IDN Announcements
March 2013
IDN Variant TLD Program – Conclusion of Third Phase
21 March 2013
String Similarity: IDN Variant Review Results
1 March 2013
February 2013
Interim Report IDN ccNSO Policy Development Process
5 February 2013
Webinar: Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Variant: Examining the User Experience Implication of the Active Variant TLDs
1 February 2013
January 2013
IDN Variant TLD Program -- Draft Final Report Examining the User Experience Implications of Active Variant TLDs
18 January 2013
December 2012
November 2012
IDN ccTLD Request From Sudan Successfully Passes String Evaluation
19 November 2012
October 2012
IDN Variant TLD Program – Interim Report Examining the User Experience Implications of Active Variant TLDs
23 October 2012
September 2012
IDN Variant TLD Program – Procedure to Develop and Maintain the Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone in Respect of IDNA Labels
24 September 2012
August 2012
IDN Variant TLD Program Update
23 August 2012
June 2012
Call for Volunteers: Developing the Process for Root IDN Table Creation and Maintenance
18 June 2012
May 2012
April 2012
March 2012
Notice of Extension of ICANN Comment Period: IDN Variant Issues Project – Proposed Project Plan
16 March 2012
February 2012
IDN Variant Issues Project: Final Integrated Issues Report Published and Proposed Project Plan for Next Steps is Now Open for Public Comment
20 February 2012
January 2012
Initial Report on Universal Acceptance of IDN TLDs
6 January 2012
December 2011
IDN Variant Issues Project: Draft Integrated Issues Report
23 December 2011
November 2011
Implementation Notice - Version 3.0 of IDN Guidelines
22 November 2011
October 2011
IDN ccPDP WG 2 – Draft Final Report
22 October 2011
Coordination Team Formed for IDN Variant Issues Project
3 October 2011
September 2011
June 2011
IDN Variant TLD Case Study Update
9 June 2011
April 2011
March 2011
February 2011
Public Comment: Draft Proposal for the Study of Issues Related to the Delegation of IDN Variant TLDs
21 February 2011
IDN ccTLD Fast Track Review: Public Comment Summary & Analysis
21 February 2011
November 2010
IDN ccTLD Request From Morocco Successfully Passes String Evaluation
15 November 2010
IDN Update: Arabic IDN ccTLDs
2 November 2010
October 2010
Extending Public Comments: Fast Track Review
22 October 2010
IDN ccTLD Request From the Islamic Republic of Iran Successfully Passes String Evaluation
15 October 2010
September 2010
IDN ccTLD Request From the Republic of Korea Successfully Passes String Evaluation
15 September 2010
IDN ccTLD Request From India Successfully Passes String Evaluation
15 September 2010
June 2010
May 2010
First IDN ccTLDs Available
5 May 2010
April 2010
Webinars: Synchronized IDN ccTLDs
8 April 2010
March 2010
Qatar Completed Fast Track String Evaluation
23 March 2010
Sri Lanka Completed Fast Track String Evaluation
23 March 2010
TW/Taiwan Completed Fast Track String Evaluation, Proceeding to Synchronized IDN ccTLD Evaluation Process
23 March 2010
Thailand Completed Fast Track String Evaluation
23 March 2010
Tunisia Completed Fast Track String Evaluation
23 March 2010
Hong Kong Completed Fast Track String Evaluation
23 March 2010
Proposed Implementation Plan for Synchronized IDN ccTLDs
22 March 2010
CN/China Completed Fast Track String Evaluation, Proceeding to Synchronized IDN ccTLD Evaluation Process
22 March 2010
January 2010
First IDN ccTLDs Requests Successfully Pass String Evaluation
21 January 2010
December 2009
IDNs: Final Report on Three-Character Requirement and Variant Management Now Available for Public Comment
3 December 2009
November 2009
IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process Launch
16 November 2009
October 2009
ICANN Bringing the Languages of the World to the Global Internet | Fast Track Process for Internationalized Domain Names Launches Nov 16
30 October 2009
September 2009
Proposed Final Implementation Plan: IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process
30 September 2009
Status Update: IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process Implementation
9 September 2009
May 2009
April 2009
Initiation of IDN ccPDP by ccNSO Council
13 April 2009
February 2009
Public Comment: Fast Track Proposed Solutions
18 February 2009
January 2009
IDN Fast Track Process Update
22 January 2009
November 2008
Fast Track Implementation Plan Updated
26 November 2008
Fast Track Receives Over 50 Responses
1 November 2008
October 2008
Public Comment: IDN ccTLD Fast Track Draft Implementation Plan
23 October 2008
Bengali and Khmer Added to IDN Testing Process | Internationalized Domain Name wikis now cover 17 languages
9 October 2008
ICANN Seeks Interest in IDN ccTLD Fast-Track Process
2 October 2008
August 2008
IDN TLD Allocation Implementation Processes
20 August 2008
July 2008
Comments Encouraged on the Final Report of IDNC Working Group on ccTLD "Fast Track" Mechanisms
15 July 2008
June 2008
Now Available: Board Proposal IDNC WG, the Final Report IDNC WG on Fast Track Process for IDN ccTLDs
26 June 2008
Comment Period Closed; Updated Draft Final Report IDNC WG on Fast Track Process for IDN ccTLDs Now Available
24 June 2008
Update of Draft Final Report of IDNC WG on Fast Track Process for IDN ccTLDs Now Available
22 June 2008
Draft Final Report of Recommendations for IDN ccTLD Fast Track Mechanism Made Available
13 June 2008
March 2008
February 2008
Public Comments Requested on Initial Draft Fast-Track Mechanism for Introduction of a Limited Number of IDN ccTLDs
1 February 2008
January 2008
Successful Evaluations of .test IDN TLDs
31 January 2008
December 2007
November 2007
An Important Step Toward the Implementation of IDN Top-Level Domains: New Versions of IDNA Protocol Revision Proposals Posted
26 November 2007
ASAP: Internationalized Country Code Top-Level Domains | ICANN holding briefing on IDN ccTLD fast-track process at Internet Governance Forum
13 November 2007
Steps Taken for Multilingual Internet | ITU, UNESCO and ICANN collaborate at Internet Governance Forum
13 November 2007
October 2007
IDN Status Report
28 October 2007
My Name, My Language, My Internet: IDN Test Goes Live | ICANN launches global test of Internationalized Domain Names
15 October 2007
September 2007
ICANN, TWNIC Host “Toward the New Era of Internet” in Taipei | Internationalized domain names, Internet security key topics at three-day meeting
20 September 2007
August 2007
July 2007
ccNSO-GAC Issues Report on IDN Policy Issues
9 July 2007
June 2007
Update: IDN .test Root-Zone Evaluation
19 June 2007
IDN Program Status Report
18 June 2007
ICANN Moves Forward Towards Introduction Of Internationalized Top Level Labels (IDNs) in the DNS
2 June 2007
May 2007
Draft IDN Guidelines, v.2.2 for Public Comments
11 May 2007
March 2007
December 2006
IDN Laboratory Test Design Plans
5 December 2006
November 2006
Workshop Report — Towards a Multilingual Global Internet: Avoiding the Risk of Fragmentation
2 November 2006
Internationalised Domain Names Roadmap — Progress and Future
1 November 2006
October 2006
IDNA Protocol Review and Proposals for Changes
31 October 2006
IDN Laboratory Testing Progress
19 October 2006
March 2006
ICANN Announces Timeline for Development of a Project for the Technical Test of Internationalized Top Level Labels
14 March 2006
February 2006
IDN Guidelines Update and Posting of Version 2.1
27 February 2006
December 2005
Next Steps on Proposed .com Settlement
5 December 2005
November 2005
ICANN President's Advisory Committee for IDNs
23 November 2005
Implementation of Internationalized Top Level Domains
17 November 2005
IDN Guidelines Version 2.0 Finalized
14 November 2005
Final Proposed Draft v. 2.0 of the IDN Guidelines
7 November 2005
October 2005
IDN Guideline Revision Update
31 October 2005
September 2005
Draft Revised IDN Guidelines: Public Comment Period
20 September 2005
Implementation of Internationalized Top Level Domains
14 September 2005
February 2005
February 2004
October 2003
June 2003
Deployment of Internationalized Domain Names
20 June 2003