ICANN seeks comment on re-delegation, others

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), has opened comments for the final report of the Delegation, Re-delegation and Retirement Working Group (DRRWG) of the country code Names Supporting Organisation (ccNSO).

An Executive Summary made available to ITRealms Online at the weekend, indicated that the Delegation, Re-delegation and Retirement Working Group (“DRDWG”) was created by the Country Code Names Supporting Organisation (“ccNSO”) Council to advise whether it should launch a Policy

Development Process (“PDP”) to recommend changes to the current policies for delegation, re-delegation and retirement of country code Top Level Domains (“ccTLDs”).

ITRealms Online gathered that the DRDWG has conducted an in depth analysis of the current policies and guidelines used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (“IANA”) and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”), and measured all published information pertaining to ICANN decisions and procedures relating to the delegation, re-delegation and retirement of ccTLDs.

Based on its findings and after extensive public consultation the DRDWG recommends to the ccNSO Council recommended on the retirement of ccTLDs that the ccNSO Council undertake a Policy Development Process to develop policies for the retirement of ccTLDs.

Also, the council noted that delegation and re-delegation of ccTLDs should be seen as first step of a “Framework of Interpretation” for the delegation and re-delegation of ccTLDs. This framework, ICANN said, should provide a clear guide to IANA and the ICANN Board on interpretations of the current policies, guidelines and procedures relating to the delegation and re-delegation of ccTLDs.

The results of the use of such a Framework of Interpretation, ICANN said, should be formally monitored and evaluated by the ccNSO Council after a pre-determined period.

“If the results of this evaluation indicate that the Framework of Interpretation failed to provide logical and predictable outcomes in ICANN decision making, the ccNSO Council should then launch PDPs on the delegation and re-delegation of ccTLDs,” part of the executive summary stated.

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