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<h2 style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Update: IDN
ccTLD Fast Track Draft Implementation Plan</span></h2>
<p style="margin: 11.25pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">26
November 2008</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ICANN is pleased to release
an <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/idn-cctld-implementation-plan-26nov08-en.pdf">updated
draft Implementation Plan for the IDN ccTLD fast track process</a> [PDF, 265K].
The updated document contains clarifying information about the notion of IDN
tables.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">An IDN Table is a table
listing all those characters that a particular TLD registry supports. If one or
more of these characters are considered a variant this is indicated next to
that/those characters. It is also indicated which character a particular
character is a variant to. The IDN table usually holds characters representing
a specific language but can also be characters from a specific script.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">With the updated draft
document, ICANN is seeking community input about the approach to development of
the IDN tables. The comment period for the Draft Implementation Plan has been
extended to 7 January 2009 to allow for additional community review of the
updated draft document.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Comments on the Draft
Implementation Plan are welcome via email to <a href="mailto:ft-implementation@icann.org">ft-implementation@icann.org</a> . An
archive of all comments received will be publicly posted at <a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/ft-implementation/">http://forum.icann.org/lists/ft-implementation/</a>.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Related links:</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Public comment period: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-200812.html#plan-idn-cctlds">http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-200812.html#plan-idn-cctlds</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Revised Fast Track Draft
Implementation Plan: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/idn-cctld-implementation-plan-26nov08-en.pdf">http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/idn-cctld-implementation-plan-26nov08-en.pdf</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Working Group Final Report
(with public comments): <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/staff-considerations-idnc-wg-final-report-23oct08-en.pdf">http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/staff-considerations-idnc-wg-final-report-23oct08-en.pdf</a>
[PDF, 269K]</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Fast Track webpage: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/">http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/</a></span></p>