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Chuck Gomes, Chairman of the GNSO Council, Vice President of Policy and Compliance for VeriSign Information Services

The Why & How of IDN Generic Domain Names

This presentation will focus primarily on two key questions: 1) Why should there be IDN generic domain names and 2) how is IDN policy developed in the ICANN Generic Names Supporting Organization.  It will include a snapshot of IDN history in the generic name space and will give a preview of what’s up next with regard to generic IDN gTLDs.

1. Why IDNs?
   1. General question
   2. Why IDNs for generic names?
2. IDNs as a global issue
   1. IDNs are not a ccNSO issue or a GNSO issue.
   2. IDNs are a user issue.
   3. From the start, IDN policy work in ICANN has been handled as a cross SO issue.
   4. Broader ICANN community focus instead of just an SO focus.
3. Snapshot of IDN history in the gTLD space
   1. VeriSign second-level IDN test bed for .com, .net and .org – Nov. 2000
   2. IDNA standards for 2nd level domain names
   3. ICANN IDN Guidelines version 1
   4. IDN WG (illustration of how GNSO policy development happens)
   5. New gTLD Process
   6. JIG
4. What’s next?
5. Conclusion: User focus

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