx7rTqsNNAkCXEw&s=z_nk_L91EaLGvyAk_aYQ_iJ_ZUKTBGBe2fecH-C36nc&e=>
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