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According to ICANN,Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) are domain names represented by local language characters. <ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/ IDN according to ICANN]</ref> These types of domain names could either contain non-ASCII scripts characters or letters.
According to ICANN,Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) are domain names represented by local language characters. <ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/ IDN according to ICANN]</ref> These types of domain names could either contain non-ASCII scripts characters or letters.
An important milestone in the development of IDN [[TLD]]s was the October, 2009, [[ICANN]] meeting in Korea. At the meeting the [[ICANN Board]] approved the IDN [[ccTLD]] Fast Track Process that enabled countries to offer domain names with non-Latin characters.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/ IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process according to ICANN]</ref>
An important milestone in the development of IDN [[TLD]]s was the October, 2009, [[ICANN]] meeting in Korea. At the meeting the [[ICANN Board]] approved the IDN [[ccTLD]] Fast Track Process that enabled countries to offer domain names with non-Latin characters.On October, 2009, [[ICANN]] accepted the development of IDN ccTLDs on the Internet using IDNA standards. <ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/ IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process according to ICANN]</ref>
==ICANN Approves Delegation of IDN ccTLDs==
The first IDN ccTLDs were successfully installed in the [[DNS]] root zone in May, 2010, which include Russia (.рф), Egypt (صر.), Saudi Arabia (السعودية.) and United Arab Emirates (امارات.). <ref>[http://blog.icann.org/2010/05/idn-cctlds-%E2%80%93-the-first-four/ IDN ccTLDs – The First Four]</ref>
On August 2010, ICANN approved the delegation of the Arabic scripts for Palestine (فلسطين), Tunisia (تونس) Jordan (الاردن), Thailand (.ไทย) and the two IDN ccTLD for Sri Lanka (.ලංකා) and (.இலங்கை).<ref>[http://domainincite.com/palestine-gets-its-own-arabic-domain-names/ Palestine gets its own Arabic domain names]</ref>
As of September, 2011, 16 countries have IDNs, and there are another 33 requests for IDNs in 22 different languages still pending with ICANN.<ref>[http://mobile.ictqatar.qa/sites/default/files/documents/IDN_IGF_2011.pdf IDN IGF 2011, ictqatar.qa]</ref>
As of September, 2011, 16 countries have IDNs, and there are another 33 requests for IDNs in 22 different languages still pending with ICANN.<ref>[http://mobile.ictqatar.qa/sites/default/files/documents/IDN_IGF_2011.pdf IDN IGF 2011, ictqatar.qa]</ref>
==Rejected IDN ccTLD==
The internet governing body rejected the IDN application of the Bulgarian government for [[.6r]], the Cyrillic translation of [[.bg]] due to its close similarity with the [[.br]] ccTLD.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/icann-says-no-to-bulgarian-cctld/ ICANN says no to Bulgarian ccTLD]</ref>
==Logistics==
==Logistics==