[wg-c] reposted for Hal Lubsen

[Jonathan Weinberg <weinberg@mail.msen.com>]

>From: "Hal Lubsen" <hlubsen@domainbank.net>
>To: <wg-c@dnso.org>, "Jonathan Weinberg" <weinberg@mail.msen.com>
>Subject: Re: [wg-c] CONSENSUS CALLS -- THIS IS IT
>Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 15:17:09 -0400
>
>Item One: Yes
>Item Two: Yes
>Item Three: No
>
>Hal Lubsen
>Domain Bank, Inc.
>>
>> PROPOSED ROUGH CONSENSUS ITEM NUMBER ONE
>>
>> The initial rollout should include a range of top level domains, from open
>> TLDs to restricted TLDs with more limited scope.
>>
>>
>> PROPOSED ROUGH CONSENSUS ITEM NUMBER TWO
>>
>> Criteria for assessing a gTLD application, subject to current technical
>> constraints and evolving technical opportunities, should be based on all
>of
>> the following principles :
>>
>> 1. Meaning: An application for a TLD should explain the significance of
>the
>> proposed TLD string, and how the applicant contemplates that the new TLD
>> will be perceived by the relevant population of net users.  The
>application
>> may contemplate that the proposed TLD string will have its primary
>semantic
>> meaning in a language other than English.
>>
>> 2. Enforcement: An application for a TLD should explain the mechanism for
>> charter enforcement where relevant and desired.
>>
>> 3. Differentiation: The selection of a TLD string should not confuse net
>> users, and so TLDs should be clearly differentiated by the string and/or
>by
>> the marketing and functionality associated with the string.
>>
>> 4. Diversity: New TLDs are important to meet the needs of an expanding
>> Internet community.  They should serve both commercial and non-commercial
>> goals.
>>
>> 5. Honesty: A TLD should not unnecessarily increase opportunities for
>> malicious or criminal elements who wish to defraud net users.
>>
>> 6. Competition: The authorization process for new TLDs should not be used
>> as a means of protecting existing service providers from competition.
>>
>> PROPOSED ROUGH CONSENSUS ITEM NUMBER THREE
>>
>> WG-C recommends that the Names Council charter a working group to develop
>> policy regarding internationalized domain names using non-ASCII
>characters.
>>
>> Jon