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This document outlines the historical progression and events surrounding the Multilingual Internet Names Coalition (MINC) from its inception in 1998 to its coordination with ICANN through 2001. It highlights key milestones such as the establishment of the Asia Pacific Networking Group, the formation of the I-DNS Working Group, and significant international meetings promoting multilingual internet names and their life cycle. The document emphasizes MINC's mission to collaborate with global organizations and address interoperability, disputes, and the development of multilingual TLDs in various languages.
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History of MINC • 1998 Asia Pacific Networking Group (APNG) I-DNS WG Formed • 1999 First Commercial multilingual Internet names provider set-up • 2000 First International Coordination Meeting held during APRICOT • 2000. 2 – 7 Monthly bilateral and multilateral Coordination Meetings held
Misson of MINC • To promote multilingual Internet names • To cover the whole spectrum of the names’ life cycle from R&D to service • To cooperate with other global organizations such as ICANN(IDN Committee etc.), ISO, Unicode and other regional and national organizations
Scope of multilingual Internet Names • Domain Names • IDN.ascii TLDs(ccTLD and gTLD) • IDN.multilingual TLDs • Non-Domain Names • Keywords
Interoperability Testing • Call for interoperability Testing • Vendors and TLD registries • Certificate of participation • MINC Interoperability stamp
mTLD Space Plans • Regional and language organizations • Arabic Internet Names Consortium(AINC) • Chinese Domain Names Consortium(CDNC) • Japanese Domain Names Association(JDNA) • International Forum for Information Technology in Tamil(INFITT) • Others • Korean, Urdu, Russian,
mTLD Space Dispute Resolution • To form Arbitration Committee between the relevant entities, MINC and ICANN • More details will be explored.
Language Code TLD(lcTLD)Space Coordination • Call for proposal for all ccTLDs in conjunction with ICANN • Multilingual TLDs in Arabic -- AINC • Multilingual TLDs in Tamil -- INFITT • Multilingual TLDs in Zhongwen(Chinese) • Multilingual TLD in Hangul(Korean) • Multilingual TLDs in Russian