On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Evan Leibovitch <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> On 6 July 2012 12:40, McTim <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> > the outreach program was certainly pathetic, though it attracted not one
>> > but two applications for .africa --
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>> one actually
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>> and one for .DotAfrica.
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>> a clever way to avoid name collision.
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> From
> http://www.biztechafrica.com/article/dca-partners-set-dotafrica-registry-kenya/3278/
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>> DotConnectAfrica Trust said in a statement on 14 June that it had applied
>> for the same geographical string name for ‘Africa’, pronounced as
>> 'DotAfrica'.  It said: “It is important to note that the initial evaluation
>> process will also consider string similarity - and all strings applied for
>> will be reviewed; and applications for the same or similar strings will end
>> up in the same “String Contention Set”. The prescriptions of the ICANN new
>> gTLD Guidebook (Section 2.2.1.1) are quite clear in this regard.


yes, but it is unclear to me if .africa and .dotafrica are similar
enough strings that they will  be in contention.

We shall see in the coming months.

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel