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The internationalization of domain names was first introduced by [[Martin Duerst]] from the University of Zürich through an Internet Draft submitted to the IETF on December 10, 1996.<ref>[http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-duerst-dns-i18n-00 Internationalization of Domain Names]</ref> <ref>[http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/uri/1996Dec/0038.html URLs and Internationalization]</ref> Following Duerst proposal to internationalized the domain names, the [[National University in Singapore Center for Internet Research]] organized a team led by [[Prof. Tan Tin Wee]] along with [[Lim Juay Kwang]] and [[Leong Kok Yong]] to conduct a research on IDN in 1998. During that year further research and meetings were done in conjunction with Duerst proposal which include Prof. S. Subiah's research from [[Bioinformatrix Pte. Ltd.|BIX Pte. Ltd.]], Geneva INET'98 Conference, [[APNG]] General Meeting and Working Group Meetings.The iDNS Working group was formed and James Seng was recruited by BIX Pte. Ltd. to lead the continuous development of IDN.<ref>[http://ianpeter.wordpress.com/2007/05/10/history-of-internationalised-domain-names/ History of Internationalized Domain Names]</ref>

The internationalization of domain names was first introduced by [[Martin Duerst]] from the University of Zürich through an Internet Draft submitted to the IETF on December 10, 1996.<ref>[http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-duerst-dns-i18n-00 Internationalization of Domain Names]</ref> <ref>[http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/uri/1996Dec/0038.html URLs and Internationalization]</ref> Following Duerst proposal to internationalized the domain names, the [[National University in Singapore Center for Internet Research]] organized a team led by [[Prof. Tan Tin Wee]] along with [[Lim Juay Kwang]] and [[Leong Kok Yong]] to conduct a research on IDN in 1998. During that year further research and meetings were done in conjunction with Duerst proposal which include Prof. S. Subiah's research from [[Bioinformatrix Pte. Ltd.|BIX Pte. Ltd.]], Geneva INET'98 Conference, [[APNG]] General Meeting and Working Group Meetings.The iDNS Working group was formed and James Seng was recruited by BIX Pte. Ltd. to lead the continuous development of IDN.<ref>[http://ianpeter.wordpress.com/2007/05/10/history-of-internationalised-domain-names/ History of Internationalized Domain Names]</ref>

On February 1999, James Seng led launching of the iDNS test bed with the cooperation of the [[APNG|Asia Pacific Networking Group]], [[CNNIC|China Internet Network Information Center]], [[JPNIC|Japan Network Information Center]], [[KRNIC|Korea Network Information Center]], [[TWNIC|Taiwan Information Network Information Center]], [[Thailand Network Information Center|THNIC]], [[HKNIC|Hongkong Network Information Center]] and [[SGNIC|Singapore Network Information Center]]. The test bed was succeeded by the presentation of the IDN Report during the joint APNG-APTLD Meeting during the [[APRICOT]]'99 Conference. On March of 1999, the IDN report was endorsed during the APNG General meeting. On June 1999, APNG together with National University of Singapore Center for Internet Research filed a grant application [[International Development Research Center|IDRC]], an international organisation funded by the Canadian Government to work on [[IDN]] for [[IPv6]]. The following month, the IDNA patent application was filed by [[Walid R. Tout]]. James Seng, Martin Duerst and Tan Tin Wee published Internet Draft UTF5 and it was succeeded by the establishment of a Working Group by APTLD and APNG to evaluate the issues related to the IDN. The Working Group was headed by [[Kilnam Chon]]. By the end of 1999, the IETF IDN Birds of Feather was initiated by i-DNS.net International in Washington and the first commercial IDN was implemented in Taiwanese and Chinese characters under the IDN top level domain ([[TLD]]).Furthermore, Kilnam Chon initiated the formation of the IDNS Task Forced which paved the way to the establishment of the [[MINC|Multilingual Internet Names Consortium]].<ref>[http://www.domainname.com.ua/history-Internationalised-domain-names.php History of Internationalized Domain Names]</ref>

On February 1999, James Seng led launching of the iDNS test bed with the cooperation of the [[APNG|Asia Pacific Networking Group]], [[CNNIC|China Internet Network Information Center]], [[JPNIC|Japan Network Information Center]], [[KRNIC|Korea Network Information Center]], [[TWNIC|Taiwan Information Network Information Center]], [[Thailand Network Information Center|THNIC]], [[HKNIC|Hongkong Network Information Center]] and [[SGNIC|Singapore Network Information Center]]. The test bed was succeeded by the presentation of the IDN Report during the joint APNG-APTLD Meeting during the [[APRICOT]]'99 Conference. On March of 1999, the IDN report was endorsed during the APNG General meeting. On June 1999, APNG together with National University of Singapore Center for Internet Research filed a grant application [[IDRC|International Development Research Center]], an international organisation funded by the Canadian Government to work on [[IDN]] for [[IPv6]]. The following month, the IDNA patent application was filed by [[Walid R. Tout]]. James Seng, Martin Duerst and Tan Tin Wee published Internet Draft UTF5 and it was succeeded by the establishment of a Working Group by APTLD and APNG to evaluate the issues related to the IDN. The Working Group was headed by [[Kilnam Chon]]. By the end of 1999, the IETF IDN Birds of Feather was initiated by i-DNS.net International in Washington and the first commercial IDN was implemented in Taiwanese and Chinese characters under the IDN top level domain ([[TLD]]).Furthermore, Kilnam Chon initiated the formation of the IDNS Task Forced which paved the way to the establishment of the [[MINC|Multilingual Internet Names Consortium]].<ref>[http://www.domainname.com.ua/history-Internationalised-domain-names.php History of Internationalized Domain Names]</ref>

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