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16 Describe the applicant's efforts to ensure that there are no known operational or rendering problems concerning the applied-for gTLD string

gTLDFull Legal NameE-mail suffixDetail
.amicaAmica Mutual Insurance Companyamica.comView
Amica foresees no known rendering issues in connection with the proposed .amica string which it is seeking to apply for as a gTLD. This answer is based upon consultation with Amicaʹs preferred backend provider, Neustar, which has successfully launched a number of new gTLDs over the last decade. In reaching this determination, the following data points were analyzed:

- ICANN’s Security Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) entitled Alternative TLD Name Systems and Roots: Conflict, Control and Consequences (SAC009);
- IAB - RFC3696 “Application Techniques for Checking and Transformation of Names”
- Known software issues which Neustar has encountered during the last decade launching new gTLDs;
- Character type and length;
- ICANN supplemental notes to Question 16; and
- ICANN’s presentation during its Costa Rica regional meeting on TLD Universal Acceptance.
gTLDFull Legal NameE-mail suffixDetail
.osakaInterlink Co., Ltd.urbanbrain.comView
Interlink Co., Ltd. (Interlink) foresees no known rendering issues in connection with the applied-for string, “.osaka”. This answer is based upon consultation with Interlink’s backend technical provider, Neustar, which has successfully launched a number of new gTLDs over the last decade. In reaching this determination, the following data points were analyzed:

 • ICANN’s Security Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) entitled Alternative TLD Name Systems and Roots:
  Conflict, Control and Consequences (SAC009);
 • IAB - RFC3696 “Application Techniques for Checking and Transformation of Names”
 • Known software issues which Neustar has encountered during the last decade launching new gTLDs;
 • Character type and length;
 • ICANN supplemental notes to Question 16; and
 • ICANN’s presentation during its Costa Rica regional meeting held in March 2012 on TLD Universal Acceptance;