.idn
| Status: | Proposed |
| Type: | Generic |
| Category: | Technology |
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.idn is a proposed TLD in ICANN's New gTLD Program. The applicant is Nameshop.[1]
Application Excerpt[edit | edit source]
The following is excerpted from applicant´s response to question #18:
"The purpose of the proposed gTLD is to offer a bridge for the Internationalized Domain Name Registrant to connect to users beyond their own language communities. This gTLD would be of help in furthering the Internet Communityʹs efforts to preserve the Internet as a unified, Global space.
The proposed gTLD .IDN supports multiple cultural, linguistic and ethnic communities across the world by helping communities connect to the rest of the world across the barrier of language."[2]