IDN Variant TLD Program - Draft Final Report Examining the User Experience Implications of Active Variant TLDs

DomainNews: IDN Variant TLD Program - Draft Final Report Examining the User Experience Implications of Active Va...

ICANN is opening a 21-day public comment on the latest draft report "Examining the User Experience Implications of Active Variant TLDs." Based on the input received in this public forum, ICANN will produce a final report that incorporates the community feedback. The final report will be published within 30 days after the closure of public comment. Comment Open: 18 January 2013 Comment Close: 8 February 2013 Close Time (UTC): 23:59 UTC Section I: Description, Explanation, and Purpose The IDN Variant TLD Program has been exploring the issues associated with the potential inclusion of IDN variant TLDs in the DNS root zone at the request of the ICANN Board and the community. Should ICANN activate variant TLDs in the root, many parts of the Internet ecosystem will be affected, with corresponding impacts on the user experience. Examples of user roles that have been identified pr...

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