ICANN Opens the Gates to These: 字한漢بر ض
In a historic decision, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has approved the use of non-Latin characters from start to finish.
ICANN will launch its new International Domain Fast Track Process on Nov. 16, allowing countries and territories from throughout the world to use their own characters to Internet extensions.
"The coming introduction of non-Latin characters represents the biggest technical change to the Internet since it was created four decades ago," said ICANN chairman Peter Dengate Thrush. "Right now Internet address endings are limited to Latin characters – A to Z. But the Fast Track Process is the first step in bringing the 100,000 characters of the languages of the world online for domain names."
The decision follows years of discussions, technical testing and international cooperation.
"This is only the first step, but it is an incredibly big one and an historic move toward the internationalization of the Internet ," said Rod Beckstrom, ICANN's President and CEO. "The first countries that participate will not only be providing valuable information of the operation of IDNs in the domain name system, they are also going to help to bring the first of billions more people online – people who never use Roman characters in their daily lives."
More information about this historic development here.
ICANN will launch its new International Domain Fast Track Process on Nov. 16, allowing countries and territories from throughout the world to use their own characters to Internet extensions.
"The coming introduction of non-Latin characters represents the biggest technical change to the Internet since it was created four decades ago," said ICANN chairman Peter Dengate Thrush. "Right now Internet address endings are limited to Latin characters – A to Z. But the Fast Track Process is the first step in bringing the 100,000 characters of the languages of the world online for domain names."
The decision follows years of discussions, technical testing and international cooperation.
"This is only the first step, but it is an incredibly big one and an historic move toward the internationalization of the Internet ," said Rod Beckstrom, ICANN's President and CEO. "The first countries that participate will not only be providing valuable information of the operation of IDNs in the domain name system, they are also going to help to bring the first of billions more people online – people who never use Roman characters in their daily lives."
More information about this historic development here.
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