1. © Copyright 2003, JPRS 1.JP IDN Implementation June 24, 2003 Hiro Hotta JPRS (Japan Registry Service) hotta@jprs.co.jp http:// 日本レジストリサービス.jp/

2. © Copyright 2003, JPRS 2 Features of Japanese JP Domain Names Definition of available characters –Before starting registration testbed in Feb, 2001, definition of available character set and character variants were elaborated and published Phased introduction –priority registration already registered as traditional domain names trademarks, registered names, personal names in full –concurrent registration Selection of the registrant made by lottery system –first-Come-First-Served registration reserved domain names –governmental organizations, local governments, etc. –very popular common nouns (travel, bank, …) DRP

3. © Copyright 2003, JPRS 3 Characters and their Variants Nov. 2, 2000 –Technical Specifications published Available characters in Japanese JP Domain Names –Hiragana あ –Katakana ア –Kanji (based on Japanese Industrial Standard) 亜 No variants for any character –draft-ietf-idn-jpchar-00.txt –draft-ietf-idn-jpchar-01.txt June 12, 2003 –Technical specifications revised and published Some additional characters are defined as available based on the change of the environment such as tradename laws No variants for anycharacter –no change –draft-yoneya-idn-jachar-00.txt

4. © Copyright 2003, JPRS 4 Requirements for IDN Registration root jp Application software … DNS ex) browser registration ・ technical standards JPRS registrant ・ technical standards ・ registration policies (variants, reserved words, …)

5. © Copyright 2003, JPRS 5 Requirements for IDN Registration – continued - RACEPunycode registration policies Technical standards (IETF) service registration policies relevant to global coordination (ICANN)

6. © Copyright 2003, JPRS 6 Registration Policies compliant to RFCs definition of available character set each domain name associated with language(s) setting up policies for IDNs through collaboration each domain label does not have characters from different languages (such as Arabic and Chinese), at least initially communications with users are provided with the languages when characters in the languages are available in domain names above guidelines satisfied in.JP no change necessary for.JP

7. © Copyright 2003, JPRS 7 History till Service Launch(1) October-November, 2000 –Policies of Japanese Domain Names were published February 22, 2001 –Testbed for Japanese Domain Names was launched March 7, 2003 –IDN-related RFCs were published by IETF March 12, 2003 –JPRS sent a mail to ICANN to notify that it would start IDN registration following the RFC publication on March 20, expecting ICANN's instantaneous authorization

8. © Copyright 2003, JPRS 8 History till Service Launch(2) March 13, 2003 –ICANN posted a document "Standards for ICANN Authorization of Internationalized Domain Name Registrations in Registries with Agreements" which went as guidelines will be set up for IDN registration registries with ICANN agreement must commit to satisfy the guidelines before starting IDN registration March 17, 2003 –JPRS decided to postpone its service launch as it believed coordination among registries with regard to such guidelines was very important for the Internet users March 22-26, 2003 –IDN-RIC's face-to-face meetings during Rio de Janeiro ICANN meetings to polish the guidelines

9. © Copyright 2003, JPRS 9 History till Service Launch(3) March 25, 2003 –In Public Forum in Rio de Janeiro, the content of the guidelines were generally supported and it was said by an ICANN staff that the approval of IDN service would start in a couple of weeks March 26, 2003 –Board authorized President to implement the guidelines by authorizing registration of IDNs in registries with agreements with ICANN on the basis of those guidelines March 27 – –Discussions were continued in IDN-RIC (Registry Implementation Committee) mailing list June 10, 2003 –Japanese Government raised an issue in GAC about the slowness of the IDN registration authorization process

10. © Copyright 2003, JPRS 10 History till Service Launch(4) June 12, 2003 –JPRS sent a mail to ICANN president to convey the frustration of the Internet community and urge ICANN to accelerate the process of starting IDN registration –JPRS posted the above mail to places such as ccTLD community mailing list and JPRS web site June 19, 2003 (PST) –JPRS sent a mail to ICANN to expressing its commitment to satisfy the guidelines –ICANN authorized JPRS to start IDN registration June 20, 2003 (PST) –ICANN fixed the guidelines and posted it on its web-site July 10, 2003 –JPRS will launch RFC-compliant Japanese Domain Name registration service