[Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5] Notes and Action Items - New gTLDSubsequent Procedures PDP Work Track 5 - 04 April 2018
Greg Shatan
gregshatanipc at gmail.com
Fri Apr 6 03:17:59 UTC 2018
As a corollary to Liz's message, I'll note that reserved lists, blocking
lists, and the like are disfavored in ICANN policy. Taking names "out of
circulation" fails to advance innovation or competition. This is
particularly the case where there are multiple legitimate uses for the same
string. There is also no precedent (outside of the recent history of the
ccTLDs) for picking a single rightful owner of a string, and no precedent
at all for holding a string out of circulation indefinitely until that
"rightful owner" decides to apply for it (if ever). Even more generally,
preventative rights are disfavored compared to curative rights.
So, whatever the use any list (or a subpart of any list) might be put to, I
would expect that any kind of preventative right, and in particular any
kind of reservation, will not be a favored use. I'd also expect that this
is increasingly the case as lists grow longer and the unique, widespread or
notable nature of the strings declines.
Greg
On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 7:48 PM, Liz Williams <liz.williams at auda.org.au>
wrote:
> Hello everyone
>
> I have been following carefully this thread of conversations about
> geographic names and I think we need to step back a little. It may be
> helpful to come up with all kinds of lists but what for?
>
> The only utility of lists is to ensure that whatever policy we come to a
> consensus on can be used as independent, objective maps against which to a)
> advise applicants about what may or may not be possible; b) assist
> evaluators in assessing the veracity of applications and c) as compliance
> tools to ensure correct implementation of the registry contract. “Lists”
> designed to prevent, constrain, limit just for the sake of being limited
> is, I don’t think, where we want to be for the next generation of the
> Internet. And we may, unwittingly, prevent the very opportunities we seek
> for social, cultural, linguistic communities to represent themselves.
>
> Could I urge us to remember that, in our work, we also need to focus on a
> key element of ICANN’s mission & core values (https://www.icann.org/
> resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article1) which is to promote
> innovation and competition.
>
> Liz
>
>
>
> On 5 Apr 2018, at 9:31 pm, Harish Chowdhary <harish at nixi.in> wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> As per Manual for the national standardization of geographical names
> United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names Defining a
> geographical name
>
> The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names defines a
> geographical name as a name applied to a feature on Earth (Glossary, 216).
> In general, a geographical name is the proper name (a specific word,
> combination of words, or expression) used consistently in language to refer
> to a particular place, feature or area having a recognizable identity on
> the surface of the Earth. Named features include:
>
> 1. Populated places (for example, cities, towns, villages)
> 2. Civil divisions (for example, States, cantons, districts, boroughs)
> 3. Natural features (for example, streams, mountains, capes, lakes, seas)
> 4. Constructed features (for example, dams, airports, highways)
> 5. Unbounded places or areas that have specific local (often religious)
> meaning (for example, grazing lands, fishing areas, sacred areas)
>
> A geographical name may also be referred to as a topographical name or
> toponym (a term that in a wider context can also include extraterrestrial
> names, such as names applied to features on the* Moon or on other
> planets).*
>
> To determine what languages to include we may use the status of each
> language in each country where it is used in the Status element of a
> language . The first is an estimate of the overall development versus
> endangerment of the language using the EGIDS (Expanded Graded
> Intergenerational Disruption Scale) scale (Lewis and Simons 2010). The
> second is a categorization of the Official Recognition given to a language
> within the country.
>
> The EGIDS consists of 13 levels with each higher number on the scale
> representing a greater level of disruption to the intergenerational
> transmission of the language.
>
> Link : https://www.ethnologue.com/about/language-status
>
> ICANN is also using this scale in Lable Generation Panels to determine
> Lable Generaion Rules and including languages upto level 5.
>
> Link : https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/proposal-
> latin-lgr-15may17-en.pdf
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> *Harish Chowdhary, Technology Analyst, National Internet Exchange of India*
>
> *ISOC IETF FELLOW inSIG 2017 FELLOW*
> www.nixi.in <http://nixi.in/> | www.indiaig.in <http://indiaig.in/>
>
>
> From: Yrjö Länsipuro <yrjo_lansipuro at hotmail.com>
> Sent: Thu, 5 Apr 2018 16:13:44 GMT+0530
> To: Jaap Akkerhuis <jaap at NLnetLabs.nl>, "gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5 at icann.org" <
> gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5 at icann.org>
> Subject: Re: [Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5] Notes and Action Items - New
> gTLDSubsequent Procedures PDP Work Track 5 - 04 April 2018
>
> Hi all,
>
>
> The UN Group of Experts on Geographic Names (UNGEGN) list is rather more
> straightforward and unequivocal about which languages are "official" in
> each country (presumably based on information from UN member countries
> themselves)
> It doesn't go as deep as ISO lists - no mention of Frisian, or of status
> of three different variants Sámi in certain municipalities of Finnish
> Lapland, for that matter.
>
>
> For our purposes, the UNGEGN list should be enough, and IMHO relevant for
> country *names *as for ISO is for their *codes*.
>
>
> https://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/UNGEGN/docs/26th-gegn-
> docs/WP/WP54_UNGEGN%20WG%20Country%20Names%20Document%202011.pdf
>
> unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/UNGEGN/docs/26th-gegn-docs/WP/
> WP54_UNGEGN%20WG%20Country%20Names%20Document%202011.pdf" target="_blank"
> target='_blank' rel=external>UNGEGN list of country names - the United
> Nations - UNSD
> unstats.un.org
> UNGEGN List of Country Names Introduction During its 16th Session (New
> York, 1992), the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names
> (UNGEGN) re- convened its working group to establish the official forms of
> country names.
>
> UNGEGN website: <https://unstats.un.org/UNSD/geoinfo/UNGEGN/default.html>
> https://unstats.un.org/UNSD/geoinfo/UNGEGN/default.html
>
> United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names - UNGEGN
> <https://unstats.un.org/UNSD/geoinfo/UNGEGN/default.html>
> unstats.un.org
> In 1959, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) paved the way for a
> small group of experts to meet and provide technical recommendations on
> standardizing geographical names at the national and international levels.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5 <gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5-bounces at icann.org> on
> behalf of Jaap Akkerhuis <jaap at NLnetLabs.nl>
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 5, 2018 12:58 PM
> *To:* gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5 at icann.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5] Notes and Action Items - New gTLD
> Subsequent Procedures PDP Work Track 5 - 04 April 2018
>
> Annebeth Lange writes:
>
>
> > Would a possibility be to include only the official language(s) of all
> > countries, or would that be too much as well? I agree with Javier that
> > UN Languages, plus the official language of the country is the easiest.
> > However, it is fairly restricted, as there are many languages in the
> > world used extensively by others, to take German and Portuguese as an
> > example.
>
>
> At first sight this seems easy, but I'm afraid it is yet another can
> of worms. One needs to define what "Official languages" means.
>
> When the second Edition on of 3166-1 came out in 2006, a columns where
> added which contains additional information. The description of this
> column is (quoting ISO 3166-1-2006):
>
> - 9 (informative) The alpha-2 ISO 639 code element of each
> administrative language of the country (with a dash when the
> code element is missing);
>
> - 10 (informative) The alpha-3 (terminological version) ISO
> 639 code element of each administrative language of the
> country (with a dash when the code element is missing);
>
> The term "administrative language" is chosen because there don't seem
> to be a list of official languages of a country available.
>
> The path to such a list will be way more complicated then one hopes.
> Here are some random problems:
>
> For the Netherlands, the ISO OBP lists in part 1 NLD (Dutch)
> only but for part 2 list for a subdivision Frisian as well.
> And as far as I know, Frisian can be used as official language
> under certain conditions (in court is one of them). The CIA
> handbook list a couple more as being used
> <https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-
> factbook/fields/2098.html#nl>.
>
> The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency
> <https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2098.html#nl>
> www.cia.gov
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>
> On the Government site I found an article stating that for the
> revision of the constitutions maybe it is time to say
> something about the language used
> <https://www.government.nl/latest/news/2010/02/12/dutch-
> language-enshrined-in-the-constitution>.
>
> For India, ISO lists two languages for part 1 (eng, hin), and
> part 2 just one (en) while the CIA fact book lists a 14
> official languages.
>
> The USA doesn't has an official language and there are regular
> heated debates whether there should be one.
>
> I'm afraid that this will lead to yet another extensive discussion but
> not a lot of results that can be used in the scope of this work track.
>
> jaap
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