[Gnso-epdp-idn-team] Notes and Action Items - IDNs EPDP Meeting #91 - 10 August 2023

Justine Chew justine.chew.icann at gmail.com
Fri Aug 11 23:55:23 UTC 2023


Excellent note-taking, thank you Dan!

Kind regards,
Justine



On Fri, 11 Aug 2023 at 22:16, Daniel Gluck <daniel.gluck at icann.org> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
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>
> Please find below the notes and action items from the 10 August 2023 IDNs
> EPDP meeting #91 <https://community.icann.org/x/woyZDg> at 12:00 UTC.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
> Ariel, Steve, and Dan
>
>
>
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>
> *ACTION ITEMS*
>
>
>
>    1. Leadership will review the options to address ICANN Org comments on
>    Implementation Guidance 8.9.
>    2. For Recommendation 8.11, The team will work on drafting
>    implementation guidance on the request to remove a variant from the root
>    zone which would require a request or a transition plan submitted to ICANN
>    org for consideration to finalize the request.
>    3. The comment on Rec 8.12 will be accepted without objection. EPDP
>    Support Staff will revise the Recommendation to say ““In the event a TLD is
>    removed from the root zone the rest of the variant label set (if any) must
>    be removed from the root zone.”
>    4. The comment for I.G. 9.4 will be accepted, pending the changes to
>    the language below:
>
> a.     Starting text (9.4.3) “from “rejected” to “withheld-same-entity”:
> This transition happens when the rejected state of a label comes off; such
> a variant label can be treated as any other withheld-same-entity label.”
>
> b.     New text (9.4.3)  “from “rejected” to “withheld-same-entity”: This
> transition happens when the "the condition which led to the rejection of
> the label no longer applies; such a variant label can be treated as any
> other withheld-same-entity label.”
>
>    1. Leadership will develop revised text for the Global Change based on
>    the following principles:
>
>
>    1. Delete “IDN”
>          2. Delete “2012 Round”
>          3. Use “existing” when referring to all of the gTLDs that have
>          been delegated in the root zone
>          4. Remove the statement led by the asterisk and emphasize the
>          indeed messaging in rationale
>
>
>
>
>
> *NOTES*
>
>
>
>    - Roll Call and SOI Updates (2 min)
>
>
>    - No updates
>
>
>    - Welcome and Chair Updates (5 min)
>
>
>    - Chair provided an introduction for the call and provided an update
>       that the 24 August call will be canceled due to conflict with the GNSO
>       council call at the same time.
>       - Staff also reminded the team that there was draft text on Phase 2
>       preliminary recommendations submitted to the email list for their review by
>       22 August.
>
>
>    - Continue with Public Comment Review, from Rec 8.8 (55 min)
>
>
>    - Starting with I.G. 8.9, the team discussed comments from ICANN org
>       relating to the RZ-LGR Procedure with a proposed team action of amending
>       the linked Recommendation 8.7 from EPDP IDN Leadership. This could happen
>       in different ways, including a disclaimer, but all have the goal of
>       potentially softening language.
>
>
>    - ACTION ITEM: Leadership will review the options to address ICANN Org
>          comments on I.G. 8.9
>
>
>    - On Recommendation 8.11, ICANN Org provided a comment, listed under
>       significant change required due to the language used of “the voluntary
>       review of a variant label from the root zone”.
>
>
>    - One participant discussed the comment and made a distinction between
>          registrations at the second level that are short-term, so there is no
>          consequence to removing one.
>          - In chat another mentioned “A transition plan is a sensible ask
>          that the RO would need to provide describing how they plan to minimize
>          impact to registrants. If existing registrations exist of course.”
>
>
>    1. The chair discussed that if a singular variant label is removed, do
>             you have to remove the other labels? There are more discussions to be had,
>             including if there should be a recommendation or implementation guidance.
>             Whatever the current practice is would be recommended to continue for IDNs.
>
>
>    - Another participant shared that the removal of a label should be in
>          its own recommendation. There would also be possible consequences regarding
>          redelegation. There was also additional support shared for a transition
>          plan for supporting existing registrants.
>
>
>    1. In chat, they mentioned “​​such removal could happen due to a state
>             deciding to remove support of a script (I know at least one country moving
>             from Cyrillic based script to Latin based one for a state supported
>             language)”
>
>
>    - A participant mentioned the comment from Org seems a bit strange as
>          the variant TLD should not have different domain name registration from the
>          primary
>
>
>    1. A response from a different participant stated that variant TLDs
>             don’t need to have the same domain name registrations as the primaries.
>             There is a SubPro recommendation to that effect.
>
>
>    1. “SubPro recommendation: Recommendation 25.8: Second-level labels
>                derived from Recommendation 25.6 or Recommendation 25.7 are not required to
>                act, behave, or be perceived as identical.”
>                2. This was seconded by a participant, but a different
>                participant disagreed with this as it would violate the same entity rule
>
>
>    - It was agreed that the registrant has to be the same entity, but it
>                   is up to the registrant if the domain names should behave the same way.
>
>
>    1. The chair mentioned that it is possible to un-delegate or remove a
>                variant label from a set and there should be no effect on the domain names
>                registered under the primary gTLD. They also asked if the team would
>                support drafting implementation guidance on the request to remove a variant
>                from the root zone, which would require a request or a transition plan
>                submitted to ICANN org for consideration.
>
>
>    - ACTION ITEM: The team will work on drafting implementation guidance
>                   on the request to remove a variant from the root zone which would require a
>                   request or a transition plan submitted to ICANN org for consideration to
>                   finalize the request.
>
>
>    1. The process for re-activating a variant TLD could necessitate a
>                cool-down period
>
>
>    - Some comments in chat included
>
>
>    1. “We don't have a separate process for activating variant TLDs, so I
>                      don't know why we would have a separate process for RE-activating a variant
>                      TLD. Cooling period is interesting.”
>                      2. “[The] transition plan simply needs to include
>                      the quiet period... within the sunset arrangements?”
>
>
>    - A scenario was proposed to the team in chat
>
>
>    1. “RO1 requests un-delegation which is granted and executed, then RO2
>                      acquires RO1’s assets and wants the TLD variant that was undelegated just a
>                      few months back”
>
>
>    1. The chair shared that the registrant would have to re apply, but
>                         since this would be an edge case it shouldn’t be a major concern.
>
>
>    - What about the costs of reapplying for the formerly removed TLD?
>
>
>    1. The registrant will have to pay again for the application
>
>
>    - Moving to the supporting comment from ICANN org on Rec. 8.12 and
>       there were no objections to accepting the change from ICANN org
>
>
>    - ACTION ITEM: The comment on Rec 8.12 will be accepted without
>          objection. EPDP Support Staff will revise the Recommendation to say ““In
>          the event a TLD is removed from the root zone the rest of the variant label
>          set (if any) must be removed from the root zone.”
>
> o    On I.G. 9.4, there was a discussion about the usage of “applies” vs
> “applicable” in the place of “relevant” in the I.G., with “applies” being
> chosen. There was also support for removing “is” in the text. Other than
> that, no objections to accepting the ICANN org comment.
>
> §  ACTION ITEM: The comment for I.G. 9.4 will be accepted, pending the
> following changes to the language:
>
> ·         Starting text (9.4.3) “from “rejected” to
> “withheld-same-entity”: This transition happens when the rejected state of
> a label comes off; such a variant label can be treated as any other
> withheld-same-entity label.”
>
> ·         New text (9.4.3)  “from “rejected” to “withheld-same-entity”:
> This transition happens when the "the condition which led to the rejection
> of the label no longer applies; such a variant label can be treated as any
> other withheld-same-entity label.”
>
> o    ICANN staff then walked the participants through the “Other” tab at
> the end of the public comment tool. On this page there are 8 comments
>
> §  There were no comments from the Team on this page
>
> o    The chair congratulated the team on making it through all public
> comments and discussed that the Leadership will go through the document and
> make applicable changes.
>
>    - Discuss Global Change Around “Existing”, “IDN”, “Delegated” (55 min)
>
>
>    - ICANN org provided a background on the Global Change, along with
>       some potential language generated by Leadership and action items for the
>       team.
>
>
>    - Leadership was charged with developing revised text for the Global
>          Change based on the following clauses:
>
>
>    1. They will consider whether, when, and where to use the phrase
>             “existing IDN gTLD from the 2012 round” and,
>             2. Consider the approach with regard to the statement led by
>             the asterisk “* Preliminary Recommendation xx only impacts existing IDN
>             gTLDs from the 2012 round”.
>
>
>    1. The language included deleting “IDN” and “2012 round”. It also
>                includes the use of “existing” when referring to all of the gTLDs that have
>                been delegated in the root zone and removing the statement led by asterisk
>                and emphasizing similar messaging in the rationale. These were undertaken
>                for various reasons, including future-proofing updates to the RZ-LGR,
>                accommodate current gTLDs in the root zone, limit misinterpretation, and
>                remain in the boundaries of the recommendations.
>
>
>    - Examples were provided for recommendations 1.1, 2.1, 3.10, and 3.11.
>          - Exceptions were also provided for recommendations 3.14 and
>          3.15.
>
>
>    1. The rationale for these exceptions included compensating a specific
>             group of 2012 applicants that included Arabic and Chinese gTLD Registry
>             Operators that have been unable to fulfill their interests or needs due to
>             the unavailability of variant labels, and to remain consistent with RySG
>             input.
>
>
>    - There was also rationale provided for specific parked
>          recommendations (recommendations 7.3 and 7.4) that are not applicable to be
>          changed at this time due to public comment from ICANN org and CCWP-HR that
>          would require substantive amendments.
>
>
>    - The chair shared that they are “Looking for ‘in principle’ support
>       (or not) that would allow us to develop revised text that will be sent to
>       the group for the two week consideration period.”
>
>
>    - Assent was given in chat for in principle support
>          - ACTION ITEM: Leadership will develop revised text for the
>          Global Change based on the following principles:
>
>
>    1. Delete “IDN”
>             2. Delete “2012 Round”
>             3. Use “existing” when referring to all of the gTLDs that
>             have been delegated in the root zone
>             4. Remove the statement led by the asterisk and emphasize the
>             indeed messaging in rationale
>
>
>    - AOB (3 minutes)
>
>
>    - The chair once again congratulated the team, previewed the second
>       level charter questions for the next meeting, and adjourned the meeting
>
>
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