[LINK] Dot Asia a good idea?

[David Lochrin]

Thanks, Kim, for your excellent primer on the subject.

Kim Davies wrote:

> This is why there is a desire to introduce non-Latin based 
> top-level domains. .测试 and .測試 amongst others will be 
> introduced into the DNS root zone in just a few hours 
> as the first step toward this.

   Don't leave us in suspense - what are the .测试 and .測試 domains?

   Why cannot there be semantic equivalents of registered names, such that translations within a given language domain use one and translations outside that domain use the Latin alphabet as a primary & default language?  (I think domain names could probably not be in mixed languages.)  And what do Arabic- or CJK- speaking regions do now?

> | I'm waiting for .coca-cola and .ibm as TLDs !!!  Who are our new
> | overlords?
>
> The policy for the selection of new gTLDs is currently under development
> and could well result in policies that would allow those types of
> domains. (There is more about it at
> http://www.icann.org/topics/new-gtld-strategy-faq.htm)

   This sounds to me like ad-hoc power-based rule making.  If the structure of domain naming is not properly architected the whole thing will eventually self destruct.

David