.عراق
عراق. is the IDN ccTLD for Iraq. It is managed by Communications and Media Commission (CMC). [1]
The domain under consideration for delegation at the DNS root level is “عراق”. This is represented in ASCII-compatible encoding according to the IDNA specification as “xn--mgbtx2b”. The individual Unicode code points that comprise this string are U+0639 U+0631 U+0627 U+0642. In Arabic, the string has a transliteration equivalent to “Iraq” in English. The string is expressed using the Arabic script. In Arabic, the string has a transliteration equivalent to “Iraq” in English. The string is expressed using the Arabic script.[2]
History[edit | edit source]
On 27 November 2013, an application was made to the “IDN Fast Track” process to have the string “عراق” recognized as representing Iraq.
On 13 May 2014, a review by the IDN Fast Track DNS Stability Panel found that "the applied-for string ... presents none of the threats to the stability or security of the DNS identified in Module 4 of the Fast Track implementation plan, and presents an acceptably low risk of user confusion". The request for the string to represent Iraq was subsequently approved.
On 23 September 2014, ICANN announced that the proposed IDN ccTLD string for the Republic of Iraq successfully passed the string evaluation.[2] [3]
On 23 November 2014, Communications and Media Commission (CMC) commenced a request to ICANN for delegation of “عراق” as a top-level domain.[2] The ICANN Board, after reviewing and evaluating the request, approved the delegation in October 2015.[4]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ IANA: Delegation Record for .IQ
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 IANA: Report on the Delegation of the عراق (“Iraq”) domain representing Iraq in Arabic script to Communications and Media Commission (CMC)
- ↑ ICANN: Iraq Passes String Evaluation for IDN
- ↑ ICANN: Delegation of IDN ccTLD عراق representing Iraq in Arabic script