[IDN-WG] Public Comments Requested on Initial Draft Fast-Track Mechanism for , Introduction of a Limited Number of IDN ccTLDs

[Nick Ashton-Hart]

Public Comments Requested on Initial Draft Fast-Track Mechanism for
Introduction of a Limited Number of IDN ccTLDs

<http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-01feb08.htm>
<http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-31jan08.htm>

This is a first Discussion Draft of the Initial Report of the IDNC
Working Group (IDNC WG). It is published for comment and input from the
ICANN community.
The Introduction of a Limited Number of IDN ccTLDs Under A Fast Track  
Mechanism:
Draft Initial Report of the IDNC Working Group [PDF, 43K]
http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/draft-initial-report-idnc-wg-01feb08.pdf
Public Comments reqeusted by 26 February 2008

This is a first Discussion Draft of the Initial Report of the IDNC  
Working Group (IDNC WG). It is published for comment and input from  
the ICANN community. This document has not been signed-off on by the  
IDNC Working Group whose members will continue to provide their own  
comments and input during this consultation period.

The IDNC WG was charted by ICANN's Board to develop and report on  
feasible methods, if any, that would enable the introduction, in a  
timely manner and in a manner that ensures the continued security and  
stability of the Internet, of a limited number of non-contentious IDN  
ccTLDs, associated with the ISO 3166-1 two-letter codes (both the  
official code list of ISO 3166-1 and the list of reserved ISO 3166-1  
code elements), while the overall IDN ccTLD policy is being developed.

The scope of the IDNC WG is limited to developing feasible methods  
(for the introduction of a limited number of IDN ccTLDs) that do not  
pre-empt the policy outcomes of the IDN cc Policy Development Process  
(ccPDP) for which an Issue Report is currently being prepared. In  
preparing the ccPDP Issue Report, the Issue Manager will identify  
policies, procedures, and/or by-laws that need to be reviewed and, if  
necessary revised, in connection with the development and  
implementation of any IDN ccTLD policy. Further, the Issue Manager  
will take into account the joint ccNSO GAC Issues Paper, input from  
other ICANN Supporting Organisations and Advisory Committees, public  
comments, technical limitations and requirements including the IDNA  
Guidelines, and any other matters that the Issue Manager considers to  
be of relevance.

Under the IDNC WG charter, in considering feasible fast track methods,  
the IDNC WG must take into account and be guided by:

    * The overarching requirement to preserve the security and  
stability of the DNS;
    * Compliance with the IDNA protocols;
    * Input and advice from the technical community in respect to the  
implementation of IDNs;
    * Current practices for the delegation of ccTLDs.

The fast track approach requires two specific mechanisms which are  
addressed in this report:

   1. A mechanism for the selection of the IDN ccTLD string (See  
Section 3 of the report); and
   2. A mechanism to designate an IDN ccTLD manager (See Section 4 of  
the report).

The purpose of this report is to inform and report to the community on  
the topics and issues as identified by the IDNC WG that need to be  
considered in developing each of the two mechanisms, and to seek input  
and comments on them. This report, and the comments received, will be  
used to structure and propose potential mechanisms in the next phase  
of the fast track (See Section 5 of the report for the Interim Report  
Schedule). As stated above, the outcome of the fast track cannot pre- 
empt the outcome of the ccPDP. All of the issues/topics raised  
regarding the fast track mechanisms also are being raised under the  
ccPDP. Thus, the solutions reached for the purposes of the fast track,  
out of necessity, have to be as limited as possible.

Comments on this report are encouraged to be submitted by 26 February  
2008 via email to idn-cctld-fast-track at icann.org. An archive of all  
comments received will be publicly posted at http://forum.icann.org/lists/idn-cctld-fast-track/ 
.


Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat - ICANN
gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org
http://gnso.icann.org


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Regards,

Nick Ashton-Hart
Director, At-Large
ICANN
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