First IDN ccTLDs Available

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First IDN ccTLDs Available

5 May 2010

For the first time in the history of the Internet, non-Latin characters are being used for top-level domains. The first IDN country-code top-level domains were inserted in the DNS root zone earlier today. The associated countries and their respective IDN ccTLDs are:

Egypt: مصر (Egypt)

Saudi Arabia: السعودية (AlSaudiah)

United Arab Emirates: امارات (Emarat)

These are the first IDN ccTLDs to appear online as a result of the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process which was approved by the ICANN Board at its annual meeting in Seoul, South Korea on 30 October 2009.

The first requests were received starting 16 November 2009. The process enables countries and territories to submit requests to ICANN for IDN ccTLDs, representing their respective country or territory names in scripts other than Latin.

So far, ICANN has received a total of 21 requests for IDN ccTLD(s) representing 11 languages. A total of 13 requests have successfully passed through the “String Evaluation” (the second stage of the process) and are hence ready for the requesting country or territory to initiate the request for TLD Delegation (the final stage of the application process). As of today, the first three of these have been delegated into the DNS root zone, which means they are available for use.

Arabic has now become the first non-Latin script to be used as an IDN ccTLD. Arabic is among the most highly used languages on the Internet today. The Middle-East has an average Internet penetration of just over 20%, and shows a big potential for growth. Users in the region will now have easier access to the Internet, with the ability to use their primary language for the entire domain name.

About the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process:

The IDN ccTLD Fast Track Program requires participants to demonstrate that they fulfill a number of requirements:

the script used to represent the IDN ccTLDs must be non-Latin;
the languages used to express the IDN ccTLDs must be official in the corresponding country or territory; and
a specific set of technical requirements must be met (as evaluated by an external DNS Stability Panel comprised of DNS and IDN experts).
The request and evaluation processes entail three steps:

Preparation (by the requester in the country / territory). Community consensus is built for which IDN ccTLD to apply for, how it is run, and which organization will be running it, along with preparing and gathering all the required supporting documentation.
String Evaluation: incoming requests to ICANN in accordance with the criteria described above: the technical and linguistic requirements for the IDN ccTLD string(s). Applications are received through an online system available together with additional material supporting the process at: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/
String Delegation: requests successfully meeting string evaluation criteria are eligible to apply for delegation following the same ICANN IANA process as is used for ASCII based ccTLDs. String delegation requests are submitted to IANA root zone management.

http://www.icann.org/en/announcement...05may10-en.htm


ICANN 官方網站 直到昨天 才正式宣佈這三個 新的 .IDN 後綴;
不知道 為什麼要強調 "最早的" IDN ccTLDs ?!

[chami]

您好,

關於 ICANN 所通過首批非拉丁語的頂級域名
埃及、沙烏地阿拉伯、阿拉伯聯合大公國
是首批完成 IDN 快速追蹤流程ccTLD計畫 (IDN Fast Track Process) 申請流程的三個國家
這表示這三種語言的域名已經可以被註冊同時也可以被解析
因為這三種語言是第一批完成ICANN評估流程的語系
所以才會稱它們為 "First" IDN ccTLDs Available

大家之前可能有聽到關於.中國 / .台灣等 IDN 通過 ICANN 字串審核的新聞,
這僅是表示.中國 / .台灣通過其中一個流程的審查,
但是尚未完成後續技術面的審查程序,
因此 .中國 / .台灣還無法像埃及、沙烏地阿拉伯、阿拉伯聯合大公國語系的域名一樣可以開放外界使用

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作者: chami

您好,

關於 ICANN 所通過首批非拉丁語的頂級域名
埃及、沙烏地阿拉伯、阿拉伯聯合大公國
是首批完成 IDN 快速追蹤流程ccTLD計畫 (IDN Fast Track Process) 申請流程的三個國家
這表示這三種語言的域名已經可以被註冊同時也可以被解析
因為這三種語言是第一批完成ICANN評估流程的語系
所以才會稱它們為 "First" IDN ccTLDs Available

大家之前可能有聽到關於.中國 / .台灣等 IDN 通過 ICANN 字串審核的新聞,
這僅是表示.中國 / .台灣通過其中一個流程的審查,
但是尚未完成後續技術面的審查程序,
因此 .中國 / .台灣還無法像埃及、沙烏地阿拉伯、阿拉伯聯合大公國語系的域名一樣可以開放外界使用

謝謝長官詳盡的說明;

如此看來,過不了多久
屬於咱們華人的 .中國 & .台灣
應該緊接著也會 寫入根伺服器了吧