This week, ICANN announced the release of a series of draft papers that serve as explanatory memoranda for the not yet released Applicant Handbook.
These four papers are:
- Resolving String Contention a complete lifecycle including String Contention Resolution
- Proposed Process for Geographic Names Applications
- Update to DNS Stability Paper additional Technical Criteria Requirements, including Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)
- Protection of Rights of Others in New gTLDs
An additional paper covering Cost Considerations of the New gTLDs Program will be published with the Draft Applicant Guidebook before ICANN’s next international meeting in Cairo on November 2 2008.
According to the ICANN website a 45-day comment period covering the papers and the Applicant Guidebook will begin on October 24th 2008.
You can find more information on the ICANN site.
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