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Re: xTLD BOF - questions?
Thanks, Adam.
I am staying Beijing right now with heavy cold, cough.
ajp@glocom.ac.jp (Adam Peake) wrote$B!'(J
>Toru, thanks for including my name in your note about the Manila xTLD
>BOF. Yes, I would like to participate.
>
>I am copying this note to David Conrad and Mathias Koerber: David
>knows about this proposal, and Mathias and I spoke about some similar
>issues recently.
>
>Since the domain BOF in Kuala Lumpur, I have been trying to find time
>to create a more permanent record of AP region domain name registry
>related information.
I could not attend the BoF. I arrived too late because of company annual
meeting.
>Were you at the Kuala Lumpur BOF? There was some discussion of the
>IAHC proposal and problems with generic TLDs, but most of the meeting
>(and I thought the most interesting part) was people from different
>countries describing how the registries in the region administered
>their domains: how the national NIC was established, any interesting
>points about policies on SLDs, etc. The following questionnaire is my
>attempt to formalize the question format from the Kuala Lumpur BOF.
>I have been meaning to send these questions to the AP region NICs for
>the past couple of months, but so far haven't managed to find time
>(or, in fact, all the addresses of appropriate people to send the
>questions to...)
>
>(1.) I would be grateful for your comments about the questions (David
>and Mathias, you too please!), especially corrections, additions,
>clarification of wording, etc.
>
>(2.) Then, if you think appropriate, I will try to send the questions
>sometime next week to all the AP region NICs asking them
>(a) to answer the questions and reply as soon as possible.
>(b) if one of their staff will be at APRICOT then they should be
>prepared to answer the questions at the xTLD BOF.
>
>NOTE - where can I find the address of a contact person at each NIC?
>There used to be a list of the region's NICs on the APNIC web site, but
>it disappeared in the recent web page reorganization, and the master
>list at the IANA (<www.isi.edu/iana/countryA-F.html> etc.) will be a
>pain to use.
>
>After the meeting, I will follow-up with any missing NICs and then put
>all the responses on the web (at GLOCOM and APNIC.) The information
>will be publicly available. I hope the NICs will then keep us up to
>date with any changes to their policies and practices. We might use
>the same format at future BOFs.
Good idea! It should be continued.
>One concern: I am not sure there will be enough time to have people
>from each country speak at the BOF, the meeting seems very short,
>8:00pm to 9:30pm. I think the KL BOF lasted about 3 hours and there
>will be more to talk about this time (with the green paper, CORE,
>etc.).
Yes, I am afraid of that. May I try to have the other BoF on Thursday/Friday?
I saw following questionnairs and I think I can answer. You know, I am one of
the director of JPNIC.
Toru Takahashi
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>AP Region National NIC/domain registry questionnaire.
>
>1. About the <country name> National NIC.
>
>How is the <country name> NIC established? (for example: non-profit,
>for-profit, academic, governmental, etc.)
>
>Please provide a general description of the organization, and scope of
>its activities.
>
>
>2. About the <country TLD> domain.
>
>a. List the domain name tree (include all second level domains and any
>unique third and other level domains.)
>
>b. For each second level domain (and any other unique domains), where
>appropriate, please provide the following information:
>
> i. The organization that administers that domain (if different
>from the national TLD registry.)
>
> ii. Any eligibility rules that apply to each domain (e.g.
>applicants must have local presence, belong to an appropriate industry
>sector, etc.)
>
> iii. Total number of domains registered in each SLD.
>
> iv. Registration mechanism: how domains are registered, cost,
>expected time for completion of procedure, etc.
>
> v. Any other restrictions or rules that apply to domains registered
>under <country TLD>
> (for example: limitations on number of domains per applicant;
>number of characters in any level domain; any restricted words such as
>generic terms, well known names, religious or words with cultural
>significance, etc.)
>
>c. Describe the procedure for creating new second level domains
>
>
>3. Name disputes
>
>a. is there a trademark or other name dispute procedure?
>
>b. If yes, please provide an English text of name dispute procedure.
>If no English text is available, please provide a short summary of main
>points of the procedure in English and give the URL of local language
>text.
>
>
>4. All additional comments
>(future plans for the NIC, any know relevant Government policies, etc.)
>
>
>END
>
>
>
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