1. JET Meeting Report - Agreement on IDN Registration Policy -
Mar. 11, 2002
Kazunori Konishi, Kenny Huang
(JPNIC) (TWNIC)
Mar. 11, 2002

2. What is JET? Joint Engineering Team for Internationalized Domain Names
Members: CNNIC, JPNIC, KRNIC, TWNIC
Observers: IETF IDN WG Chair, VGRS
Last Meeting: Mar. 4-6, in Bangkok
Mar. 11, 2002

3. Mar. 11, 2002

4. SC/TC vs. Age (personal observation!)
Simplified Characters(SC) are easy for children:
Easy to write
Small number of the character set
Traditional Characters(TC) are often preferred by senior folks:
Beautiful characters with a writing brush, etc.
(Executives are often requested to write their beliefs with a writing brush)
Identity of ancestry
Mar. 11, 2002

5. What was the dispute?
Chinese(CNNIC & TWNIC) insisted to adopt 1:1 SC/TC equivalence in the protocol layer:
Pros: Easy access
Cons: Complex normalization
Japanese(JPNIC) insisted not to adopt any SC/TC equivalence:
Pros: Self-Identity & Simple system
Cons: DRP cases
Mar. 11, 2002

6. Mar. 11, 2002

7. Registration Policy Agreed
1. Registration policy MUST comply with the IETF Standards.
Language specific solutions SHOULD comply with the appropriate language standards.
2. Variants of CJK domain names MUST be handled in the registration policy.
3. Variants of CJK domain names MUST be reserved for or delegated to the same registrant.
Mar. 11, 2002

8. Registration Procedure
1. Unified 1:multiple SC/TC equivalence table should be edited for CJK; characters recommended for a language can be designated.
2. A Registrant should select the language(s), and require the registration of his own choice.
3. Activation of the requested domain name(s) & Reservation of the equivalence(s) should be provided by the Registry, within the language-based character set.
4. The registrant can require the activation of the reserved equivalent domain name(s) at any time.
Mar. 11, 2002

9. Mar. 11, 2002

10. Schedule 2002.3.20 IETF Draft on IDN Registration Policy.
Unified TC/SC equivalence table for
Chinese/Japanese/Korean domains names
2002.? Informational RFC on IDN
Registration Policy
ICANN Recommendation on IDN
<Further technical developments are also expected!>
Mar. 11, 2002