[governance] Single Character IDN-TLDs and gTLD Applications

[Daniel Kalchev]

Another issue occurred to me -- there was the idea to use "б" instead of "бг" for an IDN ccTLD. But this brings out the question, that perhaps common-root strings should not be allowed, because the shorter string might be considered a typo of the longer string.

Typically example: .com and .co

>From this it follows that common-alphabet single-character strings are bad idea. Suppose we have two applications  in Cyrillic:

.ба (say, Bulgarian Authors)
and
.бан (say, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)

then those two strings , having a common root inherently create confusion. Add to that also

.б (say, Bulgaria)

and we have complete mess. Perhaps only with hieroglyphs things are different.

I do not see policy to this effect proposed or implemented anywhere in the new gTLD process.

Daniel



On Dec 17, 2011, at 4:44 AM, Louis Pouzin (well) wrote:

> 
> 1-char gTLD in latin based scripts are close to nonsense, literally. It would boil down to a collection of twentysome billionnaires wasting away tons of $ just to show off. Still, diacriticals could be used for puns and obscure connotations, FWIW.
> 
> Ñ  xn--lca, spanish
> €  xn--lzg, euro zone
> Ø  xn--sca, scandinavian
> ™  xn--y2g, ©  xn--gba, SOPA lobby
> Ω  xn--exa, OMEGA watches
> ×  xn--rca, this is not an X 
> √  xn--19g, math lovers
> 
> In non latin scripts, specially asians, there might be subtle interpretations of some specific characters. Nothing wrong with that, when it's rooted in people culture. But let those people speak for themselves.
> - - -
> 
> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 23:56, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> For those who are interested in the IDN space, what are your thoughts about the inclusion or non-inclusion of single character IDN - TLDs in the gTLD first round of Applications within 26 days.
> 
> Kind Regards,
> 
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