IDN Guidelines Revision Working Group

IDN Guidelines Revision Working Group
Status:	Closed
Issue Areas:	IDNs
Date Established:	2005
Charter:	[ WG Charter]
Workspace:	[ Community Wiki]

The IDN Guidelines Revision Working Group, also called IDN TLD Working Group was an ICANN working group of gTLD and ccTLD representatives formed to initiate the first revision of the IDN Implementation Guidelines, which would become the IDN Implementation Guidelines Version 2.0. They were also responsible for Versions 2.1 and 2.2, and later, Version 3.0.

Formation

The IDN Guidelines Revision Working Group was formed after the IDN workshop that happened during ICANN 23 agreed on the need of a revision for the IDN Guidelines and provided a basis for a first review. Following this workshop, a Working Group of gTLD and ccTLD registries with IDN experience was formed to work on a revision of the guidelines, to be put forth for public comment.

The members were:

• gTLD Registry Constituency Representatives:
  • Cary Karp (MuseDoma);
  • Pat Kane (VeriSign);
  • Ram Mohan (Afilias)

• ccNSO Representatives:
  • Hiro Hotta (JPRS);
  • Mohammed EL Bashir (.sd Registry)

• ICANN Staff
  • Tina Dam (Versions 2.0, 2.1 and 2.2)
  • Kurt Pritz (Version 2.2)
  • Naela Sarras (Version 3.0)
  • Francisco Arias (Version 3.0)
  • Patrick Jones (Version 3.0)

After Version 3.0, ICANN made a Call for Community Experts on July 20, 2015 to form a new Working Group with the goal to review the IDN Implementation Guidelines, forming the IDN Guidelines Working Group (IDNGWG).

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Country code top-level domain. Determined by "ISO 3166-1: Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions — Part 1: Country codes".

Country Code Names Supporting Organization. Develops and recommends to the Board global policies relating to country-code top-level domains (ICANN Bylaws).