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''ALAC Statement

Recommendations for Managing IDN Variant Top-Level Domains

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Status

  1. Phase 1. Develop First Draft
    100% complete

    Ended: 4 Aug 2018

  2. Phase 2. Open for Comment
    100% complete

    Ended: 11 Aug 2018

  3. Phase 3. Finalize Final Draft
    100% complete

    Ended: 14 Aug 2018

  4. Phase 4. ALAC Vote
    100% complete

    Ended: 17 Sep 2018

  5. Phase 5. Submission
    100% complete

    Submitted: 17 Sep 2018

Submitted a Statement

Submission due: 17 Sep 2018 23:59 UTC

Background

Purpose: Recommendations for managing Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) variant labels for top level domains (TLDs) have been developed by ICANN organization. The relevant materials along with the recommendations are being published to seek community feedback for finalizing them. Current Status: The community has identified a need for IDN variant TLDs; however, the ICANN Board resolved on 25 September 2010 that "no variants of gTLDs will be delegated ... until appropriate variant management solutions are developed." Subsequent work by ICANN organization and the community led to the identification of two issues: (i) there is no accepted definition for variant TLDs, and (ii) there is no 'variantSee public comment in icann.org
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