Internationalized Domain Names - names using localized language characters. It's actually spelled out in item #1 of the same email.
Apparently PIR isn't prepared to do punycode yet. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Swerve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "OpensrsDiscuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 6:16 PM Subject: URGENT: Re: OpenSRS Live Reseller Update [Domains] - 17/06/2004 > Bcc'd to Ross. > > Are IDN's special .Orgs, or is this affecting all .Org domains? > > WHAT does IDN stand for? Next time, i'd recommend spelling out important > abbreviations once in full, at least at the beginning of the doc. > > Please forward this to Greg Frank, as his email address is not included in > the email he sent out. > > Josh/Swerve > > > 2. .ORG IDN re-lock > --------------- > > This is the last chance for Resellers to transfer .ORG IDNs to Tucows > until the registry operator re-opens the .ORG IDN namespace. > Transfer requests must be placed by 00:00 UTC on 21 June 2004 in > order to take advantage of this final window before the registry > locks these domains. > > Until the registry operator launches an IDN-compliant solution, > these domains will continue to be excluded from the .ORG zone > files and thus will not resolve nor expire. The registry operator > has not announced a date for a standards-compliant solution > as of yet. > > Once the names are re-locked by the registry, the WHOIS status will > display the following: DELETE PROHIBITED, RENEW PROHIBITED, TRANSFER > PROHIBITED, UPDATE PROHIBITED, HOLD. Furthermore, once the names are > re-locked, you will be unable to transfer, update, delete or renew > IDNs. > > Tucows will provide additional information regarding the .ORG name > space as it becomes available. > > Thank you for your continued support of Tucows. > > Greg Frank > Associate Product Manager, TLDs
