IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process

ICANN's IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process was created to enable ccTLD managers to request an expedited evaluation of internationalized versions of their country's top-level domain. Countries with an Alpha-2 code on the ISO 3166-1 Standard are allowed to apply for an IDN ccTLD in scripts other than Latin. The strings must comply with all requirements in the Final Implementation Plan (FIP) for the process.

History

The ICANN Board approved the FIP for the IDN Fast Track Process at ICANN 36 in October, 2009 The Process was launched on November 16, 2009. The first IDN requests, from Egypt, the Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, were approved in January 2010.

ICANN reports that as of May 2020, sixty-two string requests had passed through the Fast Track Process, on behalf of forty-three different countries. As of March 2021, a total of seventy strings (including requested variant strings for a specific country) have passed through the process. India accounts for fifteen IDNs, representing four languages in fifteen scripts.

IDN Fast Track WG

ALAC

• Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Chair of ALAC
• Hong Xue

ccNSO

• Chris Disspain, chair of the ccNSO Council
• Mohamed El Bashir, .sd
• Hiro Hotta, .jp
• Jian Zhang, .cn
• Young Eum Lee, .kr (co-chair)
• Ming-Cheng Liang, .tw
• Ibaa Oueichek, .sy
• Andrey Romanow, .ru
• Bill Semich, .nu
• Jonathan Shea, .hk

GAC

• Bertrand de la Chapelle, France
• Manal Ismail, Egypt (co-chair)
• Janis Karklins, Chair of the GAC

GNSO

• Edmon Chung, .asia
• Charles Shaban, Intellectual Property Constituency

GNSO Observers

• Olga Cavalli, NomCom Appointee
• Avri Doria, Chair of GNSO Council
• Cary Karp, .museum

SSAC

• Steve Crocker

Technical Community

• Patrik Faltstrom

ICANN Staff

• Doug Brent
• Denise Michel
• Kurt Pritz
• Donna Austin
• Bart Boswinkel
• Michelle Cotton
• Tina Dam
• Baher Esmat
• Olof Nordling
• Gabriella Schittek
• Theresa Swinehart

External Links

IDN ccTLD Final Implementation Plan (PDF)

Internationalized Domain Name

Country code top-level domain

At-Large Advisory Committee. Considers and provides advice on the activities of ICANN related to the interests of individual Internet users (ICANN Bylaws). Not to be confused with the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group.

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

Governmental Advisory Committee. Considers and provides advice on the activities of ICANN as they relate to concerns of governments, particularly matters where there may be an interaction between ICANN's policies and various laws and international agreements or where they may affect public policy issues (ICANN Bylaws).

Generic Names Supporting Organization. Develops and recommends to the Board substantive policies relating to generic top-level domains and other responsibilities set forth in the Bylaws (ICANN Bylaws).