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'''Multilingual Internet Names Consortium''' or [[MINC]] is pioneer organization for multilingual domain names. It is a non-profit and non-governmental organization working actively in internationalization of multilingual domain names since its conception. Being an international organization, it has its members from all of the world including people from academics, software companies, ISPs, [[TLD]] administrators, research institutions and governments.<ref>[http://www.minc.org/Default.aspx?&lang=en MINC]</ref>  

The '''Multilingual Internet Names Consortium''' or [[MINC]] is an advocate organization for the multilingual Internet and multilingual domain names. It is a non-profit and non-governmental organization working actively in the internationalization of the Internet and domain names since its conception. Being an international organization, it has members and from different professional sectors, including people from academics, software companies, ISPs, [[TLD]] administrators, research institutions and governments.<ref>[http://www.minc.org/Default.aspx?&lang=en MINC]</ref>  

[[MINC]] is a part of The [[Multilingual Internet Group]], which includes [[WebSynergys Inc.]], [[Ankabooot]], [[LIve Multilingual Translator]] and [[ArabicSSL]].<ref>[http://mligrp.com/5.html mligrp]</ref>

[[MINC]] is a part of The [[Multilingual Internet Group]], which includes [[WebSynergys Inc.]], [[Ankabooot]], [[LIve Multilingual Translator]] and [[ArabicSSL]].<ref>[http://mligrp.com/5.html mligrp]</ref>

==Development==

==Development==

[[MINC]] began around mid 2000. The idea of the consortium was turned into reality by combined efforts of the [[Asia Pacific Networking Group]] (APNG), the National University of Singapore, [[i-DNS.net]], the [[International Development Research Centre]] (IDRC) of Canada, and members of the Asia Pacific Internet academic, government and business communities.<ref>[http://www.i-dns.net/support_download/faq/faq.html i-dns]</ref>

[[MINC]] began around mid 2000. The idea of the consortium was turned into reality by the combined efforts of the [[Asia Pacific Networking Group]] (APNG), the National University of Singapore, [[i-DNS.net]], the [[International Development Research Centre]] (IDRC) of Canada, and members of the Asia Pacific Internet academic, government and business communities.<ref>[http://www.i-dns.net/support_download/faq/faq.html i-dns]</ref>

The Arabic charter of the consortium was established by [[Asaad Alnajjar]].<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/voex1 Asaad's LinkedIn]</ref>

The Arabic charter of the consortium was established by [[Asaad Alnajjar]].<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/voex1 Asaad's LinkedIn]</ref>

===ICMC===

===ICMC===

ICMC is the International Coordination Mechanism Council formed by MINC in 2006. This council is responsible for coordinating with all the authorities working for various [[IDN]]s, in a way that ensures a respectful multilingual internet society. ICMC also works to makes sure that all deployments of IDN should be registered with MINC's IDN database and should be internet RFC compliant.<ref>[http://www.minc.org/news.aspx?id=404&lang=en MINC]</ref>

ICMC is the International Coordination Mechanism Council formed by MINC in 2006. This council is responsible for coordinating with all the authorities working for various [[IDN]]s, in a way that ensures a respectful multilingual Internet society. ICMC also works to makes sure that all deployed IDNs are registered with MINC's IDN database and [[RFC]] compliant.<ref>[http://www.minc.org/news.aspx?id=404&lang=en MINC]</ref>

==Mission Statement==

==Mission Statement==