Begin forwarded message: > From: Glen de Saint Géry <[log in to unmask]> > Date: August 25, 2012 2:33:41 AM PDT > To: liaison6c <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [liaison6c] IDN Variant TLD Program Update > > > https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-23aug12- > en.htm > IDN Variant TLD Program Update > > 23 August 2012 > The IDN Variant TLD Program has the following two updates: > > 1. Volunteer Team formed to assist the development of the Label > Generation Ruleset Process for the Domain Name System (DNS) Root Zone > > ICANN is pleased to announce the formation of a global volunteer > team, comprised of community experts, who will work with ICANN on > the project to define the Label Generation Ruleset Process for the > DNS root zone. This project is part of the IDN Variant TLD Program > (see below) that is intended to lead to the delegation of IDN > Variant TLDs. Delegation of these types of IDN TLDs is expected to > broaden global participation in the domain name system, but must be > accomplished in a way that ensures good user experience. > > This particular project will develop the process to define allowed > code points, corresponding exchangeable variant code points, and > related allowed states for IDN Variant TLDs. > > The project requires significant technical expertise and the > individual members of the volunteer team (listed below) possess > capabilities in IDNA, Domain Name System, Linguistics, Unicode and > Policy Development. > > The volunteer team will undertake the work through periodic > teleconference calls and two face-to-face meetings. The first > meeting will be on 29-30 August 2012 in Los Angeles, United States. > The second two-day working session is planned during the ICANN > meeting in Toronto, Canada. There will be an open public session in > the Toronto meeting at which ICANN staff and volunteer team > representatives will present an update on the progress and answer > questions. > > The volunteer team is comprised of the following members from 18 > countries and territories: > > Fahd A. Batayneh > Chris Dillon > Neha Gupta > Sarmad Hussain > Akshat Joshi > Daniel Kalchev > Yoav Keren > Dmitry Kohmanyuk > Mahesh Kulkarni > Nadya Morozova > Panagiotis Papaspiliopoulos > Alireza Saleh > Vaggelis Segredakis > James Seng > Vladimir Shadrunov > Syed Iftikhar H. Shah > Will Shorter > Alexei Sozonov > Mirjana Tasic > Joseph Yee > Yoshiro Yoneya > Zhoucai (Joe) Zhang > Linlin Zhou > Team Observers: > Rinalia Abdul Rahim > Edmon Chung > Raymond Doctor > > 2. Updated IDN Variant TLD Program posted > > ICANN has updated the IDN Variant TLD Program Plan [PDF, 576 KB] > that describes the projects that are intended to lead to the > delegation of IDN variant TLDs. The plan defines the processes that > must be in place to enable the delegation and management of IDN > Variant TLDs. > > Two previous versions of the plan have been posted for public > comment and discussed with the community during the ICANN meeting > in Costa Rica in March 2012. This latest version reflects the > latest public input. > > The Program follows on from the IDN Variant Issues Project that > completed its work with the publication of the final Integrated > Issues Report [PDF, 2.15 MB] on 20 February 2012. > > Interested members of the community can receive updates and > participate in the discussion of the variant work by subscribing to > the [log in to unmask] mailing list (https://mm.icann.org/mailman/ > listinfo/vip) or by visiting the Community Wiki at: https:// > community.icann.org/display/VIP/ > > > > Glen de Saint Géry > GNSO Secretariat > [log in to unmask] > http://gnso.icann.org > IP JUSTICE Robin Gross, Executive Director 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask]