[Rt4-whois] Fwd: ICANN News Alert -- IDN Variant TLD Program - Revised Program Plan

[Dr.Sarmad Hussain]

Dear Kathy,

You are kind, but we do not deserve the credit for IDN VIP (variant issues
project).  If anything, variants are going to make it much harder for WHOIS
implementation for IDNs.  Consider answering the question on whether a
variant of a TLD should have an independent WHOIS entry or should point to
the WHOIS info of the base label?  Would such a entry be same for
allocated, delegated and blocked variants? Etc.  Very interesting
challenges, yet to be resolved.  But first let us get the IDN WHOIS
working, will worry about the WHOIS for variants in phase 2 ;-)

regards,
Sarmad


On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Kathy Kleiman <kathy at kathykleiman.com>wrote:

>  FYI - As the Compliance recommendations created changes before our final
> report, so too the IDN recommendations may be spurring faster and more
> responsive action. Congratulations to Sarmad, Michael and Wilfried!
> Best,
> Kathy
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------  Subject: ICANN News Alert -- IDN
> Variant TLD Program - Revised Program Plan  Date: Sat, 05 May 2012
> 02:23:04 -0400  From: ICANN News Alert <communications at icann.org><communications at icann.org>  To:
> <kathy at kathykleiman.com> <kathy at kathykleiman.com>
>
>  [image: ICANN] <http://www.icann.org/> News Alert
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> http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-04may12-en.htm
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> IDN Variant TLD Program - Revised Program Plan
>
> 4 May 2012
>
>
>   *Forum Announcement:* Comment Period Opens on *Date:* 4 May 2012  *
> Categories/Tags:* Top-Level Domains  *Purpose (Brief):* The purpose of
> this project is to resolve many of the issues necessary to delegate variant
> TLDs. The first IDN Variant Issues Project explored the issues associated
> with the potential inclusion of IDN variant TLDs in the DNS root zone, at
> the request of the ICANN Board and the community. The first two phases of
> the project have been completed with the publication of the final
> Integrated Issues Report on 20 February 2012 and the project is now
> entering its next phase. ICANN created a program plan for next steps,
> posted it for public comment, and presented it in a session at the ICANN
> meeting in Costa Rica in March 2012. Based on the comments received to
> date, the project plan has been updated, and the team is seeking input on
> the revised plan during this public comment period.  *Public Comment Box
> Link:*
> http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/idn-variant-tld-revised-program-plan-04may12-en.htm
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