Difference between revisions of "ICANN Initiatives"
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==A Stable Internet== | ==A Stable Internet== | ||
''Timeline of ICANN's efforts at defining and executing Internet stability''<br/> | ''Timeline of ICANN's efforts at defining and executing Internet stability''<br/> | ||
| − | * October 1999: ICANN DNSO Working Group C brainstormed how expanding the namespace would factor into Internet stability, which fed into their determination of when and how new gTLDs should be added.<ref>[http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/19991023.NCwgc-report.html Interim Report of Working Group C of the Domain Name Supporting Organization, 10/23/1999]</ref><br/> | + | In its earliest days, ICANN imposed high threshold requirements new gTLD application consideration and allowed only a select few test cases to ensure that no new TLD registry would fail as that would threaten Internet (ICANN) stability.<ref>[https://arxiv.org/ftp/cs/papers/0109/0109099.pdf Jonathan Weinberg, "ICANN, 'Internet Stability,' and New Top Level Domains,' pg. 30]</ref> |
| − | * August 2000: "Successful TLD applications should 'preserve the stability of the Internet': They should eliminate or minimize the effects of technical failures in registry or registrar operations, and they should steer clear of anything that challenged ICANN’s position as proprietor of the root zone. Staff will favor TLDs that help advance the “proof of concept” ICANN sought, providing useful information regarding the feasibility and utility of different types of new TLDs, procedures for launching them, registry-registrar models, business models, and internal policy structures."<ref>[http://www.icann.org/tlds/tld-criteria-15aug00.html Criteria for Assessing TLD Proposals (Aug. 15, 2000)]</ref><ref>[https://arxiv.org/ftp/cs/papers/0109/0109099.pdf Jonathan Weinberg, "ICANN, 'Internet Stability,' and New Top Level Domains,' footnote 72]</ref> | + | :* October 1999: ICANN DNSO Working Group C brainstormed how expanding the namespace would factor into Internet stability, which fed into their determination of when and how new gTLDs should be added.<ref>[http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/19991023.NCwgc-report.html Interim Report of Working Group C of the Domain Name Supporting Organization, 10/23/1999]</ref><br/> |
| + | :* August 2000: "Successful TLD applications should 'preserve the stability of the Internet': They should eliminate or minimize the effects of technical failures in registry or registrar operations, and they should steer clear of anything that challenged ICANN’s position as proprietor of the root zone. Staff will favor TLDs that help advance the “proof of concept” ICANN sought, providing useful information regarding the feasibility and utility of different types of new TLDs, procedures for launching them, registry-registrar models, business models, and internal policy structures."<ref>[http://www.icann.org/tlds/tld-criteria-15aug00.html Criteria for Assessing TLD Proposals (Aug. 15, 2000)]</ref><ref>[https://arxiv.org/ftp/cs/papers/0109/0109099.pdf Jonathan Weinberg, "ICANN, 'Internet Stability,' and New Top Level Domains,' footnote 72]</ref> | ||
==A Secure Internet== | ==A Secure Internet== | ||
Revision as of 18:26, 9 December 2021
ICANN's mission is to ensure the stable and secure operation of the Internet's unique identifier systems.[1] Its core values are to reflect the functional, geographic, and cultural diversity of the Internet at all levels of policy development and decision-making; ensure a bottom-up, multistakeholder policy development process is used to ascertain the Global Public Interest; and make its processes accountable and transparent. ICANN's technical commitment is to maintain a single, global authoriative Root.[2]
Its mission- and value-driven initiatives include policies, organizational additions, operational improvements, and other initiatives designed to ensure that ICANN's strategic commitment to its mission and core values is realized in its policies and actions.
A Stable Internet
Timeline of ICANN's efforts at defining and executing Internet stability
In its earliest days, ICANN imposed high threshold requirements new gTLD application consideration and allowed only a select few test cases to ensure that no new TLD registry would fail as that would threaten Internet (ICANN) stability.[3]
- October 1999: ICANN DNSO Working Group C brainstormed how expanding the namespace would factor into Internet stability, which fed into their determination of when and how new gTLDs should be added.[4]
- August 2000: "Successful TLD applications should 'preserve the stability of the Internet': They should eliminate or minimize the effects of technical failures in registry or registrar operations, and they should steer clear of anything that challenged ICANN’s position as proprietor of the root zone. Staff will favor TLDs that help advance the “proof of concept” ICANN sought, providing useful information regarding the feasibility and utility of different types of new TLDs, procedures for launching them, registry-registrar models, business models, and internal policy structures."[5][6]
- October 1999: ICANN DNSO Working Group C brainstormed how expanding the namespace would factor into Internet stability, which fed into their determination of when and how new gTLDs should be added.[4]
A Secure Internet
- Timeline of security threats and reactions
A Unified, Global Internet
Performing Accountability & Transparency: Reviews at ICANN
Although the organization's core mission and values have remained largely consistent throughout the organization's existence, certain events have resulted in amendments to the ICANN Bylaws to more precisely define ICANN's mission and values. For example, the IANA Functions Stewardship Transition expanded ICANN's mission slightly (to incorporate the oversight of the IANA functions and the PTI) as well as the Affirmation of Commitments into ICANN's bylaws, memorializing the structure and rules for Specific Reviews.
Seeking Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion within ICANN
- Timeline of DEI efforts at ICANN
A Single Authoritative Root
- Timeline of ICANN's efforts to preserve and enhance the global interoperability, resilience, and openness of the DNS/Internet[7]
- Timeline of ICANN's efforts to withstand attempts at splintering the Internet and outlast competitors
References
- ↑ Section 1.1, ICANN Bylaws
- ↑ Section 1.2, ICANN Bylaws
- ↑ Jonathan Weinberg, "ICANN, 'Internet Stability,' and New Top Level Domains,' pg. 30
- ↑ Interim Report of Working Group C of the Domain Name Supporting Organization, 10/23/1999
- ↑ Criteria for Assessing TLD Proposals (Aug. 15, 2000)
- ↑ Jonathan Weinberg, "ICANN, 'Internet Stability,' and New Top Level Domains,' footnote 72
- ↑ Section 1.2, ICANN Bylaws