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Internet Governance & Multilingual Domain Names (MDNs)

Internet Governance & Multilingual Domain Names (MDNs). Milton Mueller Syracuse University School of Information Studies Internet Governance Project. A complex mix of semantics, geopolitics and technology. Multilingual-ization of DNS is:. A global governance issue A standardization issue

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Internet Governance & Multilingual Domain Names (MDNs)

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  1. Internet Governance &Multilingual Domain Names (MDNs) Milton Mueller Syracuse University School of Information Studies Internet Governance Project

  2. A complex mix of semantics, geopolitics and technology

  3. Multilingual-ization of DNS is: • A global governance issue • A standardization issue • A revision of property rights issue • A market entry/trade barrier issue

  4. Standardization • MDN country codes • Fast or slow? • Top-down, bottom up? • Codes or “names” • Battles over translation of scripts into Unicode • Control over “official” scripts • Alternate DNS roots (competing implementations)

  5. Revising Property boundaries • Exclusivity requires boundaries • Are domain names with the same meaning in different scripts the same or different names? • Example: .com, .gongsi • Transliteration, translation, typographical similarity

  6. Market Entry / Trade • Fantastic opportunities for competitive entry • Example: a Chinese .com • Role of ccTLDs • Similar to national PTT monopolies in telecom • Special claims on TLDs in “their” script? • Use of MDNs as trade barriers

  7. ICANN & Global Governance • ICANN, IETF • Internet old guard: delay and resistance • Over-collectivized decision making • Language communities • ITU, national governments • Possibility of alternate roots • .cn’s Chinese-character equivalents of .com and .net are de facto national roots

  8. http://www.igp.org http://internetgovernance.org

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