[UA-Tech] BIUWG action item for Tech and Measurement WGs

[Seda Akbulut]

Dear all,

As a follow up of the meeting conducted between UASG Coordination WG and ICANN Board IDN&UA Working Group (BIUWG), UASG Tech WG and Measurement WG have been tasked and started to handle some of the action items from that meeting.

In that meeting, one of the topics raised by BIUWG was “Status of UA Readiness by Next New gTLD Round“.

Background information about the Next Round:
As you know, the Domain Name System (DNS) is expanding with the IDN ccTLDs, IDNs and New gTLD Program since 2009. In January 2012, ICANN launched the New gTLD Program and since the launch of the New gTLD Program, more than 1,200 gTLDs have been delegated into the DNS root zone. The next round of the New gTLD Program is expected to in Q2 2026. The next round of new gTLDs will also offer opportunities to create a more multilingual and inclusive Internet for the billions of people who speak and write in different languages and scripts and are yet to come online. More information about the Next Round<https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/next-round>.

Background information about the BIUWG and UASG meeting:
BIUWG raised that IDNs (and their UA) is a big part of the next new gTLD round. They raised the following questions:

  *   Will this focus on IDNs promote UA adoption, expose the UA limitations further or raise UA issue in a way that community tries to resolve it?

UASG Leadership shared that as this requires more study. So the UASG aims to answer this question in writing after discussing within the Tech WG and Measurement WG. If it requires some studies to be able to provide data driven feedback, the UASG WGs may identify the necessary studies.

Action Item for Tech WG and Measurement WG:
UASG to explore UA-readiness by the next new gTLD round and how UA could impact the next round. This topic will be handled in the future WG meetings.

I hope you find this information helpful. Please feel free to share your inputs either on this email thread or by joining the Tech and Measurement WG meetings.

Kind regards,
Seda




Action Item (Assigned to UA Tech and UA Measurement WGs)

UASG to explore UA-readiness by the next new gTLD round and how UA could impact the next round.




Seda Akbulut

UA Program Manager
Global Domains and Strategy
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

İstanbul, Türkiye
www.icann.org<http://www.icann.org/>


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