[APAC-Discuss] response to IDN ccTLD Fast Track review

Hong Xue hongxueipr at gmail.com
Mon Jan 31 00:48:20 UTC 2011


Thanks, Edmon, for drafting and updating the comments. Charles, could the
comment now be put into the APRALO policy-development process for review and
formal endorsement?

Hong



On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Edmon <edmon at isoc.hk> wrote:

> based on the received feedback please find an updated version of the
> comment attached.
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> I have asked for a couple more days to send in our comment.  Would like to
> finalize and send out then.
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> 1. clarified that best current practice is for Chinese IDN
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> 2. clarified issue on visual similarity
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> *From:* Edmon [mailto:edmon at isoc.hk]
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 27, 2011 9:30 AM
> *To:* 'Hong Xue'
> *Cc:* 'APRALO'
> *Subject:* RE: [APAC-Discuss] response to IDN ccTLD Fast Track review
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> Hi Hong,
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> 3. was actually in response to the ".bulgaria" issue.  Sometimes, within
> context, visual similarity does not mean actually causing confusion.  So, I
> am saying actually the opposite... before an application is rejected simply
> because of visual similarity, other aspects need to be considered within the
> context of IDN.  For example, 2 chinese characters may look alike to
> non-chinese speaking people, but for chinese speakers (within context) they
> could be clearly distinguished.
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> 2. I had want for it to mean that it is the best approach for Chinese IDN
> TLDs.  Perhaps should make it more clear.
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> *From:* Hong Xue [mailto:hongxueipr at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 26, 2011 8:41 PM
> *To:* Edmon
> *Cc:* APRALO
> *Subject:* Re: [APAC-Discuss] response to IDN ccTLD Fast Track review
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> Dear Edmon,
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> Many thanks for promptly drafting the document. I've some quick comments
> for your reference.
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> *3. The issue of visual similarity of IDN TLDs is not a good measurement
> of confusing similarity.  The new gTLD process should avoid the repeating of
> such mistake.*
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> Could you kindly elaborate this? Do you believe measurement of confusing
> similarity should be extended to aural or meaning?
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> *2. The implementation of IDN Variant TLDs at the root for Chinese IDN
> TLDs has proven to be successful.  The same implementation, more
> specifically, concurrent NS delegations for the Primary and Preferred IDN
> Variant TLD strings, is the appropriate technical implementation for Chinese
> IDN TLDs, compliant with CDNC (Chinese Domain Names Consortium)
> recommendations, and is the current best approach to maintain the security
> and stability of the Internet.*
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> Indeed Chinese Community has developed mature implementation measures for
> variant management. I fully agree what you state
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> "Future applications for Chinese IDN TLDs with IDN Variants should follow a
> similar approach in terms of technical implementation at the root." However,
> ALAC had made statement that Chinese experience may not be generalized and
> its variant management may not be applicable to other scripts, such as
> Arabic. So it is a bit interesting to state it "is the current best
> approach", although it is no doubt the best for Chinese character set.
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> Hong
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> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 8:00 PM, Edmon <edmon at isoc.hk> wrote:
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> Hi Everyone,
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> As discussed on our monthly call yesterday, please find attached a draft
> for our response to the IDN ccTLD Fast Track review (
> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-22oct10-en.htm).
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> Hong / Charles / Cheryl, please help shepherd the document perhaps also
> through our WG model at the IDN WG...
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> In any case, please provide your comments asap, we will try to take all the
> comments received by Jan 29 (Saturday), turn around a final version by Jan
> 30 (Sunday) for final circulation, and then submit our comments in at the
> end of Jan 31 in time before the close of the public comment period.
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> Edmon
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Dr. Hong Xue
Professor of Law
Director of Institute for the Internet Policy & Law (IIPL)
Beijing Normal University
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