Internationalised Domain Names – WS 03 2015
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People currently are able to write domain names in their own script - learn what are the advantages and current issues
Session description
The workshop will be focused on a domain name-related issue that existed since the creation of the DNS - the Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs). With the introduction of IDNs, ICANN has created the possibility of having top level domains (both ccTLDs and gTLDs) in different scripts (e.g.Chinese, Arabic, Cyrillic), compared to the previous limitation of having such top level domains only in the Latin alphabet. IDNs thus contribute to making the Internet more inclusive, as the possibility of accessing and registering domain names in more languages and scripts empower more people to use the Internet. This would be an excellent opportunity for people from non-Latin regions to be able to write domain names in their own language and with their own script - Cyrillic, Armenian, Chinese, Arabic, etc. Members of the panel would include IDN ccTLDs that were recently launched, and also couple of the IDN gTLDs following the new gTLD program of ICANN. They will present the history and best practices of their TLDs, including their plan for the future. There is also a need to raise more awareness and promote a better understanding of the universal acceptance issues, for example the IDN email problems.
Keywords
IDN, Punycode, Universal acceptance, my script, UNICODE
Format
Moderator and panelists. Everyone will have 5 minutes for introduction in the beginning, and then the moderator will start asking questions in order to form an interactive discussion.
Further reading
- Universal acceptance, ICANN
- Beginner's guide to domain names, ICANN
- IDNs Fact Sheet, ICANN
- Internationalized Domain Names, ICANN
- IDN, Wikipedia
- Punycode, Wikipedia
- UNICODE, Wikipedia
People
- Focal Point: Iliya Bazlyankov
- Org team:
- Iliya Bazlyankov, UNICART
- Dušan Stojičević, RNIDS
- Giovanni Seppia, EURid
- Lianna Galstyan, ISOC.AM
- Panelists:
- Iliya Bazlyankov, CORE Association
- Dušan Stojičević, RNIDS
- Giovanni Seppia, EURid
- Lianna Galstyan, ISOC.AM
- (more tbc)
- Moderator: Julian Borislavov, ICN.BG
- Reporter: Anja Gengo
- Remote moderator: (deadline 15. Mai 2015)
Conf. call schedule & minutes
29.04 / 15:00 CET
Current discussion
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Mailing list
Contact: ws3@eurodig.org
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