February 2016 - UA-discuss

Contacts at...
by Don Hollander June 23, 2016

June 23, 2016

G’day all… I’m hoping that you can help. I'm currently looking for the following contacts: - Yahoo - Someone who is familiar with their e-mail platform and plans for EAI - Adobe - Someone within their Flash Development Team - Mozilla - Someone within their Firefox team who’s working on Flash implementations - Twitter - Someone who is familiar with how they handle Linkifications If you are such a person, or you personally know such a person - or even know someone who will know someone (3 degrees of separation) - can you please let me know off the list? Thanks. Don don.hollander(a)icann.org

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UA @ ICANN Marrakech
by Don Hollander March 4, 2016

March 4, 2016

Dear all: Below find the current version of the UA Week in Marrakech. The focus of UA activities will be around: 1) Letting the community know that we’ve made progress and that we’re now starting the outreach efforts in earnest, accelerating markedly in the next financial year. 2) That the documents are available for use within their own organisation and their own communities - technology, geographic, industry… 3) Continuing the review of the "Introduction to Universal Acceptance” document We’ll continue our recruitment efforts to broaden the perspectives. Would you please let me know if there are topics you would like to see covered on the Sunday Morning workshop in particular. And if there’s individuals or groups that would benefit from a bit of more intimate discussion, let me know that too. Don — Universal Acceptance Program for ICANN55 – Marrakesh As of 2016-02-26 Key Messages: - First set of Deliverables are ready - Take them back to your own communities - Start initiatives in your own communities Sunday Workshop - Palmeraie 8:30 Update on UASG, Re-Organisation, Achievements, focus (15 min) Ram Mohan 8:45 EAI – Report from Coremail on their experiences, frustrations and lessons learned after more than a year with EAI in production (20 min) Marvin Wu 9:05 EAI – Live demonstration of EAI across multiple platforms: Microsoft 365, Gmail, Coremail (40 minutes) Mark Svancarek; Marvin Wu 9:45 Update on ICANN IT’s Pursuit of UA Readiness (20 Minutes) Ashwin Rangan 10:05 Update on APNIC’s Pursuit of UA Readiness (TBC) (15 minutes) TBC 10:20 Break 10:45 Registry/Registrar UA Review (30 minutes) Rich Merdinger 11:15 UA Initiatives Around the World - Eastern Europe – Dusan Stojicevic (15 Minutes) - SaudiNIC experiences and initiatives regarding UA – Raed Al-Fayez (15 Minutes) - Western Europe – Lars Steffen (15 Minutes) Noon Launching the Quick Docs (20 Minutes) Mark Svancarek 12:20 Next Steps Ram Mohan 12:30 Lunch 1:30 Detailed Reading – Introduction to Universal Acceptance (3 Hours) Mark Svancarek Monday UA & TF-AIDN (Task Force – Arabic IDNs) 11:00 – Noon Monday UA @ TechDay 13:40 Tuesday 09:00-10:00 – UASG& SSAC Yacourt ccNSO Presentation 16:15 Universal Acceptance - an update on achievements and the role of ccTLDs in UA achievement Don Hollander, ICANN Wednesday Toubkal 09:00 Update on UASG (15 minutes) Ram Mohan 09:15 Review of Quick Guides (30 Minutes) Mark Svancarek 09:45 Registry/Registrar UA Issue Identification (10 minutes) Rich Merdinger 09:55 UA Readiness Update – ICANN IT (10 minutes) Ashwin Rangan 10:05 Q&A (10 minutes) Ram Mohan

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UA @ ICANN55
by Don Hollander Feb. 29, 2016

Feb. 29, 2016

In case any of you are preparing a briefing paper ahead of Marrakech, you might include something along the following around Universal Acceptance…. The Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) will be meeting again in a full-day workshop on the Sunday (8:30 - Palmeraie). In the morning the group will go through the Quick Guides to Universal Acceptance that have been developed since Dublin. There will also be additional demonstration of EAI (Email Address Internationalisation) in action across a number of platforms and scripts - including some audience participation. An update on progress from ICANN’s CIO on their own UA Readiness Journey will be given as well a discussion on Universal Acceptance issues between Registries and Registrars using EPP. The afternoon will be a continuation of a Close Reading of the UASG’s Flagship document, an Introduction to Universal Acceptance. There will also be a public session on Universal Acceptance on Wednesday from 9:00AM (Toubkal) Don

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Re: [UA-discuss] UA DIscuss COnference Call - Place Holding Meeting
by Mark Svancarek Feb. 25, 2016

Feb. 25, 2016

Sorry for late notice - assuming the meeting is on today, I can't attend due to a monthly service review. -----Original Appointment----- From: Don Hollander [mailto:don.hollander@icann.org] Sent: Thursday, November 5, 2015 9:44 AM To: Don Hollander; UA-discuss(a)icann.org Subject: [UA-discuss] UA DIscuss COnference Call - Place Holding Meeting When: Thursday, February 25, 2016 11:00 PM to Friday, February 26, 2016 12:00 AM (UTC) Coordinated Universal Time. Where: https://icann.adobeconnect.com/universalacceptance This is a meeting request placeholder for a fortnightly call for Universal Acceptance Discussions. It runs through the end of 2015 https://icann.adobeconnect.com/universalacceptance<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2ficann.adob…> MobileUSA tel://1-719-325-2630,*,,7375086559#<tel://1-719-325-2630,*,,7375086559> MobileNZ: tel://0800-459-127,*,,7375086559# MobileHK tel://800-968-082,*,,7375086559# MobileUK tel://0800-368-0950,*,,7375086559# Phone Only Controls : https://go.conferencinghub.com/1n1zr<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fgo.confere…> Other numbers available by request.

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EAI @ UA
by Don Hollander Feb. 24, 2016

Feb. 24, 2016

UASG Email Address Internationalization (EAI) Program 24 February 2016 Short version: If you’re part of the email community, send a note to don.hollander(a)icann.org<mailto:don.hollander@icann.org> join the UASG EAI Program to shape the deployment of internationalized email addresses (e.g., Борис(a)xn--e1afmkfd.xn--p1ai<mailto:Борис@xn--e1afmkfd.xn--p1ai>). More detail: The Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) is a community initiative that’s supported by ICANN with a goal of addressing Universal Acceptance – the idea that all domain names work equally well. EAI (Email Address Internationalization) is an important part of the UASG’s work. Our mission is to encourage wide implementation of EAI and to do this we’re keen to coordination and facilitate discussions among EAI practitioners. The UASG has launched the “UASG EAI Program” to coordinate interoperability testing and discussion of internationalized email addresses. Internationalized email addresses have non-ASCII characters in the local part (to the left of the @ symbol in left-to-right scripts) of the email address. They can (and usually do) have an internationalized domain name. For example: Борис(a)xn--e1afmkfd.xn--p1ai<mailto:Борис@xn--e1afmkfd.xn--p1ai> The standards for internationalized email addresses are defined in RFCs 6530<https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6530>, 6531<https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6531>, and 6532<https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6532>. Since they have yet to be widely adopted, there are few industry best-practices for behaviors that are outside their scope. The goals of the UASG EAI Program are to demonstrate the ability to: - Create EAI Addresses - Send mail to EAI Addresses - Receive mail at EAI addresses - Identify gaps in the RFCs: things that need to be covered before widespread adoption is realistic - Identify ‘good practice’ for EAI deployment - Provide a forum for EAI practitioners to talk. Potential challenges might include: - Dealing with spoofing - What happens when EAI mail goes to a non-EAI compliant platform - Validating EAI mail outside of email systems - Dealing with right-to-left scripts (does the domain go on the right or the left?) - Address normalization - Dealing with aliases - And much, much more. The UASG EAI Program is now seeking participants from the e-mail software and service provider community. Expectations for service providers: - Scope a project within your organization to implement support for EAI and the RFCs linked above. - Provide a single point-of-contact for the UASG EAI Program. (This can be the same person who’s working on the project internally.) - Allow other members of the UASG EAI Program to access a limited number of test accounts for interoperability testing. Towards these ends, we’ve created an EAI mailing list and will be working to identify EAI practitioners and facilitating interaction. If you’d like to participate, please send a note to don.hollander(a)icann.org<mailto:don.hollander@icann.org>.

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Introduction to Universal Acceptance - V7 Review -
by Don Hollander Feb. 24, 2016

Feb. 24, 2016

Given a very small turnout for the call at 7:00 UTC, all in attendance agreed to resume at the 20:00 UTC Call. Don

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Meeting Invitation: Introduction to Universal Acceptance on 24 February 2016 20:00 UTC
by Michelle DeSmyter Feb. 23, 2016

Feb. 23, 2016

This is a meeting invitation for the Introduction to Universal Acceptance call on Wednesday, February 24th at 20:00 UTC For other times: http://tinyurl.com/jo29evz Dial in information for this conference call located below. Agenda Introduction to Universal Acceptance -A close Reading https://icann.adobeconnect.com/universalacceptance MobileUSA tel://1-719-325-2630,*,,7375086559#<tel://1-719-325-2630,*,,7375086559/> MobileNZ: tel://0800-459-127,*,,7375086559# MobileHK tel://800-968-082,*,,7375086559# MobileUK tel://0800-368-0950,*,,7375086559# Phone Only Controls : https://go.conferencinghub.com/1n1zr Other numbers available by request. This is a meeting to closely review Draft 7 of the Introduction to Universal Acceptance that can be found http://1drv.ms/24iBYl2 We are having two calls of up to two hours duration on 24 February 2016 (UTC) to allow participation from all time-zones. The calls are at 07:00 UTC and 20:00 UTC Written comments are also welcome.

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Introduction to Universal Acceptance
by Michelle DeSmyter Feb. 23, 2016

Feb. 23, 2016

The following calendar invite is for the Introduction to Universal Acceptance call on Wednesday, February 24th at 20:00 UTC For other times: http://tinyurl.com/jo29evz Dial in information for this conference call located below. Agenda Introduction to Universal Acceptance -A close Reading https://icann.adobeconnect.com/universalacceptance MobileUSA tel://1-719-325-2630,*,,7375086559#<tel://1-719-325-2630,*,,7375086559/> MobileNZ: tel://0800-459-127,*,,7375086559# MobileHK tel://800-968-082,*,,7375086559# MobileUK tel://0800-368-0950,*,,7375086559# Phone Only Controls : https://go.conferencinghub.com/1n1zr Other numbers available by request. This is a meeting to closely review Draft 7 of the Introduction to Universal Acceptance that can be found http://1drv.ms/24iBYl2 We are having two calls of up to two hours duration on 24 February 2016 (UTC) to allow participation from all time-zones. The calls are at 07:00 UTC and 20:00 UTC Written comments are also welcome.

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Introduction to Universal Acceptance
by Michelle DeSmyter Feb. 23, 2016

Feb. 23, 2016

The following calendar invite is for the Introduction to Universal Acceptance call on Wednesday, February 24th at 20:00 UTC For other times: http://tinyurl.com/jo29evz Dial in information for this conference call located below. Agenda Introduction to Universal Acceptance -A close Reading https://icann.adobeconnect.com/universalacceptance MobileUSA tel://1-719-325-2630,*,,7375086559#<tel://1-719-325-2630,*,,7375086559/> MobileNZ: tel://0800-459-127,*,,7375086559# MobileHK tel://800-968-082,*,,7375086559# MobileUK tel://0800-368-0950,*,,7375086559# Phone Only Controls : https://go.conferencinghub.com/1n1zr Other numbers available by request. This is a meeting to closely review Draft 7 of the Introduction to Universal Acceptance that can be found http://1drv.ms/24iBYl2 We are having two calls of up to two hours duration on 24 February 2016 (UTC) to allow participation from all time-zones. The calls are at 07:00 UTC and 20:00 UTC Written comments are also welcome.

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Universal Acceptance White Paper
by Don Hollander Feb. 23, 2016

Feb. 23, 2016

Dear all: Please find attached a draft of a request for proposals for th production of a White Paper on Universal Acceptance. I would very much welcome comments (on or off-list) on the scope and purpose and other content of the request. I would like, please, to have comments back by the 29th of February. Thank you for your time. Don

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