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Data Retention Waiver - ONE.COM A/S, Denmark

DATA RETENTION WAIVER
ONE.COM A/S, DENMARK

ONE.COM A/S ("Registrar") submitted to ICANN a...

 |  DNS Marketplace, Registrars, Technology

Release of Country and Territory Names within the .TORAY and .PICTET TLDs

Open Date: 28 March 2016 Close Date: 10 May 2016
Originating Organization: Global Domains...

 |  Civil Society, DNS Marketplace, gTLD, New gTLDs, Registries, Technology

Call for Volunteers: Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) Implementation and Work Stream 2

WHAT IS THE CCWG-ACCOUNTABILITY?

In December 2014, the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing...

 |  Accountability

Data Retention Waiver - 101Domain GRS Limited

DATA RETENTION WAIVER
101DOMAIN GRS LIMITED

101DOMAIN GRS LIMITED (Formerly - "Emerald Global...

 |  DNS Marketplace, Registrars, Technology

Data Retention Waiver - Emerald Registrar Limited

DATA RETENTION WAIVER
EMERALD REGISTRAR LIMITED

EMERALD REGISTRAR LIMITED ("Registrar") submitted...

 |  DNS Marketplace, Registrars, Technology

Data Retention Waiver - Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Openprovider

DATA RETENTION WAIVER
HOSTING CONCEPTS B.V. d/b/a OPENPROVIDER

Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a...

 |  DNS Marketplace, Registrars, Technology

Data Retention Waiver - TransIP B.V.

DATA RETENTION WAIVER
TransIP B.V.

TransIP B.V. ("Registrar") submitted to ICANN a Registrar Data...

 |  DNS Marketplace, Registrars, Technology

Call for Volunteers: New GNSO Policy Development Process Working Group to Review All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs

In Brief

The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council seeks volunteers for a new...

 |  Civil Society, DNS Marketplace, gTLD, New gTLDs, Technology

Draft Report on New gTLD Program Safeguards to Mitigate DNS Abuse Available for Public Comment

ICANN today announced the publication of a draft report on New gTLD Program Safeguards Against...

 |  DNS Marketplace, gTLD, New gTLDs, Technology

NextGen@ICANN Application Round Open for ICANN56

With the announcement of ICANN56 relocation to Helsinki, Finland the application round to...

Plan to Transition Stewardship of Key Internet Functions Sent to the U.S. Government

Marrakech, Morocco… Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Board...

 |  Accountability, Civil Society, Developing World, DNS Marketplace, Government, NTIA Stewardship Transition, Technology

ICANN55 Marrakech GAC Communiqué

The Governmental Advisory Committee meeting at ICANN55 in Marrakech has issued its Marrakech...

 |  Board, GAC

ICANN Announces Availability of DNSSEC Root Zone KSK Recommendations

A design team consisting of seven independent DNS experts along with representatives from ICANN,...

 |  IANA

ICANN Temporarily Stopped from Delegating .AFRICA Pending Federal Court Hearing on 4 April 2016

The Court in the DotConnectAfrica Trust (DCA) v. ICANN matter granted DCA's request for an...

 |  DNS Marketplace, Technology

Draft ICANN FY17 Operating Plan & Budget and Five-Year Operating Plan Update

Open Date: 5 March 2016 Close Date: 30 April 2016
Originating Organization: ICANN
...

 |  DNS Marketplace, Financials

Launch of Registration Authentication Platform for .MOI TLD

Open Date: 2 March 2016 Close Date: 14 April 2016
Originating Organization: Global Domains...

 |  DNS Marketplace, gTLD, New gTLDs, Technology

First Version of Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone Released

ICANN is pleased to announce that the first version of Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone...

 |  ccTLD, DNS Marketplace, gTLD, IDN, New gTLDs, Technology

IDN ccTLD Request from Bulgaria Successfully Passes String Evaluation

ICANN is pleased to announce the successful evaluation of the proposed IDN ccTLD string for...

 |  Civil Society, DNS Marketplace, IDN, Technology

Request for Quotation (RFQ) - Routers Refresh

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") is seeking one or more...

 |  Civil Society, DNS Marketplace, Technology

Nomination Period Extended For ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award | Award Targeted for ICANN 56 | Nominations Close 17 March 2016

ICANN is pleased to announce that the nomination period for ICANN's Multistakeholder Ethos Award...

 |  Civil Society, DNS Marketplace, Technology

ICANN Releases Identifier Systems SSR Activities Report

As part of our continuing commitment to transparency and accountability, ICANN's Identifier...

 |  DNS Marketplace, Security, SSR, Technology

ICANN Announces the Release of "Middle East DNS Study"

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announces the publication of the...

 |  ccTLD, gTLD

Draft Framework of Principles for Cross Community Working Groups

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Forum Announcement: Comment Period Opens on Date: 22 February 2016
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 |  Accountability

Charter Amendments of the GNSO gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group

Forum Announcement: Comment Period Opens on Date: 22 February 2016
Categories/Tags: Bylaws,...

 |  GNSO, Registries

What to Expect at ICANN55: A Guide for Business Stakeholders

RSVP via this form by 17 February 2016

This webinar is an introduction to ICANN and the...

 |  Civil Society, DNS Marketplace, Technology

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Domain Name System
Internationalized Domain Name ,IDN,"IDNs are domain names that include characters used in the local representation of languages that are not written with the twenty-six letters of the basic Latin alphabet ""a-z"". An IDN can contain Latin letters with diacritical marks, as required by many European languages, or may consist of characters from non-Latin scripts such as Arabic or Chinese. Many languages also use other types of digits than the European ""0-9"". The basic Latin alphabet together with the European-Arabic digits are, for the purpose of domain names, termed ""ASCII characters"" (ASCII = American Standard Code for Information Interchange). These are also included in the broader range of ""Unicode characters"" that provides the basis for IDNs. The ""hostname rule"" requires that all domain names of the type under consideration here are stored in the DNS using only the ASCII characters listed above, with the one further addition of the hyphen ""-"". The Unicode form of an IDN therefore requires special encoding before it is entered into the DNS. The following terminology is used when distinguishing between these forms: A domain name consists of a series of ""labels"" (separated by ""dots""). The ASCII form of an IDN label is termed an ""A-label"". All operations defined in the DNS protocol use A-labels exclusively. The Unicode form, which a user expects to be displayed, is termed a ""U-label"". The difference may be illustrated with the Hindi word for ""test"" — परीका — appearing here as a U-label would (in the Devanagari script). A special form of ""ASCII compatible encoding"" (abbreviated ACE) is applied to this to produce the corresponding A-label: xn--11b5bs1di. A domain name that only includes ASCII letters, digits, and hyphens is termed an ""LDH label"". Although the definitions of A-labels and LDH-labels overlap, a name consisting exclusively of LDH labels, such as""icann.org"" is not an IDN."