It is sometimes said that ISPs do not offer IPv6 transport and equipment vendors offer just partial IPv6 support because there is no customer demand. The counter argument is often made that consumers can only buy what is on offer so people prefer to buy production quality services and equipment.Unfortunately, even when production quality IPv6 [...]

The short video above was created to showcase the possibilities that now exist to communicate across languages using video and the latest transcription/translation technology. It is open to all so that they might be able to translate the message in your language through DotSub’s easy-to-use interface. Just click here to try it out. ICANN will [...]

One of the main IDN questions asked by end-users in the last few months, and that have been discussed during the ICANN Paris meeting in the recent week is as follows:“If I have registered .tld, then how will you ensure that I am also the registrant of ., for all languages.”The question shows that [...]

A l’initiative de Kieren McCarthy, le responsable de la participation publique de l’ICANN, une newsletter est publiée tous les jours pendant les réunions internationales. Pour la réunion de Paris, cette newsletter est proposée en anglais et en français. Vous y trouverez un résumé des évènements de la veille et une liste des réunions ou ateliers [...]

The Paris meeting beings next week, and we are extremely grateful to receive this video from the boys at Domaine.info - acting as an ad for the conference. Domaine.info will also be filming the meeting and preparing edited highlights of the biggest sessions of each day.

Vendredi dernier, dans les locaux du MEDEF avenue Bosquet à Paris, était organisée une séance de familiarisation avec l’ICANN. Au programme, des explications sur la structure de l’ICANN et le fonctionnement de ses réunions internationales. Ainsi l’agenda de la réunion de Paris a-t-il été détaillé pour permettre aux nombreux représentants d’entreprises présents (une cinquantaine d’entreprises [...]

Tonight on American television quiz show Jeopardy, a piece of IANA-esoterica was the “Final Jeopardy” question of the night:More information on this event is in the UNDP’s press release of the event, as well as of course the IANA delegation report.

As you may know by now ICANN has launched an IDN wiki, with fully localized addresses, which is managed by a GREAT wiki team (consultants to ICANN) and a GREAT group of moderators that have volunteered to assist is supporting the various languages that the wiki currently is enabled in.Is it possible to add new [...]

There is a large OECD ministerial meeting in Seoul later this month (and just a week before the ICANN Paris meeting), that has as its title: “The Future of the Internet”.The technical community - including ICANN - is hosting a one-day conference prior to the two-day ministerial proper, where the world’s most powerful governments will [...]

The May issue of ICANN’s magazine is out, emailed to subscribers and available for review online.Each issue covers the latest news and events, plus outlines how you can interact with the organization. It should also give you an insight into the upcoming month, including the upcoming meeting in Paris between 22 and 26 June. This [...]

Oggi ICANN ha attivato un sondaggio online in 11 lingue, compreso l’inglese, per agevolare la comprensione delle modalità di utilizzo, da parte della community, dei materiali disponibili in più lingue. Inoltre il sondaggio aiuterà ICANN a capire come migliorare l’accesso in più lingue alle attività dell’organizzazione.Il sondaggio costituisce, inoltre, la base di riferimento del processo [...]

ICANN은 여러 언어로 작성된 기존 자료가 어떤 식으로 사용되고 있는지 정확히 파악하기 위해 영어를 포함한 11개 언어로 온라인 설문 조사를 실시하고 있습니다. 설문 조사 결과는 전 세계 모든 사람이 ICANN 자료를 보다 효과적으로 활용할 수 있는 방법을 모색하는 데 도움이 됩니다.이번 설문 조사 결과는ICANN 번역 프로그램 초안에 대한 공개 협의 과정에서 중요한 참고 자료로 활용됩니다. [...]

A ICANN divulgou hoje uma pesquisa on-line, disponível em 11 idiomas (incluindo o inglês), para facilitar a compreensão da forma em que a comunidade usa o material existente preparado em vários idiomas. Ela também ajudará a ICANN a compreender como pode aprimorar o acesso multilíngüe ao trabalho da organização.Essa pesquisa também coleta informações importantes para [...]

ICANN stellte heute eine Umfrage online, die in 11 Sprachen, einschließlich Englisch, verfügbar ist. Untersucht werden soll, in welcher Form die Community gegenwärtig mehrsprachig angebotenes Material nutzt. Außerdem erhält ICANN ein Bild davon, wie der mehrsprachige Zugang zur Arbeit der Organisation verbessert werden kann.Die Umfrage liefert gleichzeitig wichtige Impulse für die öffentliche Befragung zur Entwurfsfassung [...]

ICANN は本日、英語を含む 11 言語に対応したオンライン調査を開始しました。これは、複数の言語で用意された既存の資料がコミュニティでどのように利用されているかを把握することを目的としています。また、この調査は、当組織の作業への多言語アクセスをどのように強化できるかを知るうえでも役立ちます。この調査は、ICANN の翻訳プログラムのドラフトに関する公開協議プロセスへの重要なインプットとしても使用されます。このプログラムの目的は、英語が堪能でない人にも英語が堪能な人と同等レベルのアクセスを提供し、ICANN の作業に関与していただくことです。翻訳プログラムに関する詳細については、次の URL をご参照ください。 http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-13feb08.htmオンライン調査には次の URL からアクセスできます。 https://www.bigpulse.com/m1649/intro調査の結果は、次の URL からリアルタイムでご覧いただけます。 https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=k8q27xDaY9JC2cLcBxrt上記の URL でご覧いただける結果には、調査における非記述式の回答のみが反映されます。現時点では、要約された統計的結果を表示することや、意味が通じるように個別の記述式回答を表示することはできません。記述式の回答は集計されて、調査完了時に作成されるレポートにまとめられます。この調査は、 2008年6月20日まで回答を受け付けます。

Сегодня организация ICANN начала интерактивный опрос, доступный на 11 языках, включая английский, целью которого является изучение использования сообществом существующих материалов организации, подготовленных на различных языках. Этот опрос также поможет ICANN понять, как улучшить многоязычную поддержку в интересах деятельности организации.Данный опрос также является ключевым звеном открытого консультационного процесса по обсуждению предварительной версии программы перевода ICANN (ICANN [...]

ICANN puso hoy a su disposición una encuesta en línea, disponible en 11 idiomas entre los que se incluye el español, con el fin de ayudar a comprender la forma en la que la comunidad utiliza los materiales existentes preparados en varios idiomas. Además ayudará a ICANN a comprender cómo podría mejorar el acceso multilingüe [...]

L’ICANN a lancé aujourd’hui une enquête en ligne, disponible dans 11 langues dont le français, afin de mieux comprendre la façon dont la communauté utilise les documents existants traduits dans plusieurs langues. Cette enquête devrait également permettre à l’ICANN de savoir comment améliorer l’accès multilingue à ses travaux. L’enquête apporte une contribution majeure au [...]

As noticed by some in the Internet network operations community, at the beginning of May an odd event occurred as ICANN ended DNS service on the IP address formerly associated with L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET (”L-root”). Specifically, as ICANN turned off the DNS service at the address formerly used by the L-root, 198.32.64.12 (and the routing announcement by [...]

A quick notice: the deadline for input on ALAC review is ending today (Fri 2 May 2008), so get your comments in as soon as possible if you want your perspective to be considered in the initial review of suggestions.What do the independent reviewers want to hear about? Any observations you may have about the [...]