Submissions for this Proceeding

Submission Summary:

This submission supports the proposed guidelines for advancing Universal Acceptance (UA) adoption and recognizes their strong focus on stakeholder engagement, capacity development, and measurement. The feedback highlights the importance of treating UA as a full-stack issue and recommends strengthening the integration of security considerations, improving prioritization of implementation starting from core infrastructure layers, and ensuring th...

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This submission supports the Draft Guidelines , while emphasizing the need to move from awareness to practical implementation. It argues that UA adoption will only be effective if it is embedded in real-world digital systems.

The submission focuses on three key areas: ensuring government systems are UA-ready, encouraging startups and fintech platforms to build with UA in mind, and integrating UA into Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI). ...

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I support the development of guidelines for advancing Universal Acceptance (UA), but highlight a key gap between high-level recommendations and practical implementation. Based on observations in Vietnam, many systems still lack support for internationalized domain names and email addresses due to limited technical guidance and testing capabilities.

I recommend prioritizing developer-focused solutions, including technical toolkits, testin...

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While the intent of advancing Universal Acceptance (UA) is acknowledged and supported, the current framework falls short in addressing the real barriers to adoption. The continued reliance on awareness, advocacy, and voluntary alignment reflects an outdated approach that has already proven insufficient over the past decade.

UA is no longer an issue of understanding—it is an issue of execution. Without enforceable mechanisms, clear accoun...

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This submission supports the overall direction of the UA guidelines but recommends a shift from awareness-led efforts to accountability-driven implementation. Key recommendations include embedding UA requirements into government procurement frameworks, establishing a permanent and accountable governance structure, leveraging AI-driven development ecosystems to accelerate adoption, and positioning UA as a foundational requirement for inclusive ...

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This submission identifies that voluntary Universal Acceptance (UA) efforts have reached their limit and that neglecting AI-generated code and Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) creates significant risks. While the push for structural accountability is necessary, establishing a new permanent Expert Council may introduce excessive bureaucracy.

To address these gaps, key solutions include developing "UA Procurement Language" fo...

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Governance Primer recommends that the draft be revised to recognize LLM-based coding systems as a strategic UA adoption channel and to prioritize direct engagement with the organizations shaping modern code generation. This should include benchmark suites, reference corpora, negative test cases, and implementation patterns suitable for model training, retrieval, and evaluation. In our view, this would materially strengthen the guidelines and b...

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This submission identifies four primary policy gaps in the draft guidelines: the exclusion of accessibility tools (e.g., screen readers), the lack of mandatory requirements for registries and registrars, the absence of standardized public procurement laws, and the lack of a formal self-reporting framework for UA-readiness. As a commenter I urge ICANN to move f...

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This submission argues that Universal Acceptance must be treated as a rights-based design requirement for Digital Public Infrastructure, not merely a technical compliance standard. Drawing on empirical data from India's National Sample Survey, TRAI, Oxfam India, and civil society documentation, this comment demonstrates that UA failures in India's government welfare systems — including CoWIN, MGNREGA, and PDS — have produced measurable rights ...

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This submission recognizes the significant effort invested in developing the Guidelines for Advancing Universal Acceptance Adoption and acknowledges their value in promoting a multilingual and inclusive Internet. The framework provides a solid strategic foundation and reflects thoughtful engagement across stakeholder groups.

At the same time, the submission emphasizes that advancing Universal Acceptance (UA) now requires a transition fro...

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I do acknowledge the comprehensive work of the UA Expert Working Group in establishing a strong strategic framework for advancing Universal Acceptance and supporting ICANN’s broader digital inclusion objectives.

While the draft provides a valuable foundation, several structural enhancements would help move UA from awareness toward real-world implementation. These include clearer implementation ownership, stronger mechanisms for creating ...

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This submission emphasizes that Universal Acceptance UA should not be treated solely as a technical issue. Beyond system compatibility, UA is fundanmentally a matter of digital cultural inclusion.

Failure to support valid domain names and email addresses in diverse scripts can result in cultural exclusion and reinforce digital inequality. ICANN is encouraged to frame UA within the broader context of digital inclusion ...

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Lets welcome the Draft Guidelines for Advancing Universal Acceptance (UA) Adoption as an important step toward enabling a multilingual and inclusive Internet. The document correctly recognizes UA as a full-stack internationalization outcome and proposes a broad multi-stakeholder engagement approach involving technology providers, open-source communities, developers, public sector institutions, academia, and the DNS industry.

While the Gu...

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This submission acknowledges the value of the draft Guidelines for Advancing Universal Acceptance Adoption and supports their objective of promoting a multilingual and inclusive Internet.

In light of the closure of the Universal Acceptance Steering Group, the guidelines would benefit from incorporating mechanisms that ensure continuity and long-term stewardship. Enabling nominated representatives from Supporting Organizations and Advisor...

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The UA Expert Working Group guidelines provide exceptional foundation for advancing Universal Acceptance. For implementation success, we recommend:

Address stakeholder gaps

Implement CEO-led 10-member governance with the specific experts assembled—their sustained engagement over the 5-year Strategic Plan period is critical to success

Commit adequate resources ($3-5M annually...

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Firstly, I would like to acknowledge the significant contribution made by the UA Expert Working Group in delivering a structured framework within a limited timeframe. The commitment shown by the members in developing this draft is commendable, and ICANN may wish to formally recognize this effort. The composition of the group reflects strong cross-stakeholder and industry representation, and the leadership demonstrated in bringing this expertis...

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Community recognizes the value of the UA EWG guidelines while emphasizing that their impact is inherently limited by the narrowly predefined charter under which the Working Group operated. At this stage in the evolution of Universal Acceptance (UA), the primary barriers to adoption are no longer technical or awareness-related, but structural in nature. Continued reliance on outreach, messaging, and voluntary uptake is unlikely to drive meaning...