45-Day New TLDs ICANN Comment Period Begins Today

Posted on October 24th, 2008 by admin in Domain News | No Comments »

ICANN released the explanatory memoranda papers for new gTLDs this week as previously announced. The memoranda papers are a a series of papers that serve to assist understanding of the implementation work for new gTlds and are available now for review.

The four Explanatory Memoranda Papers are:

1. Resolving String Contention – a complete lifecycle including String Contention Resolution [PDF, 565K]
2. Proposed Process for Geographic Names Applications [PDF, 109K]
3. Update to DNS Stability Paper – additional Technical Criteria Requirements, including Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) [PDF, 68K]
4. Protection of Rights of Others in New gTLDs [PDF, 77K]

It is important to note that the papers are in draft form and for discussion only. As part of the review process ICANN has today opened a public comment period of 45 days on the papers and application guide book.

Find out details at: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-program.htm.