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Internationalized Domain Names: Overview of ICANN Activities. Masanobu Katoh, Chair, IDN Committee Director, ICANN Board Joint ITU/WIPO Symposium on Multilingual Domain Names Geneva, Switzerland December 6, 2001. IDN Working Group. Formation: Melbourne Meeting, March 2001
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Internationalized Domain Names: Overview of ICANN Activities Masanobu Katoh, Chair, IDN Committee Director, ICANN Board Joint ITU/WIPO Symposium on Multilingual Domain Names Geneva, Switzerland December 6, 2001
IDN Working Group • Formation: Melbourne Meeting, March 2001 • Mission statement: http://www.icann.org/committees/idn • Surveys: http://www.icann.org/committees/idn/survey-30apr01.htm • Stockholm Status Report: http://www.icann.org/committees/idn/status-report-05jul01.htm • Montevideo Final Report: http://www.icann.org/committees/idn/final-report-29aug01.htm mkatoh@mkatoh.net
Big Picture Technical Issues • Absence of a Standard • Short-term vs. Long Term Solution? • Are We Asking Too Much of DNS? (Identifier vs. Identity) mkatoh@mkatoh.net
Big Picture Policy Issues • Responding to Increased Opportunities for Cybersquatting • Responding to Demand for Top-Level IDNs mkatoh@mkatoh.net
Montevideo Report Echoes GAC March 2001 Communiqué • Essential Importance of Universal Interoperability to the Internet • Prevention of Cybersquatting by Dispute Resolution Policies and Sunrise Periods • Competition, Market Access, and Consumer Protection mkatoh@mkatoh.net
IDN Working Group Recommendations ICANN Board Should: • Encourage IETF to adopt standards as quickly as possible; • Establish a committee to provide recommendations on non-technical policy issues, including interoperability, cybersquatting/dispute resolution, top level domains, consumer protection, and competition. mkatoh@mkatoh.net
New IDN Committee At the September 10, 2001 meeting in Montevideo, the ICANN Board passed a resolution establishing a new IDN Committee "to serve as a general coordination body for the work on policy issues identified in the IDN Working Group Report and such other policy issues that the IDN Committee shall identify." mkatoh@mkatoh.net
IDN Committee Structure • Will develop specific policy alternatives and recommendations for Board consideration • Chaired by Masanobu Katoh • At Marina del Rey Meeting, Board approved 6 Committee Members (with more to be added at a later date), including individuals from the ICANN Board, GAC, Supporting Organizations, and other experts • Panels of Volunteer Experts from different fields and language groups will also be consulted. mkatoh@mkatoh.net
IDN Committee Work Plan • Hope to present recommendations to Board at June 2002 Meeting. • Initial Topics for Consideration Include: • Adequacy of existing UDRP framework to IDN environments • Example: “Confusingly Similar” element • Whether Top-Level IDN Domains are feasible • Policy considerations • Practical considerations mkatoh@mkatoh.net
Thank You Thank you very much. For more information, please visit www.icann.org mkatoh@mkatoh.net