CIRA Looks To Add French Characters In .CA Domain Registrations

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Dave Forde
January 30, 2012

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) recently announced the second and final phase of its consultation in the implementation of French characters in .CA domain names. As part of the next phase, .ca domain holders and other uses who are looking to register a new .ca domain, are invited to provide their feedback on certain revisions to CIRA’s proposed policy to help the organization finalize its plan for launching IDNs later this year.
CIRA received a tremendous amount of feedback in the first round of its public consultation held during twelve weeks last fall, with over 350 comments on the online forum and more than 50 submissions. CIRA engaged The Strategic Counsel to analyze all of the responses following the close of the public consultation. They prepared a corresponding report which provides highlights of the responses and summarizes the key themes of the feedback received. This report can be found on idnconsultation.ca.

“Internationalized Domain Names are critical to enable Canadians to register and access domain names in both of Canada’s official languages,” says Byron Holland, CIRA’s President and CEO. “The level of response we received during the first phase of the consultation demonstrates how important this issue is to our Registrants.”

Based on feedback received during the first round of the consultation, CIRA has revised its proposed policy for the launch of IDNs for the second round of consultations. The new proposal is available on idnconsultation.ca. .CA Members, Registrants, Registrars and Canadian Internet users are invited to comment online or to make submissions until February 24, 2012.

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Dave “The Connector” Forde has been involved in the marketing, public relations and technology industry across Canada for over 20 years in various sales and marketing roles, he launched The Connected One network of business sites which connects buyers to the right sellers. Profectio and PR In Canada covers news about the marketing and public relations industry each day helping professionals advance their career and businesses. He also serves as an advisor to a number of businesses across the country. Find Dave on LinkedIn and Twitter.


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