Posts Tagged ‘IDNs

By John Yunker On the emergence URLs in non-Latin scripts, known as internationalized domain names (IDNs). The Internet may touch all corners of the globe, but for millions of people it still remains frustratingly out of touch. The URL—that web address that connects users to content—has long remained limited to a handful of Latin-based characters. [...]

The face of the Internet is about to change, and its potential impact on international Internet use cannot be understated. Earlier today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which governs domains, registrations, Internet Protocol addresses, and many other aspects of the net, voted to approve a fast-track process for implementing non-Latin domain [...]

The first Internet addresses with non-Latin characters will soon be online after today’s approval of the new Internationalized Domain Name Fast Track Process by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). "The coming introduction of non-Latin characters represents the biggest technical change to the Internet since it was created four decades ago," said [...]


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