Seems the idea has some support and we have a few people who are willing to share their knowledge and experience. Here's the list of those who responded on 1, 2 and 3. <br><br>1. Existing ICANN TLD programs (Fast Track, Applicant Guidebook)<br>
<br><span class="gI"><span class="gD" style="color:#5b1094">Oksana Prykhodko</span></span>, <b><span style="color:#1F497D">Fahd Batayneh</span></b>, <span class="gI"><span class="gD" style="color:#cc0060">iftakhar shah</span></span><br>
<br>2. IDN ccTLD registries - variants on the top level<br><br><b><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Fahd Batayneh, </span></b><span class="gI"><span class="gD" style="color:#cc0060">iftakhar shah</span></span><br><br>
3. TLD registries - variants on the second level, <br><br><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Fahd Batayneh</span></b>, <span class="gI"><span class="gD" style="color:#00681c">Vladimir Shadrunov</span> </span>, <span class="gI"><span class="gD" style="color:#c88900">Behnam Esfahbod</span>, </span><span class="gI"><span class="gD" style="color:#008391">Andrzej Bartosiewicz</span></span><span class="gI"> <span class="go"></span></span><br>
<br><br>If someone active in the IETF community would be willing to give a presentation on how existing DNS standards and related RFC handle string similarity that would also be great. Additionally some feedback from the IP lawyers would be appreciated as to whether the variant problem exists in the IP realm. <br>
<br><br>May I defer it to the chair or to the moderator of this list to respond regarding how a group-wide webinar can be implemented.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Vladimir Shadrunov<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 3 July 2011 15:20, Andrzej Bartosiewicz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andrzej@yonita.com">andrzej@yonita.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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On 6/30/2011 4:45 PM, Vladimir Shadrunov wrote:
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Happy to share my experience with variants on TLD level.<br>
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