[lac-discuss-en] Call for Candidates - ALAC Representative to the ICANN Working Group to Review IDN Implementation Guidelines
Dear All,
ICANN is forming a new Working Group to review the IDN Implementation
Guidelines. One member in this Working Group will be representing the ALAC. An
ideal candidate should have expertise in IDN usability and universal acceptance
matters and be also involved with the universal acceptance initiative of ICANN.
Please see the full announcement below.
If you are interested in applying this position, please send your resume and
Statement of Interest to staff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx by Thursday 30 July 23:59 UTC.
The ALAC will review the candidate(s) and make the selection.
Regards,
Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine
and Terri Agnew
ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC
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Call for Community Experts to Review the IDN Implementation Guidelines
20 July 2015
1. Introduction
The IDN Implementation Guidelines address the IDN registration policies and
practices, designed to minimize the risk of cybersquatting and consumer
confusion, and respect the interests of communities using local languages and
scripts. These Guidelines are for registry operators to implement IDNs at the
second level. Registry operators that offer IDNs under the new gTLDs, resulting
from the 2012 application round, are contractually bound to adhere to the
Guidelines per Specification 6 of the Registry Agreement. The IDN ccTLDs are
encouraged to follow the Guidelines through the IDN ccTLD Fast Track process,
but are not contractually obligated to do so.
IDN Implementation Guidelines were last updated in 2011. ICANN is now
initiating a revision of these guidelines and soliciting the participation of
expert community volunteers to form a working group for this purpose. The
working group will comprise of expert volunteer members from GNSO, ccNSO, SSAC
and ALAC, as per the details below.
Interested experts should be endorsed by their respective SOs/ACs and should
send their Resumes and Statements of Interest to
IDNProgram@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:IDNProgram@xxxxxxxxx> by 3 August, 2015.
2. Background
Historically, the IDN Implementation Guidelines have been updated when there
was a change to relevant protocols or other demand from the community, but not
on a regular basis. As there are contractual obligations associated with the
Guidelines, updating them may have a significant impact. To date, there have
been five versions of the Guidelines, available through the link:
https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/implementation-guidelines-2012-02-25-en.
The current Version
3.0<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/idn-guidelines-2011-09-02-en> was
developed through a community based effort and finalized on 2 September 2011.
This
wasendorsed<https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2011-10-28-en#1.2>
by the ICANN Board of Directors on 28 October 2011.
Since publication of the latest version of the Guidelines in 2011, there have
been changes in the terminology around IDNs and language tables (e.g. see
Appendix 2 of Integrated Issues
Report<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/idn-vip-integrated-issues-final-clean-20feb12-en.pdf>
[PDF, 2.15 MB]), as well as a definition of the formal
representation<https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-davies-idntables-08> of the
language tables to make them machine readable. Additional analysis and data are
also available, including Maximal Starting
Repertoire<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-06-20-en> (MSR),
informational RFC 6912 and revised IANA IDNA
tables<http://www.iana.org/assignments/idna-tables> for Unicode 6.3.0. Finally
there have been recommendations for consistency and manageability of variants
across different levels in a domain name, e.g. in the User Experience
Study<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/active-ux-21mar13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 1.38 MB] and related SSAC comments in SAC
60<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/sac-060-en.pdf> [PDF, 655 KB]
report.
Based on the experience with implementing IDNs accumulated since 2011, GNSO
Council and its members have asked ICANN to update these guidelines.
3. Working Group Expertise and Composition
The working group members should have expertise in one or more of the following
areas, as relevant for the second level.
* DNS and IDNA protocols
* IDN language or script tables, including variants and label level rules
* IDN policy
* IDN implementation
* IDN label registration process and registration data
* IDN related SSR issues, including string similarity
* IDN usability challenges and universal acceptance
The working group is anticipated to have expertise in all these areas, with
tentatively seven members: GNSO (3), ccNSO (2), SSAC (1) and ALAC (1). The
number of GNSO and ccNSO members are based on membership during previous
revisions of IDN Implementation Guidelines. SSAC and ALAC members are being
added for additional consideration of SSR and usability issues.
4. Tentative Work Plan
The working group will determine its own work plan and deliverables, after its
formation. The following are tentative steps and the timeline the working group
may undertake to complete its work. The working group is expected to hold
regular conference calls to undertake this work.
* Formation - August 2015
* Identification of relevant issues
* Public comment on issues - ICANN 54
* Finalization of issues
* Development of initial recommendations against the issues identified
* Public comment on Interim draft - ICANN 55
* Finalization of recommendations
* Development of complete draft
* Public comment on complete draft- ICANN 56
* Publication of updated IDN Implementation Guidelines - August 2016
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