- Category: (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) gTLDs, ccTLDs
- Topic: Internationalized Domain Names
- 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, Ongoing, Suspended)
Summary
(replace this text with the a one-sentence summary of the resolution) Board urges community education and dialogue over to eliminate confusion about the numerous existing internationalized testbeds and pre-registration services. Board identifies an internal working group to investigate and submit a report concerning the technical and policy issues surrounding the internationalization of domain names.
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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
- (replace this text with specific Action Item) Submit a report with appropriate recommendations to Board concerning the issues surrounding the internationalization of domain names. (replace this text with any additional notes related to this resolution, i.e. funding considerations)
- 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
- (replace this text with links to related resolutions)
Additional Information
- 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.
- 10 September 2001 Resolutions 01.94, 01.95, 01.96, 01.97, 01.98, 01.99 and 01.100 at: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-10sep01.htm.
Additional Information
- Internal working group presented its interim report at the ICANN Public Forum held in Stockholm on 2 June 2001. The report was discussed at the public forum, Board Meeting, and on ICANN's Internationalized Domain Names web-based public forum. The interim report can be found at: http://www.icann.org/en/committees/idn/status-report-05jul01.htm.
- The final report was presented at the ICANN Public Forum held in Montevideo on 9 September 2001. The final report can be found at: http://www.icann.org/en/committees/idn/final-report-28aug01.htm.
- Board established an IDN committee to coordinate the work policy issues identified in the final report. See 10 September 2001 Resolutions 01.94-01.100 at: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-10sep01.htm.
- The resolution does not address funding for the items identified herein.
Explanatory text does not modify or override Resolutions. See Board Resolutions Page for more information.