- Category: IDNTopic: Internationalized Domain Names (replace this text with one of the following categories: Administration/Budget, ccTLD, gTLD, IP, ICANN Structure, International Agreement)
- Topic: (replace this text with a keywords from title)
- Board meeting date: 13 March 2001
- Resolution number: 01.38, 01.39, 01.40
- URL for Board minutes/resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-13mar01.htm
- Status: (replace this text with: Completed
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Summary
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Whereas:
The ICANN Board has begun to receive inquiries about its role and views with regard to the various efforts to internationalize the domain name character sets supported by the domain name system. In addition to the IETF's working group on internationalized domain names, several other initiatives to use non-ASCII characters for domain names have begun, including the VeriSign testbed for the .com/.net/.org registries, trials of non-ASCII character sets by ccTLD registries, and the marketing of internationalized domain name pre-registrations by private corporations and others.
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[Resolution 01.40] The Board asks that the working group submit a report on its efforts at the next Board meeting in June.
Implementation Actions
- Submit a report with appropriate recommendations to Board concerning the issues surrounding the internationalization of domain names.
- Responsible entity: ICANN internal working group - Masanobu Katoh (chair), Vint Cerf, Karl Auerbach, and Ivan Campos
- Due date: 4 June 2001
- Completion date: 4 June 2001
Other Related Resolutions
- 25 September 2000 Resolutions 00.77, 00.78, 00.79 and 00.80 at: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-25sep00.htm.
Additional Information
- The resolution does not address funding for the items identified herein.
- Status Report of the Internationalized Domain Names Internal Working Group of the ICANN Board of Directors: http://www.icann.org/en/committees/idn/status-report-05jul01.htm
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- Responsible entity: (replace this text with the responsible entity: ICANN department, ICANN Community Structure, Board, U.S. Department of Commerce)
- Due date: (replace this text with Due Date)
- Completion date: (replace this text with Date action was implemented, if different from due date)
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- Responsible entity: (replace this text with the responsible entity: ICANN department, ICANN Community Structure, Board, U.S. Department of Commerce)
- Due date: (replace this text with Due Date)
- Completion date: (replace this text with Date action was implemented, if different from due date)
Other Related Resolutions
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Additional Information
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