August 2016 - UA-discuss - lists.iana.org

Updates to the UA Wiki Page uasg.tech
by Don Hollander Nov. 15, 2016

Nov. 15, 2016

Dear all: There have been some updates to the UA Wiki page over the past couple of days: In the Documents tab, we have added: UASG005 - Quick Guides in Chinese, Arabic and Russian UASG009 - Quick Guide to Tender and Contractual Documents At the bottom of this same page we have also added a Registry of Interests for those in the Coordination Group - so that there is transparency of potential vested interests when we contract out work. Don

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Re: [UA-discuss] Language - how do you refer to non-ASCII to a non-technical audience?
by Naomi Pearce Oct. 3, 2016

Oct. 3, 2016

I keep tripping up on referring to language being "non-" something. Here's why. If I ask you to think of an elephant that isn't blue, what's the first thing you think of? Often, it's a blue elephant first, then one works to get to non-blue. In sports, coaches deal with this all the time. For example, if a coach tells a baseball pitcher to avoid pitching low and inside, sure enough, the tendency will be low, or inside. Therefore, the coach is the one who has to do the translation of what it is they actually want, rather than what they don't want -- in the example, to pitch to the outside, or to pitch higher. [Feel free to adjust the example to any sport, or coached activity, that you like.] In our case, I ask myself if it would be better to focus on what the language is, rather than isn't. That's where it gets challenging. A half-step would be talking about languages 'beyond' English. It still has a fair amount of the blue-elephant problem. I think 'domains in world languages' is heading in the right direction, though it's a tad dense in that I have no idea what a 'world language' is unless I mentally work really hard. Ergo, some brainstormed notions below... take what you need and leave the rest. On 7/22/16 at 12:41 PM, jothan(a)jothan.com (Jothan Frakes) wrote: >Not sure if 'domains in world languages' In case any of these suggestions or ideas resonate, how about: 'domains in all languages' 'domains in all written languages' 'domains in every language' 'domains in any major language' 'domains in any language used in the world' 'domains in most major languages' 'domains in many kinds of languages' 'domains in various languages used in the world' 'domains in the native languages used in the world' 'domains in native languages' 'domains in local languages' Just thoughts... -- TTFN, tah tah for now, Naomi Pearce Pearce Communications 510/528-0824 *********************************************************** "Any fool can farm flatland!" -- Walter Camp ***********************************************************

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Revised UASG004 - UA Use Cases - ready to be published.
by Don Hollander Sept. 9, 2016

Sept. 9, 2016

We’ve made a couple of changes to the UASG004 UA Use Cases document that have come up as people start using them to test their systems and I want to make sure that the information in the attached is correct. Particularly, we’ve created another test case for the ‘open dot’ “。” character that is sometimes used instead of the traditional ‘.’ Our documentation indicates that we expect applications to convert these ‘open dots’ to normal ‘.’ dots. We are still having some discussions around the Right-to-left scripts, mostly because copy/paste sometimes appears to do some transformations. Your thoughts are welcome on both topics, or others. Thanks. Don

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EAI development in India
by Tan Tanaka, Dennis Sept. 8, 2016

Sept. 8, 2016

Worth sharing https://thetechportal.com/2016/08/18/xgenplus-supports-idn-domain-names-in-… Sent from my iPhone

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Save the date(s)
by Don Hollander Sept. 2, 2016

Sept. 2, 2016

A couple of dates that you might want to include in your calendars: October 11 & 12, 2016 - UASG Coordination Group Face-to-Face meeting in Washington, DC. If your in or around Washington and would like to join us for some or all of it, please let me know. Agenda forthcoming. We will also make the meeting available over Adobe Connect. November 2, 2016 - Hyderabad. This is a tentative date for the UASG Workshop on day 0 of the ICANN meeting. While the UASG Workshop will take up the morning, we’re partnering with APTLD for an afternoon session looking at IDN TLDs (cc&g). Both programs are in development. This will also be available over Adobe Connect. We also expect to have a Public Session during the ICANN meeting, but I don’t know the day or time of that. Don Don Hollander Universal Acceptance Steering Group Skype: don_hollander

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UASG Surveys - Results and Request
by Don Hollander Aug. 29, 2016

Aug. 29, 2016

We’re doing another survey looking to create a list of email software and service providers that we should look at to see how EAI ready they are. (EAI is Email Address Internationalisation which allows IDNs in the domain name and unicode characters in the mailbox/user name) Here’s a link to this survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LH7YV3S And thanks to those who participated in the recent survey on the UASG and the areas we should be considering (or not) and how we’re doing. The results for that survey are available at https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-NHDKNTNM/ <https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-NHDKNTNM/> (Like golf, a low score is good) We’ll keep the EAI survey open until the 10th of September. Thanks. Don Don Hollander Universal Acceptance Steering Group Skype: don_hollander

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Re: [UA-discuss] UA Issues Logging and Resolution Project
by Tan Tanaka, Dennis Aug. 29, 2016

Aug. 29, 2016

Don, Does “actively pursue resolution” mean that the support team will seek resolution of the issue by means of existing channels (e.g. bugs.chromium.org, bugreport.apple.com) or is the group envisioning a different strategy? Who to collect information from? I would suggest the team starts small, as in a beta program, with a limited number of users in order for the team to test drive the different elements of the reporting tool and resolution processes. -Dennis On 8/26/16, 3:43 PM, "ua-discuss-bounces(a)icann.org on behalf of Richard Merdinger" <ua-discuss-bounces(a)icann.org on behalf of rmerdinger(a)godaddy.com> wrote: Don, How would the "loop be closed" on these requests? When someone posts an issue, knowing someone is looking at it is great., but knowing when it has been addressed is even better. Reporting-wise, it would be good to be able to know which organizations are most responsive to fixing reported issues. Rather than shaming those who don't, we could celebrate those that are responsible. --Rich Richard Merdinger VP, Domains - GoDaddy e: rmerdinger(a)godaddy.com m: +1.319.530.4100 s: Richard.Merdinger -----Original Message----- From: ua-discuss-bounces(a)icann.org [mailto:ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Don Hollander Sent: Friday, August 26, 2016 2:53 AM To: UA-discuss(a)icann.org Subject: [UA-discuss] UA Issues Logging and Resolution Project A small group has formed to look at the idea of the UASG creating a facility to log instances of UA failures and to work to reach out to the relevant source of those failures to education and encourage them to become UA Ready. The group consists of George Minardos, Michael Palage, Michaela Quinzy and Gwen Carlson. We’ve had one call and numerous emails. The result is the attached first draft for discussion within the UASG community. So, please read this and share your comments and ideas. Don

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UA Issues Logging and Resolution Project
by Don Hollander Aug. 26, 2016

Aug. 26, 2016

A small group has formed to look at the idea of the UASG creating a facility to log instances of UA failures and to work to reach out to the relevant source of those failures to education and encourage them to become UA Ready. The group consists of George Minardos, Michael Palage, Michaela Quinzy and Gwen Carlson. We’ve had one call and numerous emails. The result is the attached first draft for discussion within the UASG community. So, please read this and share your comments and ideas. Don Don Hollander Universal Acceptance Steering Group Skype: don_hollander

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Re: [UA-discuss] UASG Survey - August 2016
by Don Hollander Aug. 26, 2016

Aug. 26, 2016

This is a reminder. While the survey was scheduled to close on the 24th, I’ll probably start working on the analysis early next week. So, if you’ve not completed the survey, please do so. Thanks. Don On 17/08/16, 6:32 PM, "Don Hollander" <ua-discuss-bounces(a)icann.org on behalf of don.hollander(a)icann.org> wrote: Please take a few minutes to complete this survey to help us determine what projects to pursue next and how we can improve your involvement. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HQ3N8CT This survey will close on the 24th of August. Thanks so much. Don Don Hollander Universal Acceptance Steering Group Skype: don_hollander

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UA Issues Logging and Resolution Project
by Don Hollander Aug. 26, 2016

Aug. 26, 2016

A small group has formed to look at the idea of the UASG creating a facility to log instances of UA failures and to work to reach out to the relevant source of those failures to education and encourage them to become UA Ready. The group consists of George Minardos, Michael Palage, Michaela Quinzy and Gwen Carlson. We’ve had one call and numerous emails. The result is the attached first draft for discussion within the UASG community. So, please read this and share your comments and ideas. Don Don Hollander Universal Acceptance Steering Group Skype: don_hollander

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