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The GAC provides advice to the ICANN Board on policy matters where there may be an interaction between ICANN’s policies and various laws, international agreements and public policy objectives. GAC Advice is communicated to the ICANN Board through either a Communique or a formal piece of Correspondence.

2010-03-10-IDN-2

GAC Advice

Reference No. :

2010-03-10-IDN-2

First Delivered via :

N/A

Consenus:

Consensus met

2010-03-10-IDN-2

Communication

IDN ccTLDs Strings

8. It is anticipated that an IDN ccTLD string will normally:

    • be shortest meaningful representation of the name of the territory
    • not be restricted to a fixed length, its maximum length being set by the prevailing technical standards with stability, security, integrity and usability in mind

9. Given the different form that IDN ccTLDs will take and the absence of an equivalent of the ISO 3166-1 list used for ASCII ccTLDs, the experience of relevant international organizations should be taken into account.

10. Only the Government or the relevant public authority of the country or distinct economy concerned, representing all relevant stakeholders within its jurisdiction, can provide authoritative advice to ICANN on the legitimacy of any application for an IDN ccTLD.

11. An IDN ccTLD string that refers to a specific country or distinct economy, even if unapplied for, should be reserved for it.

Communication

IDN ccTLDs Strings

8. It is anticipated that an IDN ccTLD string will normally:

    • be shortest meaningful representation of the name of the territory
    • not be restricted to a fixed length, its maximum length being set by the prevailing technical standards with stability, security, integrity and usability in mind

9. Given the different form that IDN ccTLDs will take and the absence of an equivalent of the ISO 3166-1 list used for ASCII ccTLDs, the experience of relevant international organizations should be taken into account.

10. Only the Government or the relevant public authority of the country or distinct economy concerned, representing all relevant stakeholders within its jurisdiction, can provide authoritative advice to ICANN on the legitimacy of any application for an IDN ccTLD.

11. An IDN ccTLD string that refers to a specific country or distinct economy, even if unapplied for, should be reserved for it.