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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
.ABCAmerican Broadcasting Companies, Inc.disney.comView
There are no known operational or rendering problems concerning the applied-for gTLD string.
gTLDFull Legal NameE-mail suffixDetail
.佛山Guangzhou YU Wei Information Technology Co., Ltd.zodiac-corp.comView
16.1 Internet Browser versions

Issue: the older versions of the Internet browsers do not support Chinese domain names, such as Opera (version below 9.2), Firefox (Version below 2.0), Internet Explorer (Version below 7), Safari (version below 3.1 ) and Netscape (version below 8.0).

Applicant’s effort: The Applicant would join with other Chinese gTLDs and Browser vendors to encourage the adoption of latest Internet browsers among Chinese Internet users so that to have a smooth browsing experience on IDNs.

16.2 The TLD white list issue

Issue: the TLD white list of Firefox currently does not include the applied-for string.

Applicant’s effort: Once the TLD is approved and delegated, the Applicant will notify Firefox of this matter. Firefox shall insert the string into the TLD white list of the Firefox to enable the support of the string. The procedure to do so is described in http:⁄⁄www.mozilla.org⁄projects⁄security⁄tld-idn-policy-list.html.

16.3 Registration Data Directory Services (RDDS)

Issue: RFC 3912 only suggest ASCII encoding in Whois protocol, which is inadequate to support Chinese domain names in the RDDS.

Applicant’s effort: The entrusted Back-End Service Provider have adopted UTF-8 encoding format to support the query and display both in English and Chinese. The Applicant is fully aware that the ICANN is developing the policy Internationalized Registration Data along with the technical standardization work at IETF. The Applicant would work with the Back-End Service Provider to adopt the latest development at ICANN and IETF in this regard.

16.4 Variant Chinese domain names registration issues

Issue: The EPP Protocol does not support bundled registration for simplified, traditional Chinese characters and its variants to the same registrant.

Applicant’s effort: in line with RFC 3743 and RFC 4713, the Applicant and the Back-end Service Provider agreed on the registration policy as such: when registering a Chinese domain name, the registrant will be given a pure simplified Chinese form, a pure traditional Chinese form along with its original form in a bundle. Other variant form of the Chinese domain name will be reserved for the registrant. The Applicant and the Back-end Service Provider as such have adapted the Extensible Provisioning protocol (EPP) in accordance with RFC 3735 to realize the above mentioned registration policy.