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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.

2014-03-27-Plural-Strings

GAC Advice

Reference No. :

2014-03-27-Plural-Strings

First Delivered 27 Mar 2014 via :

ICANN49 Singapore Communique

Consenus:

Consensus met

2014-03-27-Plural-Strings

5. Singular and Plural Versions of the Same String

The GAC reiterates the Beijing advice that allowing singular and plural versions of the same strings could lead to consumer harm. Permitting this practice risks confusing internet users and could making users more vulnerable to deceptive practices that exploit this confusion.

Responsible Party

Board

Current Status/Communications Log

Board Scorecard - Updated 14 May 2014

Scorecard Response:

The NGPC acknowledges the GAC’s reiteration of its advice in the Beijing Communiqué, which advised the Board to reconsider its decision to allow singular and plural versions of the same strings. The NGPC adopted a resolution to accept this advice at its 4 June 2013 meeting, and on 25 June 2013, the NGPC considered whether to allow singular and plural versions of the
same string. The NGPC adopted a resolution resolving that no changes were needed to the existing mechanisms in the Applicant Guidebook to address potential consumer confusion resulting from allowing
singular and plural versions of the same string <https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-new-gtld-2013-06-25-en#/2.d>.

The NGPC notes that this topic may be of further discussion by the community is it considers future rounds of the New gTLD Program.