ICANN participation

In February I commented about how we have been doing some research into the use of unallocated address space on the Internet. I hoped that I could give a report on the results sooner than this but the work has now been done and the results have been made public.

Duane Wessels of The Measurement Factory analysed DNS queries for evidence of how unallocated IPv4 addresses are being used and presented them at the last OARC meeting, last month. The results cannot give a complete view of what is happening, as it does not see what is happening in private, behind closed firewalls. Nonetheless, these are useful data.

We will be using these data to help plan for the last few IPv4 allocations to the RIRs.

The July edition of the ICANN magazine is out, emailed to subscribers and available for review online.

Each issue covers the latest news and events, plus outlines how you can interact with the organization. This month, alongside the usual policy rundown, compliance summary, Board meeting precis, public comment digest, and blog complendium, is a briefing note for the recent Paris meeting and some early details about the Cairo meeting.

The hope is that, no matter which part of ICANN you are interested in, this magazine will act as an entry point and make people more aware of the other work that the organization carries out every month.

Feedback, as ever, is welcome. If you wish to receive the magazine automatically to your inbox, there is a very simple sign-up box above the magazine on the main magazine webpage at http://www.icann.org/magazine/.

As with previous meetings, we have prepared a “briefing note” for Paris to act as a broad summary of what happened over the five days. It has been published on the Paris meeting site and we republish it below.

What was it?

ICANN’s 32nd international public meeting was one of three held annually to conduct policy development and outreach. It was hosted by ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) and Agifem, a non-profit organization made up of several French Internet companies and organizations.

The meeting was opened by the Eric Besson, France’s Minister of State for forward planning, assessment of public policies, and development of the digital economy.

1,672 people participated from 166 different countries, making this ICANN’s biggest ever meeting. The participants engaged in a wide range of discussions about the Internet’s domain name system and related issues.

Further information about the meeting, including presentations and transcripts, is available at http://par.icann.org/.

ICANN’s next international public meeting will take place in Cairo, Egypt, beginning on 3rd November, 2008.

What happened and what are the next steps?

Many meetings, workshops, public forums and informal discussions were held over six days by the different stakeholders of the ICANN model:
• business interests
• civil society
• governments and government agencies
• Internet service providers
• registrants
• registrars
• registries
• the technical community

Several key issues and themes evolved over the course of the meeting. They are summarized below.

NEW gTLDs

ICANN’s Board of Directors took a significant step forward on the introduction of new generic top-level domains (new gTLDS - extensions to the domain name system in addition to, for example, .COM or .INFO). The Board approved the policy recommendations on new gTLDs developed by the GNSO, ICANN’s policy development arm for the generic name space. The Board directed ICANN staff to further develop and complete a detailed implementation plan.

New generic top-level domains were a featured topic of conversation during the meeting. The week began with a dedicated two-and-a-half-hour interactive session where experts from different industries and sectors around the world shared a diversity of views about the potential changes to the Internet as the New gTLD Program is launched. The workshop was presented with MARQUES, the Association of European trademark owners, which represents trademark owners’ interests before EU and other international bodies.

ICANN staff updated the community on how new gTLDs may be implemented, including a timeline and recent steps taken to address potential disputes. Similar updates were presented to the various stakeholders including the GNSO Council.

New gTLDs were also discussed at the Public Forum, later in the week. During the meeting, a number of suggestions for new gTLDs also emerged. The discussions on new gTLDs were the subject of worldwide and widespread press coverage including by BBC, CNN, NBC, Les Echos, Business Week, Le Monde, Liberation, The Times of London, the Financial Times, and other media outlets all over the world.

More information is available on ICANN’s new gTLDs page (http://www.icann.org/topics/new-gtld-program.htm). This web page includes a factsheet on the topic written in plain language and accessible to a general audience.

Next steps:
The Board approved the policy recommendations on new gTLDs, drawn up by the GNSO, and directed ICANN staff to further develop and complete a detailed implementation plan.

Before the new gTLD introduction process is launched, the Board will be given a final version of the implementation proposals of the proposed process after a community review.

More information:
More information can be found online at: http://www.icann.org/topics/new-gtld-program.htm

IDNS AND IDN FAST TRACK

Much of the discussion about Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) during the Paris meeting centered on the work of the IDNC Working Group (IDNC WG). The IDNC WG was chartered by the Board at its November 2007 meeting. Its participants were appointed by the following supporting organizations and advisory committees of ICANN: the Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO), GNSO, Government Advisory Committee (GAC), At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) and Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC).

The group has been working on the issue of an accelerated introduction of IDNs (the “fast track”) where specific, non-controversial country-code top-level domains in non-Latin scripts could be approved and added to the Internet’s root without having to wait for the full approval process to be finalized.

The IDNC WG released its draft final report on the feasibility of this approach for public comment two weeks prior to the Paris meeting. The report provided a number of high-level recommendations and received broad approval from the ccNSO and the GAC.

On the broader topic of IDNs, the Director of the IDN Program, Tina Dam, gave updates to the Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees, describing progress on technical and other IDN implementation issues. IDNs were discussed at the Public Forum, and a progress update was also given on the final day of the meeting.

Of particular interest was how finalization of the IDNA protocol revision would impact top-level IDN domains, in particular when and how they will be introduced.

Next steps:
The Board asked the IDNC WG final report to be posted for public comment and asked staff to produce a detailed report on implementation issues, following consultation with the community, in time for the next meeting in Cairo in November 2008.

More information:
More information can be found online at: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/idnc-charter.htm and at http://icann.org/topics/idn

IMPROVING INSTITUTIONAL CONFIDENCE

The Paris meeting saw the release of three documents from the President’s Strategy Committee (PSC) outlining a new “Improving Institutional Confidence” public consultation.

This consultation’s aim is for the community to discuss possible changes to ICANN in the lead up to the completion of the JPA in September 2009. This work has been led by the PSC whose role is to provide advice to the Board.

The three documents – Improving Institutional Confidence in ICANN, Transition Action Plan and Frequently Asked Questions – were used as the basis for a two-hour discussion session. During a public meeting on the issue, the PSC explained how the consultation would work and how people could find out more information at each stage. The issue was also given a dedicated timeslot in the Public Forum.

The documents are currently out for public comment (closing on 31 July).

Next Steps:
The consultation process outlined in the Transition Action Plan will be followed. The entire community is encouraged to read the documents and send their comments in before 31 July.

The documents will then be revised and put out for additional comment in September 2008 in preparation for further discussions at the Cairo meeting in November. A final report by the PSC will be provided to the Board in December.

More information:
More information is available online at: http://icann.org/jpa/iic

INDEPENDENT REVIEWS

The independent review process requires each of ICANN’s Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees to undergo review every few years to make sure that the organization as a whole continues to serves the needs of the global Internet community.

There are several independent reviews currently underway or soon to be launched. The Board of Directors is also undergoing an independent review in 2008. The Paris meeting saw a number of updates on the current reviews.

GNSO
The GNSO’s review has been completed and it is now in the implementation stage. The Board approved all but one of the recommendations developed by a special Board working group to improve the effectiveness of the GNSO’s policy activities, structure, operations and communications. Recommendations to be implemented include:
• use of a working group model for future policy development
• a revised policy development process
• enhancements to the different constituencies that make up the GNSO
• improved communications.

The Board deferred its final decision on one recommendation - restructuring the GNSO Council – and decided to give the GNSO one last chance to submit a consensus recommendation on how to structure the Council before it makes its final decision in the next few weeks. The Board requested that the GNSO convene a small working group to submit a consensus recommendation on Council restructuring no later than 25 July. The group is to include one member from each constituency, one of the current Nominating Committee appointees, and one member from each liaison-appointing advisory committee (if that advisory committee so desires).

In a related development, the GNSO Council postponed a vote on a top-level GNSO Improvements Implementation Plan and called for a 21-day public comment forum on the document. That open public comment forum closes on 18 July 2008.

ALAC
Two public sessions and two informal sessions were held to discuss a report from the ALAC’s independent reviewers. The Board’s ALAC review working group held its first sessions. The draft report is currently out for public comment.

Board of Directors
The Boston Consulting Group was selected as the consultant to perform the independent review of the Board of Directors.

Nominating Committee
A working group created by the Board Governance Committee is working on recommendations following the independent evaluators’ report on the Nominating Committee.

Others
The Board established three working groups to review future independent review reports. They will cover: the Board, the DNS Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC), and the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC).

Next steps:
The reviews will continue to progress through each step in the review process. Updates will be provided at the Cairo meeting in November.

More information:
More information including links to each of the reviews and public comments pages can be found online at: http://www.icann.org/reviews/

REGISTRAR ACCREDITATION AGREEMENT

More progress was made on improvements to protections for registrants provided through the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA – the contract ICANN holds with companies that register domain names on behalf of registrants).

15 revised changes and amendments were published in a report currently out for public comment (the comment period closes 4 August 2008). The amendments were outlined in meetings with individual Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees, as well as a dedicated one-and-a-half-hour public workshop. RAA amendments also had a specific timeslot for discussion during the Public Forum, and were further outlined at the final day’s report session.

There are four categories of amendment to the RAA:

• Enforcement tools, including graduated sanctions, liability and audit provisions
• Protections for registrants, including possible improvements to data escrow and the ability to make resellers comply with RAA obligations
• A more stable registrar marketplace, including training for registrar operators
• Modernizing the agreement, bringing it up to date with changes in the use and reuse of domain names

Next steps:
The amendments will be revised following input during the public comment period and then shared with the Board, who will determine the next steps.

More information:
More information can be found online at: http://www.icann.org/topics/raa/

MEETINGS REVIEW

A paper covering possible changes to ICANN meetings themselves was put to the community in a number of different sessions, including several Supporting Organization and Advisory Committee meetings, the opening day public forum, mid-week Public Forum, and the closing-day reports session.
There were two main recommendations in the paper:

• that ICANN move from three to two meetings a year; and
• that one of those meetings be held in a “hub” city.

There was a broad range of views and discussion on both points, as well as discussion of the change to the Paris schedule which saw the meeting end a day earlier on Thursday, rather than on Friday.

Next steps:
The meetings paper is out for public comment until 10 July and will be revised following feedback from the community.

More information:
More information can be found online at:
http://www.icann.org/public_comment/#meeting-consultation-2008

IPv6

A number of information sessions on the new Internet Protocol were held in order to the make community more aware of support issues and to outline ways forward.

The ALAC, ccNSO, Registry and Registrar constituencies were also addressed by experts on this topic during their own meetings. Business leaders were given an overview as part of the Business Access Agenda. IPv6 was also discussed during the Public Forum.

The GAC heard from several individuals and organizations, including the OECD and the Names Resource Organization, about current trends and the challenges to IPv6 deployment worldwide.
More information:

A factsheet written in plain and clear language has been produced: “IPv6 – The Internet’s vital expansion - October 2007”. It explains the protocol upgrade to a non-technical audience and is available here: http://www.icann.org/announcements/factsheet-ipv6-26oct07.pdf

BUSINESS ACCESS AGENDA

For the first time, a specific agenda and series of targeted meetings and discussions were held for business leaders in an effort to engage business more effectively within ICANN’s processes.
The agenda included briefings on the most significant topics facing ICANN at the moment, including new gTLDs, IDNs and IPv6, and a meeting with the Board of Directors. It was organized in cooperation with the E-Business, IT and Telecoms Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce.

OTHER ISSUES

• The Board approved a recommendation by the GNSO to tackle “domain tasting”.
• The FY09 ICANN operating plan and budget of $57.1m were adopted by the Board.
• Approval was given to a plan by PIR (the Public Interest Registry) to add the security protocol DNSSEC to the .org registry.
• An “At Large Summit” was approved to enable representatives of Internet user groups (At-Large Structures) to meet together within the next year, most likely at the Mexico City meeting in March 2009.
• The SSAC published a number of new reports and survey results relating to security and stability of the Internet. (http://www.icann.org/committees/security/)
• A number of policy development processes were started or advanced at the GNSO including Fast Flux and inter-registrar transfers.
• The GAC reiterated its strong support for a number of studies into the use and abuse of Whois data, and asked for clarification from the Board on whether studies would depend on the outcome of the GNSO Council’s decision. The GNSO Council created a working group to review recommendations for Whois studies.

It is sometimes said that ISPs do not offer IPv6 transport and equipment vendors offer just partial IPv6 support because there is no customer demand. The counter argument is often made that consumers can only buy what is on offer so people prefer to buy production quality services and equipment.

Unfortunately, even when production quality IPv6 transport and network infrastructure are available it is not always possible to deploy a completely IPv6 accessible network. One problem is the difficulties domain name registrants have when they ask their domain name registrar to include their IPv6 glue in the DNS. Not many domain name registrars support glue registration for IPv6 addresses. This limits their ability to provide an IPv6 DNS service.

The problem was discussed during Registries and Registrars’ IPv6 workshop on the last day of the ICANN meeting in Paris. Raúl Echeberría explained the problems that LACNIC has experienced in registering the glue they need for ns.lacnic.net.

Mohsen Souissi of AFNIC then explained that IPv6 support in domain name registries is no longer the hard work it once was. Most of the tools that are needed already support IPv6 very well and have done so for some time. He was followed by Jean-Claude Michot of BookMyName who explained that introducing support for IPv6 glue was not a complicated process and was done very quickly.

It is possible for a registrar to provide support for IPv6 glue registration without running IPv6 on their network at all and deploying an IPv6 network is now far less painful than it once was. Michele Neylon from Blacknight described a generally positive experience.

We hope that more domain registrars will start offering IPv6 glue registration, which will make it easier for domain name registrants to go ahead and deploy their own IPv6 networks.

The short video above was created to showcase the possibilities that now exist to communicate across languages using video and the latest transcription/translation technology.

It is open to all so that they might be able to translate the message in your language through DotSub’s easy-to-use interface. Just click here to try it out.

ICANN will be using this technology to make videos of its work available to, potentially, everyone on the planet. You just have to think and work, with us, and as a community.

One of the main IDN questions asked by end-users in the last few months, and that have been discussed during the ICANN Paris meeting in the recent week is as follows:

“If I have registered <domainname>.tld, then how will you ensure that I am also the registrant of <domainname>.<idn-tld>, for all languages.”

The question shows that there is an expectation that:

(i) there is a way to translate the .tld into other languages. Having done that with .test I can assure you it is quite a challenge to find a word that is an adequate translation for all users in a community. Often there is more than one way to express the word “test” in various languages. Some existing TLDs might be easier to translate than others, but common for them is that they could be represented several ways within one language.

(ii) that the registry operator for the .tld will apply to become the operator for such new TLD(s), and that if they doso and are successful in their application, that they will implement .tld with an aliasing functionality where registrants under .tld automatically becomes registrants of the same domain names under .idn-tld

On the gTLD side of things:

a. the GNSO policy for introduction of new gTLDs states that there is not precedence for becoming an operator of an IDN TLD. In other words, just because you are operating a TLD today it does not mean that you automatically become the operator for any translated version of that TLD (being IDN or ASCII, but mostly discussed in relation to IDNs).

b. in the process for introduction of new gTLDs there are various objection procedures available. While they are not implemented completely yet you might imagine that the .tld registry operator might object to someone else applying for the IDN version the .tld.

c. The policy does not provide a global direction to registration policy regulations, such as for example whether or not new TLDs should be aliased to an existing TLD.

On the ccTLD side, the situation is similar:

a. the IDNC WG final report does not talk about this specific topic.

b. based on community discussions during the last few months, it could be anticipated some IDN ccTLD will be operated as aliased versions of the existing ccTLDs, and others will not. The decision is usually referred to a difference in opinion on whether there should be IP protection or more competition and choice.

On the technical side of things:

a. aliasing have often been connected to the concept of DNAME. DNAME have been initially tested, and indications are that it will not be useful to provide the aliasing functionality. ICANN is looking into the opportunity for having more tests done on this topic.

b. without a standard way of implementing aliasing the concern is that aliasing will be implemented in many different ways leaving users confused and a need to further education than currently is needed, which could be avoided.

In Summary: There is no guarantee to the registrants, it depends on whether existing registry operators will apply for the IDN version of the their TLDs; that the application is granted; and that they will implement aliasing as their registration policy, which we currently do not have a technical standard for, and which the policies are not providing global direction upon.

One of the main IDN questions asked by end-users in the last few months, and that have been discussed during the ICANN Paris meeting in the recent week is as follows: “If I have registered .tld, then how will you ensure that I am also the registrant of ., for all languages.”

The question shows that there is an expectation that:

(i) there is a way to translate the .tld into other languages.
Having done that with .test I can assure you it is quite a challenge to find a word that is an adequate translation for all users in a community. Often there is more than one way to express the word “test” in various languages. Some existing TLDs might be easier to translate than others, but common for them is that they could be represented several ways within one language.

(ii) that the registry operator for the .tld will apply to become the operator for such new TLD(s), and that if they doso and are successful in their application, that they will implement .tld with an aliasing functionality where registrants under .tld automatically becomes registrants of the same domain names under .idn-tld

On the gTLD side of things:

a. the GNSO policy for introduction of new gTLDs states that there is not precedence for becoming an operator of an IDN TLD. In other words, just because you are operating a TLD today it does not mean that you automatically become the operator for any translated version of that TLD (being IDN or ASCII, but mostly discussed in relation to IDNs).

b. in the process for introduction of new gTLDs there are various objection procedures available. While they are not implemented completely yet you might imagine that the .tld registry operator might object to someone else applying for the IDN version the .tld.

c. The policy does not provide a global direction to registration policy regulations, such as for example whether or not new TLDs should be aliased to an existing TLD.

On the ccTLD side, the situation is similar:

a. the IDNC WG final report does not talk about this specific topic.

b. based on community discussions during the last few months, it could be anticipated some IDN ccTLD will be operated as aliased versions of the existing ccTLDs, and others will not. The decision is usually referred to a difference in opinion on whether there should be IP protection or more competition and choice.

On the technical side of things:

a. aliasing have often been connected to the concept of DNAME. DNAME have been initially tested, and indications are that it will not be useful to provide the aliasing functionality. ICANN is looking into the opportunity for having more tests done on this topic.

b. without a standard way of implementing aliasing the concern is that aliasing will be implemented in many different ways leaving users confused and a need to further education than currently is needed, which could be avoided.

In Summary: There is no guarantee to the registrants, it depends on whether existing registry operators will apply for the IDN version of the their TLDs; that the application is granted; and that they will implement aliasing as their registration policy, which we currently do not have a technical standard for, and which the policies are not providing global direction upon.

A l’initiative de Kieren McCarthy, le responsable de la participation publique de l’ICANN, une newsletter est publiée tous les jours pendant les réunions internationales. Pour la réunion de Paris, cette newsletter est proposée en anglais et en français. Vous y trouverez un résumé des évènements de la veille et une liste des réunions ou ateliers phares de la journée. Pour découvrir cette newsletter, connectez-vous sur le site de la réunion et suivez le lien “newsletter”.

The Paris meeting beings next week, and we are extremely grateful to receive this video from the boys at Domaine.info - acting as an ad for the conference. Domaine.info will also be filming the meeting and preparing edited highlights of the biggest sessions of each day.

Vendredi dernier, dans les locaux du MEDEF avenue Bosquet à Paris, était organisée une séance de familiarisation avec l’ICANN. Au programme, des explications sur la structure de l’ICANN et le fonctionnement de ses réunions internationales. Ainsi l’agenda de la réunion de Paris a-t-il été détaillé pour permettre aux nombreux représentants d’entreprises présents (une cinquantaine d’entreprises étaient représentées) de mieux identifier les ateliers ou plénières les plus intéressants pour eux. Y a été expliqué le principe, nouveau pour la réunion de Paris, de rendez-vous “business” regroupant sous la bannière “Business Access Events” ces évènements destinés plus spécifiquement aux entreprises.

Les grands sujets de la réunion de Paris ont également été abordés : IDNs, nouvelles extensions, Joint Project Agreement… Certains participants ont témoigné des inquiétudes des entreprises face aux questions de protection de leur propriété intellectuelle, notamment dans la cadre de l’éventuelle sortie de nouvelles extensions ou de la généralisation des IDNs. Anne-Rachel Inné et Massimiliano Minisci, respectivement responsables des relations avec l’Afrique et l’Europe pour l’ICANN, ont donné un message fort : l’ICANN, c’est nous tous ! En participant à ses réunions, en s’impliquant dans son fonctionnement, tous peuvent faire entendre leur voix et prendre en compte leurs inquiétudes. Car au final, lorsque le Conseil d’administration prend une décision, il le fait en prenant en compte ce que lui remonte la communauté.

De quoi inciter les entreprises françaises à profiter de la première réunion internationale de l’ICANN organisée à Paris pour y participer et ainsi approfondir leurs connaissances des différents collèges – gouvernements, business, registrars, registries, extensions nationales, techniques, ALAC – qui font la richesse et la diversité de l’ICANN. D’ailleurs, il a été rappelé que même si les inscriptions enligne sont maintenant fermées, il reste tout à fait possible de venir s’enregistrer directement sur place pour la réunion. Un enregistrement gratuit, et ouvert à tous, comme la plupart des ateliers et autres réunions prévus au programme de Paris.

Tonight on American television quiz show Jeopardy, a piece of IANA-esoterica was the “Final Jeopardy” question of the night:

More information on this event is in the UNDP’s press release of the event, as well as of course the IANA delegation report.

As you may know by now ICANN has launched an IDN wiki, with fully localized addresses, which is managed by a GREAT wiki team (consultants to ICANN) and a GREAT group of moderators that have volunteered to assist is supporting the various languages that the wiki currently is enabled in.

Is it possible to add new languages, and since we last announced this possibility (http://blog.icann.org/?p=290#more-290 ) we received requests for a few more.

For that reason ICANN announced yesterday that two additional languages have been added: Urdu and Thai. see the full announcement here (http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-05jun08-en.htm ), or go straight to the wiki via http://idn.icann.org or via one of the new access points:

Thai is internationalized on the fourth level and can be accessed via the following links:

http://ไทย.idn.icann.org

http://xn--o3cw4h.idn.icann.org

http://th.idn.icann.org

Urdu uses the same script as Persian and can therefore also be accessed through the Persian .test TLD.

http://نمونہ.آزمایشی

http://xn--hhbbbh02d.xn--hgbk6aj7f53bba

http://اردو.idn.icann.org

http://xn--mgbqf7g.idn.icann.org

http://ur.idn.icann.org

Clicking on the language names, or copying and pasting the Web addresses into the address line of a browser will lead to the new areas.

There is a large OECD ministerial meeting in Seoul later this month (and just a week before the ICANN Paris meeting), that has as its title: “The Future of the Internet Economy”.

The technical community - including ICANN - is hosting a one-day conference prior to the two-day ministerial proper, where the world’s most powerful governments will look at what the future of this network is: the possibilities and the threats; the creative and the criminal; and the lessons learnt as well as the best policy approaches going forward. ICANN will be represented by CEO Paul Twomey. And Vint Cerf will also be there to provide his insights.

But in an effort to reach out beyond the CEOs, world experts and government ministers, the OECD has set up a YouTube channel where it invites anyone to submit their video about what they see as the future of the Internet and encourages people to answer the question: “How can the Internet make the world a better place?” You are invited to “ask a question or share an opinion with world leaders to influence the future of the Internet.”

If past experience is anything to go by, the ICANN community has pretty strong views on where the future of the Internet should be, so here’s your chance to have them heard in one of the most powerful and influential inter-governmental bodies out there.

For more information, the OECD has a webpage explaining all. The YouTube channel itself is at: http://www.youtube.com/futureinternet.

The May issue of ICANN’s magazine is out, emailed to subscribers and available for review online.

Each issue covers the latest news and events, plus outlines how you can interact with the organization. It should also give you an insight into the upcoming month, including the upcoming meeting in Paris between 22 and 26 June. This issue is slightly different in that two parts of it — the Policy update and the Compliance section — are previews of new newsletters we produce each month.

The hope is that, no matter which part of ICANN you are interested in, this magazine will act as an entry point and make people more aware of the other work that the organization carries out every month.

Feedback, as ever, is welcome. If you wish to receive the magazine automatically to your inbox, there is a very simple sign-up box above the magazine on the main magazine webpage at http://www.icann.org/magazine/.

Oggi ICANN ha attivato un sondaggio online in 11 lingue, compreso l’inglese, per agevolare la comprensione delle modalità di utilizzo, da parte della community, dei materiali disponibili in più lingue. Inoltre il sondaggio aiuterà ICANN a capire come migliorare l’accesso in più lingue alle attività dell’organizzazione.

Il sondaggio costituisce, inoltre, la base di riferimento del processo di consultazione pubblica che riguarda la bozza del Programma di traduzione ICANN . Obiettivo del programma è fornire a tutti coloro che non parlano correntemente l’inglese un livello di influenza e di partecipazione all’attività di ICANN pari a quello di chi parla correntemente l’inglese.

Per maggiori informazioni sul Programma di traduzione consultare il seguente indirizzo: http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-13feb08.htm

Il sondaggio online è accessibile dal seguente indirizzo: https://www.bigpulse.com/m1649/intro

I risultati del sondaggio sono disponibili in tempo reale al seguente indirizzo: https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=k8q27xDaY9JC2cLcBxrt

I risultati disponibili all’indirizzo indicato non comprendono le risposte aperte. Attualmente non è possibile mostrare in modo coerente i risultati statistici sintetici insieme alle singole risposte aperte. Le risposte estese saranno inserite nella relazione elaborata al termine del sondaggio.

Il sondaggio non si concluderà prima del 20 giugno 2008.

ICANN은 여러 언어로 작성된 기존 자료가 어떤 식으로 사용되고 있는지 정확히 파악하기 위해 영어를 포함한 11개 언어로 온라인 설문 조사를 실시하고 있습니다. 설문 조사 결과는 전 세계 모든 사람이 ICANN 자료를 보다 효과적으로 활용할 수 있는 방법을 모색하는 데 도움이 됩니다.

이번 설문 조사 결과는ICANN 번역 프로그램 초안에 대한 공개 협의 과정에서 중요한 참고 자료로 활용됩니다. ICANN 번역 프로그램의 사명은 영어를 잘 하지 못하는 사람도 영어를 유창하게 구사하는 사람과 동등한 수준으로 ICANN의 자료를활용하여 ICANN 작업에 적극 참여할 수 있게 하는 것입니다.

ICANN 번역 프로그램에 대한 자세한 내용은 다음 URL을 참조하십시오. http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-13feb08.htm

온라인 설문 조사는 다음 URL에서 참여할 수 있습니다. https://www.bigpulse.com/m1649/intro

설문 조사 결과는 다음 URL에서 실시간으로 확인할 수 있습니다. https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=k8q27xDaY9JC2cLcBxrt

위의 URL에서는 응답 내용에 대한 부가 설명 없이 응답 결과만 표시됩니다. 현재로서는 통계 결과와 응답자의 의견이 동시에 표시되지 않습니다. 설문 조사가 완료되면 응답 내용이 보고서 형태로 제공됩니다.

이 설문 조사는 2008년 6월 20일까지 참여할 수 있습니다.

A ICANN divulgou hoje uma pesquisa on-line, disponível em 11 idiomas (incluindo o inglês), para facilitar a compreensão da forma em que a comunidade usa o material existente preparado em vários idiomas. Ela também ajudará a ICANN a compreender como pode aprimorar o acesso multilíngüe ao trabalho da organização.

Essa pesquisa também coleta informações importantes para o processo de consulta pública do plano de Programa de Tradução da ICANN. A missão do programa é fornecer àqueles que não são falantes fluentes do inglês o mesmo nível de acesso à influência e participação no trabalho da ICANN daqueles que são fluentes no idioma.

É possível obter mais informações sobre o Programa de Tradução nesta URL: http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-13feb08.htm

A pesquisa on-line pode ser acessada na URL abaixo: https://www.bigpulse.com/m1649/intro

Os resultados da pesquisa estão disponíveis em tempo real na URL abaixo: https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=k8q27xDaY9JC2cLcBxrt

Observe que os resultados disponíveis da URL acima exibem somente as respostas objetivas da pesquisa. No momento, não é possível mostrar os resultados estatísticos resumidos e, ao mesmo tempo, incluir respostas narrativas individuais de forma que sejam significativas. As respostas discursivas serão compiladas no relatório preparado na conclusão da pesquisa.

A pesquisa estará disponível até pelo menos 20 de Junho de 2008.

ICANN stellte heute eine Umfrage online, die in 11 Sprachen, einschließlich Englisch, verfügbar ist. Untersucht werden soll, in welcher Form die Community gegenwärtig mehrsprachig angebotenes Material nutzt. Außerdem erhält ICANN ein Bild davon, wie der mehrsprachige Zugang zur Arbeit der Organisation verbessert werden kann.

Die Umfrage liefert gleichzeitig wichtige Impulse für die öffentliche Befragung zur Entwurfsfassung des ICANN-Übersetzungsplans. Der Plan verfolgt das Ziel, allen Personen, die nicht uneingeschränkt mit der englischen Sprache vertraut sind, die gleichen Möglichkeiten zur Einflussnahme auf und die Beteiligung an der Arbeit der Organisation zu verschaffen wie den Personen, die Englisch fließend beherrschen.

Informationen zum Übersetzungsplan finden Sie unter folgender URL: http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-13feb08.htm

Die Online-Umfrage ist unter der folgenden URL zu erreichen: https://www.bigpulse.com/m1649/intro

Die Umfrage-Ergebnisse stehen in Echtzeit unter folgender URL bereit: https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=k8q27xDaY9JC2cLcBxrt

In den dort sichtbaren Ergebnissen sind allerdings nur die Antworten auf Fragen erfasst, bei denen keine Möglichkeit zur Freitexteingabe besteht. Gegenwärtig ist es nicht möglich, zusammengefasste statistische Auswertungen zu erstellen und gleichzeitig frei formulierte Antworten sinnwahrend zu berücksichtigen. Die Textantworten werden in dem Bericht zusammengefasst, der nach Abschluss der Umfrage erstellt wird.

Die Umfrage bleibt mindestens bis zum 20 Juni 2008 geöffnet.

ICANN は本日、英語を含む 11 言語に対応したオンライン調査を開始しました。これは、複数の言語で用意された既存の資料がコミュニティでどのように利用されているかを把握することを目的としています。また、この調査は、当組織の作業への多言語アクセスをどのように強化できるかを知るうえでも役立ちます。

この調査は、ICANN の翻訳プログラムのドラフトに関する公開協議プロセスへの重要なインプットとしても使用されます。このプログラムの目的は、英語が堪能でない人にも英語が堪能な人と同等レベルのアクセスを提供し、ICANN の作業に関与していただくことです。

翻訳プログラムに関する詳細については、次の URL をご参照ください。 http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-13feb08.htm

オンライン調査には次の URL からアクセスできます。 https://www.bigpulse.com/m1649/intro

調査の結果は、次の URL からリアルタイムでご覧いただけます。 https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=k8q27xDaY9JC2cLcBxrt

上記の URL でご覧いただける結果には、調査における非記述式の回答のみが反映されます。現時点では、要約された統計的結果を表示することや、意味が通じるように個別の記述式回答を表示することはできません。記述式の回答は集計されて、調査完了時に作成されるレポートにまとめられます。

この調査は、 2008年6月20日まで回答を受け付けます。

Сегодня организация ICANN начала интерактивный опрос, доступный на 11 языках, включая английский, целью которого является изучение использования сообществом существующих материалов организации, подготовленных на различных языках. Этот опрос также поможет ICANN понять, как улучшить многоязычную поддержку в интересах деятельности организации.

Данный опрос также является ключевым звеном открытого консультационного процесса по обсуждению предварительной версии программы перевода ICANN (ICANN Translation Programme). Целью программы является предоставление заинтересованным сторонам, не говорящим свободно на английском языке, такого же уровня возможностей влияния на работу организации и участия в ее деятельности, как и у лиц, свободно говорящих на английском языке.

Дополнительную информацию о программе перевода можно найти по этому URL-адресу: http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-13feb08.htm

Интерактивный опрос доступен по следующему URL-адресу: https://www.bigpulse.com/m1649/intro

Результаты опроса должны быть доступны в режиме реального времени по следующему URL-адресу: https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=k8q27xDaY9JC2cLcBxrt

Обратите внимание, что результаты, доступные по URL-адресу, указанному выше, отображают только суть ответов на вопросы, без их письменного описания. В данный момент невозможно представить итоговые результаты статистики, включающие индивидуальные письменные ответы, в эффективном виде. Письменные ответы будут собраны в отчет, подготовленный по окончании опроса.

Опрос будет проводиться, по крайней мере, до 20 Июнь 2008.