Historical Resolution Tracking Feature » 2010-03-12 - Formation of Board Working Group on Equivalent Strings Support
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2010-03-12 - Formation of Board Working Group on Equivalent Strings Support
Established the Equivalent Strings Support Board Working Group (ES-WG)
- Create ES-WG and recommend framework and principles
- Responsible entity: Board
- Due date: None
- Completion date: October 2010
Whereas, on 16 November 2009 ICANN launched the IDN Fast Track process pursuant to the Board's resolution on 30 October 2009;
Whereas, in the implementation of the process, staff has identified an issue relating to instances in the Fast Track Process where more than one official language or script exists within a country/territory, and where requests are for multiple corresponding strings that are considered equivalent, so that users of the community accessing domains under all versions of the string expect that each of them will resolve to the same address;
Whereas, the Board requested Ram Mohan and Harald Alvestrand to establish a Working Group as a matter of urgency to address this topic, and invite interested Board members to participate.
Resolved (2010.03.12.34), that an Equivalent Strings Support Board Working Group (ES-WG) is established to review the issues, develop a recommendation of a framework for resolution and principles to guide staff implementation of the framework, and remain available for consultation during staff's implementation work.
Resolved (2010.03.12.35), that the Working Group is comprised as follows: Dennis Jennings, Chair; Harald Alvestrand; Rod Beckstrom; Steve Crocker; Rita Rodin Johnston; Ram Mohan; Thomas Narten, Jean-Jacques Subrenat and Suzanne Woolf.
Resolved (2010.03.12.36), that the Working Group's mandate will end at the conclusion of the Board's 2010 Annual General Meeting.
- Proposed Implementation Plan based upon principles approved by the ESWG available at http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-22mar10-en.htm
- Information on the Working Group can be found at http://www.icann.org/en/committees/equivalent-strings/
- The ESWG recommended that an IDN Variant Issues Project be created, and that work was initiated with the release of a draft proposal for the study of related issues, at http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-5-21feb11-en.htm
- The resolution does not address funding for the items identified therein.