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Date: Fri, 20 Dec 96 7:58:19 EST
From: major_at_linus.isoc.org
To: members.6_at_linus.isoc.org
Subject: Press Release: IAHC Makes Preliminary Conclusions on iTLDs
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IAHC MAKES ITS PRELIMINARY CONCLUSIONS
ON INTERNET TOP LEVEL DOMAINS
AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
WASHINGTON, DC, December 19, 1996 -- A plan to
increase the number of names that can be used to specify Internet
locations, such as web sites, and to introduce competition in the
registration of Internet names, was announced today by the
International Ad Hoc Committee (IAHC).
More Internet names will be possible through the creation
of 7 new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) to be added to the existing
ones (.com, .net, and .org). The IAHC categorized .com, .net, and .org
as generic TLDs noting that they had previously been mis-categorized
as international TLDs. The IAHC concluded that there was only one
true international Top Level Domain (iTLD), .int, which is dedicated for
organizations that answer to multiple national governments, such as
UN Treaty Organizations.
New gTLDs will be named by the IAHC with public feedback
from the global Internet community and other stakeholders. They will
consist of strings of three to five letters each, that will have general
contextual meaning suggesting a connection with the Internet, with
business, or with personal uses.
All of the new gTLDs will be shared among the new registrars.
A new registrar is an entity authorized to register new domain names.
Individuals and companies desiring to register a name within any new
gTLD will have the option of many globally dispersed registrars,
according to the plan. The existing .com, .net and .org gTLDs are
administered by Network Solutions, Inc., (NSI) under the authority
of the Internet Assigned Number Authority (IANA) through a
Cooperative Agreement with the US National Science Foundation.
Sharing of these gTLDs will be the subject of discussions with NSI
as will NSI's registering names within the new gTLDs.
The ultimate goals of the IAHC plan are to allow any qualified
entity to become a registrar, and to have every registrar sharing the
ability for registering domain names in all gTLDs. Because of concerns
over managing change to a critical Internet resource, the IAHC decided
that the number of additional registrars to be authorized in 1997 should
be limited to between twenty and thirty, with additional registrars added
at the rate of twenty to thirty per year, subject to an annual review of the
efficient functioning of the system. The limit on the number of registrars
is expected to be removed when the capacity to register domain names
in the present gTLDs (.com .org .net) are shared among all registrars.
Initially, registrars will be selected via a lottery process among qualified
candidates in a round-robin process that will insure dispersion equally
throughout the regions of the globe.
"The IAHC members were faced with a formidable challenge.
In addition to addressing complex and difficult issues, they established
an ambitious deadline to reach initial conclusions," Donald M. Heath,
president and CEO of the Internet Society said in releasing the IAHC
report. Heath, who chairs the committee added, "We accomplished
our goal, in no small part, because we were able to bring people
together from around the world, via the Internet, using electronic mail
and the IAHC home page for postings."
The IAHC conclusions call for a 60-day waiting period prior
to authorization of a Second Level Domain (SLD) name under a gTLD,
for purposes of allowing legal issues to be resolved independent of the
operations of the registrar. An SLD is the name that immediately
precedes the Top Level Domain. There is a provision for "instant"
authorization of an SLD through the generation of a "randomized"
SLD for those who do not require a specific name or who choose
not to wait under the 60-day period.
While the IAHC encourages all registrars to implement the
60-day waiting period immediately, it will not require that action until
the existing registrar, NSI, implements the waiting period. The IAHC
further recommends that an international trademark-related domain
space should be created, called .tm.int, to accomodate the international
character of some trademarks.
A Council of Registrars (CORE) will be established by a
Memorandum of Understanding (CORE-MoU) to provide the necessary
contractual, legal and public policy framework under which Internet
registrars must operate. Signatories will include all the authorized
gTLD registrars, as well as other stakeholders in the Internet's
Domain Name Service operation. The CORE will be responsible
for ensuring that the administration and management of gTLDs is
operated as a public trust.
Heath noted that, "The IAHC is interested in reaching a
broad consensus and will make its findings available to many
national and international organizations including ASEAN, APEC,
and several Directorates-General of the European Commission;
FCC, NTIA, USPTO, and the FNC in the US; UN Treaty Organizations;
Commercial Internet Exchange (CIX); Internet Service Providers
Consortium (ISP/C); and others."
The full text of the IAHC conclusions can be found on the
IAHC home page at: http://www.iahc.org. The document will be
available for public comment until January 17, 1997, at which time
the IAHC will synthesize comments received, and produce its final
conclusions by February 3, 1997.
According to Heath, "We expect to receive significant
feedback from a broad spectrum of interested entities concerned
with the evolution of the global Internet. The Internet Society views
the Internet top level domain space as a public resource that is
subject to the public trust. Therefore any administration, use and/or
evolution of the Internet TLD space is a public policy issue and
should be carried out in an open manner in the interest and service
of the public."
For detailed information regarding IAHC conclusions and how
to participate in the public comment period, see the IAHC home page
at: http://www.iahc.org.
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