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Date Correspondence Sender Affiliation Issue Related Correspondence
12 December 2003 Registrars to Paul Twomey Registrars Wait-List Service
11 December 2003 Speech by Paul Twomey to Plenary of the World Summit for the Information Society World Summit on the Information Society World Summit on the Information Society
10 December 2003 Tina Dam to Bruce Beckwith Public Interest Registry
3 December 2003 Registrars to Paul Twomey Registrars Wait-List Service
17 November 2003 Ben Turner to Paul Twomey VeriSign Internationalized Domain Names
14 November 2003 Ross Wm. Rader to Barbara Roseman Tucows Inc. Staff Managers Issues Report for the Development of a Process for the Introduction of New or Modified Registry Services
11 November 2003 Mark McFadden to Barbara Roseman Internet Service Providers and Connectivity Providers Constituency Issues Report for Proposed Registry Services
7 November 2003 Thomas Roessler to ICANN ALAC New registry services / constituency statements
7 November 2003 Jeff Neuman to Barbara Roseman Chair, gTLD Registries Constituency Unsponsored gTLD Registries Statement on Registry Services
7 November 2003 J. Scott Evans to Barbara Roseman Intellectual Property Constituency New Registry Services Issue Report
24 October 2003 RegistryPro Advisory Board to Tina Dam RegistryPro, Inc. RegistryPro proposal to amend .pro Registry Agreement
21 October 2003 Paul Twomey to Edward Viltz Public Interest Registry Internationalized Domain Names
20 October 2003 Paul Twomey to Bruce Tonkin GNSO
13 October 2003 Rusty Lewis to Paul Twomey VeriSign Internationalized Domain Names
13 October 2003 Geir Rasmussen to Stephen Crocker VeriSign second level email forwarding service for .name
13 October 2003 EnCirca to ICANN VeriSign, Inc./Network Solutions, Inc. DNS Wildcard Service
13 October 2003 Global Name Registry (GNR) to SECSAC VeriSign, Inc./Network Solutions, Inc. DNS Wildcard Service
7 October 2003 AT&T to ICANN VeriSign DNS Wildcard Service
6 October 2003 VeriSign Response to IAB Commentary VeriSign DNS Wildcard Service
6 October 2003 Paul Twomey to VeriSign VeriSign DNS Wildcard Service
3 October 2003 VeriSign Response to ICANN's Advisory Concerning Demand to Remove Wildcard VeriSign DNS Wildcard Service
3 October 2003 VeriSign Response to SECSAC's Recommendations Regarding SiteFinder VeriSign DNS Wildcard Service
3 October 2003 Elliot Noss to Paul Twomey VeriSign DNS Wildcard Service
2 October 2003 Theo Hnarakis to Paul Twomey VeriSign DNS Wildcard Service
2 October 2003 AFNIC to ICANN VeriSign DNS Wildcard Service
1 October 2003 Elana Broitman to Paul Twomey VeriSign DNS Wildcard Service
26 September 2003 Tina Dam to Ram Mohan Afilias Preliminary approval of Redemption Grace Period Service
26 September 2003 Lynn St. Amour to Paul Twomey VeriSign DNS Wildcard Service
25 September 2003 Chris Disspain to Paul Twomey VeriSign DNS Wildcard Service
22 September 2003 Edward G. Viltz to Paul Twomey Public Interest Registry Public Interest Registry
22 September 2003 Security and Stability Advisory Committee to ICANN Board of Directors Security and Stability Advisory Committee DNS Wildcard Service
22 September 2003 David Maher to Paul Twomey VeriSign DNS Wildcard Service
21 September 2003 Russell Lewis to Paul Twomey VeriSign DNS Wildcard Service
19 September 2003 Brian Davis to VeriSign VeriSign DNS Wildcard Service
19 September 2003 Cigref to VeriSign VeriSign DNS Wildcard Service
12 September 2003 Tina Dam to Marie Zitkova SITA
4 September 2003 Paul Twomey to Charles Gomes VeriSign VGRS Wait-Listing Service
19 August 2003 Paul Twomey to Ram Mohan Afilias Internationalized Domain Names
7 August 2003 Tina Dam to Bruce Beckwith Public Interest Registry .org transition phase
6 August 2003 A. Cassidy Sehgal to Tina Dam RegistryPro, Inc. RegistryPro proposal to amend .pro Registry Agreement
31 July 2003 Testimony of Paul Twomey to Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
24 July 2003 Ram Mohan to Tina Dam Afilias Request for IDN authorization
25 June 2003 Keven E. Brannon to Louis Touton Dotster, Inc.
23 June 2003 Louis Touton to Kevin E. Brannon Dotster, Inc.
20 June 2003 Paul Twomey to Koki Higashida Japan Registry Service Co., Ltd. Internationalized Domain Names
20 June 2003 Paul Twomey to Vincent W.S. Chen TWNIC Internationalized Domain Names
18 June 2003 Mao Wei to Paul Twomey CNNIC Internationalized Domain Names
18 June 2003 Koki Higashida to Paul Twomey Japan Registry Service Co., Ltd. Internationalized Domain Names
18 June 2003 Vincent W.S. Chen to Paul Twomey TWNIC Internationalized Domain Names
6 June 2003 Louis Touton to Edward G. Viltz Public Interest Registry redemption grace period
31 May 2003 Paul Stahura to Dan Halloran eNom, Inc. Reconsideration requests RC 02-5 and RC 02-6
28 May 2003 Charles Gomes to Dan Halloran VeriSign VGRS Wait-Listing Service
21 May 2003 GNSO Commercial and Business Users Constituency to Paul Twomey GNSO Commercial and Business Users Constituency WIPO-2 recommendations
15 May 2003 Michael Heltzer to Louis Touton GNSO Intellectual Property Interests Constituency WIPO-2 IGO recommendation
12 May 2003 Vittorio Bertola to Louis Touton At-Large Advisory Committee WIPO-2 recommendations
8 May 2003 Robert R. Parsons to Dan Halloran Go Daddy Software, Inc. Regarding VeriSign WLS Service
7 May 2003 Bruce Tonkin to Louis Touton GNSO Council WIPO-2 recommendations
6 May 2003 Louis Touton to Kevin E. Brannon Dotster, Inc. Reconsideration requests RC 02-5 and RC 02-6
1 May 2003 Jane Mutimear to Louis Touton GNSO Intellectual Property Interests Constituency Bulk Whois
23 April 2003 Mohamed Sharil Tarmizi to Paul Twomey Governmental Advisory Committee Advising of GAC position on GNSO recommendations on transfers
11 April 2003 Louis Touton to GNSO Council GNSO Council Deletes Task Force report
9 April 2003 Keven E. Brannon to Paul Twomey Dotster, Inc.
8 April 2003 Louis Touton to GNSO Council GNSO Council Challenge to NCUC selection of GNSO Council representatives
31 March 2003 Stuart Lynn to Stratton Sclavos VeriSign Proposed revisions to ICANN/VeriSign Agreements
30 March 2003 Louis Touton to Mohamed Sharil Tarmizi Governmental Advisory Committee Notifying GAC of Board consideration of GNSO recommendations on transfers
25 March 2003 Supplemental Statement GNSO Non-Commercial Users Constituency to GNSO Non-Commercial Users Constituency Inquiry on Challenge to Selection of GNSO Council Members
21 March 2003 Danny Younger to Louis Touton Danny Younger Inquiry on Challenge to Selection of GNSO Council Members
20 March 2003 Louis Touton to Danny Younger Danny Younger Inquiry on Challenge to Selection of GNSO Council Members
20 March 2003 Statement Provided by GNSO Non-Commercial Users Constituency to GNSO Non-Commercial Users Constituency Inquiry on Challenge to Selection of GNSO Council Members
17 March 2003 Louis Touton to Harold Feld GNSO Non-Commercial Users Constituency Challenge to selection of GNSO Council members
14 March 2003 Lim Choon Sai to Louis Touton SGNIC Withdrawal of .sg trademark applications
25 February 2003 Marilyn Cade to Vint Cerf GNSO Commercial and Business Users Constituency Proposed clarifications to the bylaws
24 February 2003 Marilyn Cade to Vint Cerf GNSO Commercial and Business Users Constituency Proposed clarifications to the bylaws
24 February 2003 Jeff Neuman to Vint Cerf GNSO gTLD Registries Constituency Proposed clarifications to the bylaws
24 February 2003 Tim Ruiz to Vint Cerf Go Daddy Software, Inc. Proposed clarifications to the bylaws
24 February 2003 Ken Stubbs to Vint Cerf Ken Stubbs Proposed clarifications to the bylaws
24 February 2003 Cary Karp to Vint Cerf MuseDoma Proposed clarifications to the bylaws
21 February 2003 Francis Gurry to Vint Cerf World Intellectual Property Organization Transmitting WIPO Internet Second Domain Process recommendations
10 February 2003 Budget Request from At-Large Advisory Committee to Stuart Lynn At-Large Advisory Committee Interim ALAC budget request
10 February 2003 Louis Touton to Mohamed Sharil Tarmizi ICANN Request for Advice Concerning Trademark Claims to Top-Level Domain Codes
7 February 2003 Rusty Lewis to Stuart Lynn VeriSign IDNs and .com and .net nameserver behavior
6 February 2003 Edward L. Beauchamp to Stuart Lynn World Tourism Foundation, Inc. .Travel TLD
30 January 2003 Louis Touton to Marilyn Cade GNSO Council Whois Task Force Whois-accuracy requirements of Registrar Accreditation Agreement
25 January 2003 Internet Architecture Board to Stuart Lynn Internet Architecture Board Consensus statement regarding VGRS IDN implementation
15 January 2003 Hansjürgen Garstka to Stuart Lynn International Working Group on Data Protection in Telecommunications Whois policy
14 January 2003 Steve Crocker to ICANN Board Chair, Security and Stability Committee Whois protocol
6 January 2003 Stuart Lynn to Internet Architecture Board Internet Architecture Board Request for advice regarding VGRS IDN implementation
Domain Name System
Internationalized Domain Name ,IDN,"IDNs are domain names that include characters used in the local representation of languages that are not written with the twenty-six letters of the basic Latin alphabet ""a-z"". An IDN can contain Latin letters with diacritical marks, as required by many European languages, or may consist of characters from non-Latin scripts such as Arabic or Chinese. Many languages also use other types of digits than the European ""0-9"". The basic Latin alphabet together with the European-Arabic digits are, for the purpose of domain names, termed ""ASCII characters"" (ASCII = American Standard Code for Information Interchange). These are also included in the broader range of ""Unicode characters"" that provides the basis for IDNs. The ""hostname rule"" requires that all domain names of the type under consideration here are stored in the DNS using only the ASCII characters listed above, with the one further addition of the hyphen ""-"". The Unicode form of an IDN therefore requires special encoding before it is entered into the DNS. The following terminology is used when distinguishing between these forms: A domain name consists of a series of ""labels"" (separated by ""dots""). The ASCII form of an IDN label is termed an ""A-label"". All operations defined in the DNS protocol use A-labels exclusively. The Unicode form, which a user expects to be displayed, is termed a ""U-label"". The difference may be illustrated with the Hindi word for ""test"" — परीका — appearing here as a U-label would (in the Devanagari script). A special form of ""ASCII compatible encoding"" (abbreviated ACE) is applied to this to produce the corresponding A-label: xn--11b5bs1di. A domain name that only includes ASCII letters, digits, and hyphens is termed an ""LDH label"". Although the definitions of A-labels and LDH-labels overlap, a name consisting exclusively of LDH labels, such as""icann.org"" is not an IDN."