RE: [wg-c] CONSENSUS CALLS -- THIS IS IT

["Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M." <rod@cyberspaces.org>]

> 	Here are the three items.
> 
> PROPOSED ROUGH CONSENSUS ITEM NUMBER ONE	
> 
> 	The initial rollout should include a range of top level 
> domains, from open
> TLDs to restricted TLDs with more limited scope.
Yes.


> 
> PROPOSED ROUGH CONSENSUS ITEM NUMBER TWO
> 
> 	Criteria for assessing a gTLD application, subject to 
> current technical
> constraints and evolving technical opportunities, should be based 
> on all of
> the following principles :
> 
> 1. Meaning: An application for a TLD should explain the 
> significance of the
> proposed TLD string, and how the applicant contemplates that the new TLD
> will be perceived by the relevant population of net users.  The 
> application
> may contemplate that the proposed TLD string will have its 
> primary semantic
> meaning in a language other than English.
> 
> 2. Enforcement: An application for a TLD should explain the mechanism for
> charter enforcement where relevant and desired.
> 
> 3. Differentiation: The selection of a TLD string should not confuse net
> users, and so TLDs should be clearly differentiated by the string 
> and/or by
> the marketing and functionality associated with the string.
> 
> 4. Diversity: New TLDs are important to meet the needs of an expanding
> Internet community.  They should serve both commercial and non-commercial
> goals.
> 
> 5. Honesty: A TLD should not unnecessarily increase opportunities for
> malicious or criminal elements who wish to defraud net users.
> 
> 6. Competition: The authorization process for new TLDs should not be used
> as a means of protecting existing service providers from competition.


Yes.
 
> PROPOSED ROUGH CONSENSUS ITEM NUMBER THREE
> 
> 	WG-C recommends that the Names Council charter a working 
> group to develop
> policy regarding internationalized domain names using non-ASCII 
> characters.

Yes.




Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M.
www.cyberspaces.org
rod@cyberspaces.org