IDN Announcements and Blog Posts
September 2024
ICANN Seeks Input on Additional Reference Label Generation Rules and Related Updates
12 September 2024
August 2024
ICANN Seeks Input on IDN Tables Review Process Without Reference LGR
1 August 2024
July 2024
Advancing a Multilingual Internet: ICANN Publishes 2024 IDN Report
31 July 2024
June 2024
ICANN Seeks Input on Han Script Single-Character IDN Generic Top-Level Domains
27 June 2024
May 2024
ICANN's New IDN Guidelines Help Strengthen DNS Abuse Mitigation
1 May 2024
April 2024
Seeking Feedback on Phase 2 Expedited Policy Development Process on Internationalized Domain Names
11 April 2024
February 2024
ICANN Seeks Input on String Similarity Review Guidelines
7 February 2024
January 2024
ICANN Publishes Additional Second-Level Reference Label Generation Rules
31 January 2024
ICANN Board Seeks Input on the Phase 1 Final Report of the EPDP on IDNs
23 January 2024
November 2023
ICANN Org Increases Functionality of Label Generation Rules Toolset
22 November 2023
April 2023
ICANN Publishes Phase1 Initial Report on the Internationalized Domain Names EPDP
24 April 2023
February 2023
Supporting a Multilingual Internet: ICANN Publishes 2022 IDN Annual Report
16 February 2023
January 2023
Public Comment for Additional Script-Based Reference Label Generation Rules and Related Updates
19 January 2023
November 2022
ICANN Publishes IDN Implementation Guidelines Version 4.1
17 November 2022
June 2022
ICANN and EURid Partner to Promote a Multilingual and Inclusive Internet
22 June 2022
May 2022
ICANN Publishes Root Zone Label Generation Rules Version 5 (RZ-LGR-5)
26 May 2022
March 2022
ICANN Public Comment Proceeding: Root Zone Label Generation Rules Version 5
24 March 2022
[Blog] How the ICANN Community Helped Pave the Way for a More Multilingual Internet
22 March 2022
January 2022
[Blog] Supporting a Multilingual Internet through IDNs: ICANN IDN Progress Report
14 January 2022
Proposal for Myanmar Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules Released for Public Comment
13 January 2022
ICANN Seeks Input on Supporting Additional Scripts for IDNs
5 January 2022
September 2021
Proposal for Japanese Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules Public Comment Proceeding
30 September 2021
Proposal for Latin Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules Public Comment Proceeding
23 September 2021
August 2021
[Blog] Recent Improvements to ICANN's IDN Table Review Process
18 August 2021
July 2021
Public Comment Now Open for Proposal for Greek Root Zone Label Generation Rules
15 July 2021
Maximal Starting Repertoire Version 5 (MSR-5) Released
7 July 2021
Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Table Review Tool Now Available
1 July 2021
June 2021
[Blog] Hello World: Enabling Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)
16 June 2021
April 2021
Maximal Starting Repertoire Version 5 (MSR-5) published for Public Comment
22 April 2021
Second-level Reference Label Generation Rules for the Arabic, Hebrew, and Sinhala Scripts, and Hebrew Language are Published
22 April 2021
March 2021
Proposal for Korean Root Zone Label Generation Rules - Second Public Comment
2 March 2021
January 2021
Arabic, Hebrew, Sinhala Script and Hebrew Language Reference Label General Rulesets (LGRs) Published for Public Comment
28 January 2021
Additional Second-Level Reference Label Generation Rules (LGRs) Published
13 January 2021
November 2020
Fourth Version of Root Zone Label Generation Rules (RZ-LGR-4) Published
6 November 2020
August 2020
Public Comment for Reference Label Generation Rulesets (LGRs) for the Second Level
24 August 2020
June 2020
Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone Version 4 (RZ-LGR-4) Public Comment Proceeding
29 June 2020
May 2020
IDN ccTLD Request from Israel Successfully Passes String Evaluation
19 May 2020
Proposal for Malayalam Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules – Second Public Comment Proceeding
7 May 2020
March 2020
Public comment for Guidelines for Developing Reference Label Generation Rules (LGRs) for the Second Level Version 2
30 March 2020
Public comment for Proposal for Bangla Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules
2 March 2020
February 2020
Public comment for Proposal for Chinese Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules
28 February 2020
October 2019
Recommendations for the Technical Utilization of the Root Zone Label Generation Rules Published
7 October 2019
July 2019
Third Version of Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone (RZ-LGR-3) Released
10 July 2019
June 2019
ICANN Announces Successful String Evaluation for the European Commission and Laos IDN ccTLDs
5 June 2019
May 2019
Public comment for Study on Technical Use of Root Zone Label Generation Rules
15 May 2019
April 2019
Public comment for Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone Version 3 (RZ-LGR-3)
25 April 2019
March 2019
Updated IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process Including Risk Mitigation Measure Evaluation Released
29 March 2019
Approved Board Resolution: Recommendations for Managing the IDN variant TLDs
14 March 2019
IDN ccTLD Request from Bahrain Successfully Passes String Evaluation
6 March 2019
February 2019
Public comment for Proposal for Hebrew Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules
20 February 2019
Maximal Starting Repertoire Version 4 (MSR-4) Released
7 February 2019
Recommendations for Managing Internationalized Domain Name Variant Top-Level Domains Published
5 February 2019
November 2018
Public comment for Maximal Starting Repertoire version 4 (MSR-4)
26 November 2018
October 2018
The Hebrew Script Community Forms Generation Panel for Developing the Hebrew Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR)
15 October 2018
Proposal for Sinhala Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules
2 October 2018
September 2018
Proposals for Malayalam and Tamil Scripts' Root Zone Label Generation Rules
25 September 2018
August 2018
Proposals for Kannada, Oriya and Telugu Scripts' Root Zone Label Generation Rules
8 August 2018
Study on Technical Use of Root Zone Label Generation Rules
2 August 2018
July 2018
Proposals for Devanagari, Gurmukhi, and Gujarati Scripts' Root Zone Label Generation Rules
27 July 2018
Recommendations for Managing IDN Variant Top-Level Domains
25 July 2018
June 2018
The Myanmar Script Community Forms the Generation Panel for Developing the Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR)
28 June 2018
May 2018
Final Proposed Draft v. 4.0 of the IDN Guidelines
10 May 2018
March 2018
Maximal Starting Repertoire (MSR-3) Released
29 March 2018
February 2018
[Blog] The South Asian Eleven
16 February 2018
Call for Experts to Study the Application of Root Zone Label Generation Rules
08 February 2018
January 2018
Public comment for Proposal for Korean Root Zone Label Generation Rules
25 January 2018
Public comment for Maximal Starting Repertoire version 3 (MSR-3)
17 January 2018
The Sinhala Script Community Forms the Generation Panel
03 January 2018
November 2017
[Blog] Making Progress with the Arabic Script in Domain Names
01 November 2017
October 2017
Second public comment for the IDN Implementation Guidelines
19 October 2017
Public comment for Proposal for Cyrillic Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules
17 October 2017
IDN ccTLD Request from Mauritania Successfully Passes String Evaluation
03 October 2017
August 2017
Second Version of Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone (RZ-LGR-2) Released
17 August 2017
June 2017
[Blog] Supporting Linguistic Diversity of Africa for the Internet's Top-Level Domain Names (AR, ES, FR, PT, RU, ZH)
28 June 2017
Public comment for Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone Version 2 (RZ-LGR-2)
6 June 2017
May 2017
March 2017
Public Comment for the Proposal for Ethiopic Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR)
23 March 2017
Public Comment for IDN Implementation Guidelines
3 March 2017
January 2017
Public Comment for Reference Japanese Label Generation Rules (LGR) for the Second Level
27 January 2017
December 2016
Proposal for Thai Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR)
15 December 2016
October 2016
Greek Script Community Forms Generation Panel for Developing Root Zone Label Generation Rules
31 October 2016
Proposal for Lao Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR)
24 October 2016
September 2016
Proposal for Georgian Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR)
15 September 2016
August 2016
Additional IDN ccTLD Requests from India Successfully Pass String Evaluation
15 August 2016
[Blog] on Coffee Beans and the Ethiopic Script
03 August 2016
June 2016
The Georgian Script Community Forms Generation Panel for Developing the Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR)
17 June 2016
Reference Label Generation Rulesets (LGRs) for the Second Level
7 June 2016
April 2016
Proposal for Khmer Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR)
15 April 2016
Additional IDN ccTLD Requests from India Successfully Pass String Evaluation
13 April 2016
March 2016
[Blog] Celebrating a Major Community-Driven Milestone in Enabling Multilingual Top-Level
2 March 2016
First Version of Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone Released
2 March 2016
IDN ccTLD Request from Bulgaria Successfully Passes String Evaluation
1 March 2016
February 2016
The Korean Community Forms Generation Panel for Developing the Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR)
1 February 2016
December 2015
The Ethiopic Script Community Forms Generation Panel for Developing the Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR)
22 December 2015
The Cyrillic Script Community Forms Generation Panel for Developing the Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR)
10 December 2015
Label Generation Ruleset for the Root Zone Version 1 (LGR-1)
04 December 2015
IDN ccTLD Request from European Commission Successfully Passes String Evaluation
02 December 2015
November 2015
Guidelines for Developing Reference Label Generation Rulesets (LGRs) for the Second Level – Now Open for Public Comment
05 November 2015
October 2015
Thai Script Community Forms Generation Panel for Developing the Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR)
06 October 2015
September 2015
Lao Script Community Forms Generation Panel for Developing the Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR)
15 September 2015
[Blog] Linguistic diversity in the internet root – the case of the Arabic script and Jawi
8 September 2015
August 2015
Proposal for Arabic Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR)
25 August 2015
July 2015
Proposal for Armenian Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR)
22 July 2015
Call for Community Experts to Review the IDN Implementation Guidelines
20 July 2015
June 2015
[Blog] Collaborating towards a truly multilingual internet
30 June 2015
Khmer Script Community Forms Generation Panel for Developing the Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR)
17 June 2015
Request for Proposal for Reference LGRs for the Second Level
5 June 2015
May 2015
IDN ccTLD Request from Greece Successfully Passes String Evaluation
4 May 2015
April 2015
Maximal Starting Repertoire Version 2 (MSR-2) for the Development of Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone
27 April 2015
Guidelines for Designing Script-Specific Label Generation Rules (LGR) for the Root Zone
27 April 2015
March 2015
Request for Proposal for LGR Tool Set
19 March 2015
Japanese Community Forms Generation Panel for Developing the Japanese Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR)
17 March 2015
IDN ccTLD Request from Macao Successfully Passes String Evaluation
10 March 2015
February 2015
Generation Panel for the Armenian Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR) Seated
3 February 2015
January 2015
Annual IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process Review
15 January 2015
IDN TLDs - LGR Procedure Implementation - Guidelines for Designing Script-Specific Label Generation Rules (LGR) - Now Open for Public Comment
15 January 2015
December 2014
IDN TLDs - LGR Procedure Implementation - Maximal Starting Repertoire Version 2 is Now Open for Public Comment
15 December 2014
IDN TLD Program – Label Generation Ruleset (LGR) Tool Project (P1) – LGR Tool Set Specifications Now Open for Public Comment
3 December 2014
November 2014
IDN ccTLD Request from Armenia Successfully Passes String Evaluation
20 November 2014
October 2014
Report of Second String Similarity Review for ελ IDN ccTLD Application Through Extended Process Similarity Review Panel (EPSRP) Released
14 October 2014
Report of Second String Similarity Review for ευ IDN ccTLD Application Through Extended Process Similarity Review Panel (EPSRP) Released
14 October 2014
Report of Second String Similarity Review for бг IDN ccTLD Application Through Extended Process Similarity Review Panel (EPSRP) Released
14 October 2014
September 2014
[Blog] Speak up for your language
30 September 2014
IDN ccTLD Request from the Republic of Belarus Successfully Passes String Evaluation
28 September 2014
Chinese Community Steps Forward for Chinese TLDs – Forms Generation Panel for Root Zone Label Generation Ruleset (LGR)
Learn more: Chinese Script Generation Panel LGR Project Workspace
24 September 2014
IDN ccTLD Request from the Republic of Iraq Successfully Passes String Evaluation
23 September 2014
June 2014
Maximal Starting Repertoire Version 1 (MSR-1) for the Development of Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone
20 June 2014
April 2014
Update on Root Zone LGR Generation Panel Formation
23 April 2014
IDN ccTLD Request From Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic Of, Successfully Passes String Evaluation
14 April 2014
March 2014
February 2014
Generation Panel for the Arabic Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules Seated
14 February 2014
December 2013
Launch of the Extended Process Similarity Review Panel in the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process
4 December 2013
November 2013
Implementing the Extended Process Similarity Review Panel in the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process
5 November 2013
October 2013
Removal of Eleven Test Internationalized Top-Level Domains from the Root Zone
2 October 2013
September 2013
Implementing a Two-Panel String Similarity Review Process in the IDN ccTLD Fast Track
9 September 2013
Selection of Integration Panel for the IDN Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR)
6 September 2013
July 2013
SAC 060 | SSAC Comment on Examining the User Experience Implications of Active Variant TLDs Report
23 July 2013
Call for Generation Panels to Develop Root Zone Label Generation Rules
11 July 2013
June 2013
Draft Final Report on Universal Acceptance of IDN TLDs
25 June 2013
Initial Report on Protection of IGO and INGO Identifiers in All gTLDs
14 June 2013
Webinar: Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Variant TLD Program Update
13 June 2013
Call for Subject Matter Experts for the IDN Root Zone LGR Integration Panel and Advisors to All Panels
6 June 2013
Webinar: TMCH & IDNs
6 June 2013
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
IDN Variant TLD Program – Procedure to Develop and Maintain the Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone in Respect of IDNA Labels – Second Public Comment Draft [Announcement]
7 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
Draft Recommendations Overall Policy for the Selection of IDN ccTLD Strings
29 August 2012
IDN Variant TLD Program Update
23 August 2012
June 2012
IDN ccTLD Request From Mongolia Successfully Passes String Evaluation
20 June 2012
Call for Volunteers: Developing the Process for Root IDN Table Creation and Maintenance
18 June 2012
Updated Final Implementation Plan for IDN ccTLD Fast Track Processes Available
14 June 2012
May 2012
IDN Variant TLD Program – Revised Program Plan
4 May 2012
April 2012
Public Comment: Second Annual IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process Review
9 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
Notice of Publication: Revised IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process Implementation Plan
15 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
IDN ccTLD Request From Malaysia Successfully Passes String Evaluation
20 October 2011
Variant Issues Project -- Arabic Case Study Team Issues Report
7 October 2011
Variant Issues Project -- Latin Case Study Team Issues Report
7 October 2011
Variant Issues Project -- Greek Case Study Team Issues Report
7 October 2011
Variant Issues Project -- Cyrillic Case Study Team Issues Report
6 October 2011
Coordination Team Formed for IDN Variant Issues Project
3 October 2011
Variant Issues Project -- Devanagari Case Study Team Issues Report
3 October 2011
Variant Issues Project -- Chinese Case Study Team Issues Report
3 October 2011
September 2011
IDN ccTLD Request From Kazakhstan Successfully Passes String Evaluation
8 September 2011
June 2011
IDN Variant TLD Case Study Update – Host Organizations
17 June 2011
IDN Variant TLD Case Study Update
9 June 2011
April 2011
Call for Community Volunteers for IDN Variant TLD Case Study Teams
20 April 2011
IDN ccTLD Request From Yemen Successfully Passes String Evaluation
15 April 2011
March 2011
IDN ccTLD Request From Bangladesh Successfully Passes String Evaluation
10 March 2011
IDN ccTLD Request From Ukraine Successfully Passes String Evaluation
1 March 2011
February 2011
IDN ccTLD Request From Pakistan Successfully Passes String Evaluation
25 February 2011
IDN ccTLD Fast Track Review: Public Comment Summary & Analysis
21 February 2011
Public Comment: Draft Proposal for the Study of Issues Related to the Delegation of IDN Variant TLDs
21 February 2011
IDN ccTLD Request From Georgia Successfully Passes String Evaluation
9 February 2011
November 2010
IDN ccTLD Request From Morocco Successfully Passes String Evaluation
15 November 2010
IDN ccTLD Request From Serbia Successfully Passes String Evaluation
8 November 2010
IDN ccTLD Request From Algeria Successfully Passes String Evaluation
4 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 Oman Successfully Passes String Evaluation
20 October 2010
IDN ccTLD Request From the Islamic Republic of Iran Successfully Passes String Evaluation
15 October 2010
September 2010
IDN ccTLD Request From India Successfully Passes String Evaluation
15 September 2010
IDN ccTLD Request From the Republic of Korea Successfully Passes String Evaluation
15 September 2010
June 2010
IDN ccTLD Request From Syrian Arab Republic Successfully Passes String Evaluation
21 June 2010
IDN ccTLD Request From Singapore Successfully Passes String Evaluation
21 June 2010
May 2010
First IDN ccTLDs Available
5 May 2010
April 2010
IDN ccTLD Request from Jordan Successfully Passes String Evaluation
21 April 2010
Webinars: Synchronized IDN ccTLDs
8 April 2010
March 2010
Tunisia Completed Fast Track String Evaluation
23 March 2010
Thailand 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
Sri Lanka Completed Fast Track String Evaluation
23 March 2010
Qatar Completed Fast Track String Evaluation
23 March 2010
Palestinian Territory Completed Fast Track String Evaluation
23 March 2010
Hong Kong Completed Fast Track String Evaluation
23 March 2010
CN/China Completed Fast Track String Evaluation, Proceeding to Synchronized IDN ccTLD Evaluation Process
22 March 2010
Proposed Implementation Plan for Synchronized IDN ccTLDs
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
Public Comment: Fast Track Implementation (3rd Revision)
31 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
Governments and Country-Code Managers' Interest in the Fast Track Process
10 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
Request to Provide Input to Issue Report on Introduction of IDN ccTLDs
19 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
Steps Taken for Multilingual Internet | ITU, UNESCO and ICANN collaborate at Internet Governance Forum
13 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
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
Procedures for IDN TLD Evaluation Deployment in the Root Zone
6 August 2007
July 2007
SSAC Response to ICANN's Proposed Next Steps for IDN Deployment in the Root Zone
31 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
RSSAC Statement on ICANN's Proposed Next Steps for IDN Deployment in the Root Zone
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
ICANN Successfully Conducts Laboratory Tests of Internationalised Domain Names
7 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
Review and Recommendations for Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)
11 October 2006
ICANN Establishes Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) News Feed
5 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
ICANN Statement on IDN Homograph Attacks and Request for Public Comment
23 February 2005
February 2004
October 2003
Advisory Concerning Registry Request for Authorization to Offer IDN Registrations
21 October 2003
June 2003
Deployment of Internationalized Domain Names
20 June 2003
June 2001
Internationalized Domain Names Working Group Requests Additional Information
21 June 2001
November 2000
Internationalized Domain Names: Workshop Announcement and Verisign Testbed
3 November 2000
August 2000
ICANN Comment on NSI Registry Multilingual Domain Name Testbed
25 August 2000