[ALAC] [IDN-WG] [APAC-Discuss] The Problem of IDNs

[Evan Leibovitch]

Sorry if I misstated.

I did not mean to say that UA is not a problem, just that:

   - For Latin-script gTLDs, UA is primarily a problem for the domain
   industry but is of little urgency for end users

   - For non-Latin script gTLDs the problem is more important and ought to
   be addressed because of years of neglect. But let's not get caught up in
   hyperbole that calls this a massive innovation

   - Hampering the progress of UA is that its slowness to arrive has
   already forced alternatives to emerge, and these alternatives are already
   established and succeeding

This is clearly of more interest (and urgency) in the IDN world because it
has been so long in coming.

However my larger point is that, given the success rate of ICANN in its
previous remedial repair programs, ICANN itself might not be the best
driver of a good UA program, especially in AP and EMEA.

- Evan