The new gTLD program remains subject to further consultation and revision.Ī public comment period of 45 days will open on the papers and the Applicant guidebook on Friday 24 October, 2008.
Potential applicants for new gTLDs should not rely on any of the proposed details of the new gTLD program. It is important to note that they are in draft form and for discussion only. The papers are available for download at the New gTLD Program webpage. Īn additional Explanatory Memorandum paper, “Cost Considerations of the New gTLDs Program”, will be published with the Draft Applicant Guidebook before ICANN's next international meeting in Cairo on November 2, 2008. These papers are being posted in English only at this point but will be soon be available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish and Russian, as determined by the ICANN Translation Principles.
Explanatory memoranda update#
Update to DNS Stability Paper – additional Technical Criteria Requirements, including Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs).Proposed Process for Geographic Names Applications.Resolving String Contention – a complete lifecycle including String Contention Resolution.This document will provide information to applicants wanting to apply for a new gTLD.Īs previously announced, a series of papers that serve as explanatory memoranda, to assist understanding of the implementation work are also being released and are available now. In the lead up to ICANN's Cairo public meeting, the new generic top-level domain (gTLD) Applicant Guidebook, also called the “draft Request for Proposal (RFP)”, will be released for public comment.
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