IDN Implementation Guidelines

The Guidelines are a list of general standards for IDN registration policies and practices that are designed to minimize the risk of cyber squatting and consumer confusion, and respect the interests of local languages and character sets. For more information please visit: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/implementation-guidelines-2012-02-25-en.

FInal Proposed Draft v. 4.0 of the IDN Guidelines published. See updates here.

Second Public Comment call - 19 October 2017
(also presented at ICANN 60)
Public Comment call - 3 March 2017
Final Draft for Public Comment (also presented at ICANN 58)
Working draft version released at ICANN 57:
and for the community at ICANN 55.

Mailing list archive

Glossary of Relevant Terms

Meetings

Date	Minutes	Recording

Date	Minutes	Recording
26 April 2018
19 April 2018
12 April 2018
5 April 2018
29 March 2018
22 March 2018
1 March 2018
22 February 2018
8 February 2018
25 January 2018
18 January 2018
11 January 2018
29 October 2017 ICANN 60		Audio and Multimedia Session Recording
12 October 2017
5 October 2017 Extended Meeting
28 September 2017
14 September 2017
7 September 2017
31 August 2017
24 August 2017
17 August 2017
3 August 2017
27 July 2017
13 July 2017
6 July 2017
29 June 2017
15 June 2017
8 June 2017
1 June 2017
25 May 2017
18 May 2017
12 March 2017 ICANN 58	Document, Presentation and Transcript	Recording and Multimedia Session Recording
2 March 2017
23 February 2017
16 February 2017
9 February 2017
2 February 2017
26 January 2017
19 January 2017
5 January 2017
22 December 2016
15 December 2016
8 December 2016
1 December 2016
24 November 2016
5 November 2016 ICANN 57	Presentation and Transcript of the session
27 October 2016
20 October 2016
13 October 2016
06 October 2016
22 September 2016
08 September 2016
25 August 2016
11 August 2016
14 July 2016
30 June 2016
16 June 2016
02 June 2016
19 May 2016
05 May 2016
21 Apr 2016
09 Mar 2016 ICANN 55		Recordings and Transcript of the Session
24 Feb 2016
10 Feb 2016
27 Jan 2016
13 Jan 2016
16 Dec 2015
02 Dec 2015
18 Nov 2015
04 Nov 2015
21 Oct 2015

Reference Documents

Category	Document	Relevant Sections

Category	Document	Relevant Sections
RFCs	IDNA 2008: RFC5890 RFC5891 RFC5892 RFC5893 (RFC5894 (RFC5895)) IDNA 2003: RFC3454 RFC3490 RFC3491 RFC3492 Principles for Unicode Code Point Inclusion in Labels in the DNS Draft RFC: Representing Label Generation Rulesets using XML (draft-davies-idntables) Internationalized Domain Names Registration and Administration Guidelines for European Languages Using Cyrillic Linguistic Guidelines for the Use of the Arabic Language in Internet Domains Terminology Used in Internationalization in the IETF
GNSO Documents	Applicant Guidebook
ccNSO Documents	Final Report IDN ccNSO Policy Development Process IDN ccTLD Fast Track Proces Final Implementation Plan
IDN TLD Project	Final Integrated Issues Report Script Case Studies: Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Greek, Latin Examining the User Experience Implications of Active Variant TLDs Procedure to Develop and Maintain the Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone in Respect of IDNA Labels Other Supporting Documents on IDN TLD Project
Joint ccNSO-GNSO IDN Working Group (JIG) Reports	Initial  Report  on  IDN  TLD  Variant  Policies  for  the  Root  Zone Final Report on Single Character IDN TLDs Final Report on Universal Acceptance of IDN TLDs
SSAC Reports	SSAC Comment on Examining the User Experience Implications of Active Variant TLDs Report SSAC Advisory on Single-Character Internationalized Domain NameTop-Level Domains
Contracts	Registry Agreement 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement	Specification 6: Clause 1.4 ADDITIONAL REGISTRAR OPERATION SPECIFICATION: Clause 3
Unicode Reports	Unicode Technical Report #36 Unicode Standard Annex #24 UNICODE IDNA COMPATIBILITY PROCESSING
Second Level Policies