IDN over EPP BOF (idnprov)

Tuesday, November 9 at 1700-1800
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CHAIR: Howard Eland (heland@afilias.info) 
 
AGENDA:

- Presentation on Background and Problem
- Presentation/Discussion on Two Main Approaches: IDN Object Mapping 
  & Domain Mapping Extensions
- Presentation on the three IDN-EPP drafts (and their operational 
  experiences -- server side)
- EPP parameters for .pl ccTLD (draft-zygmuntowicz-epp-pltld-03)
- Internationalized Domain Name Mapping for the Extensible Provisioning 
  Protocol (draft-sienkiewicz-epp-idn-00)
- EPP Internationalized Domain Name Mapping (draft-chung-idnop-epp-idn-02)
- Presentation by Registrar (client side experience)
- Discussion on Next Steps


DESCRIPTION:

IDN-over-EPP

As the global DNS applications and Top-Level Domain (TLD) registries begin 
to adopt the IDNA (Internationalized Domain Names in Applications) standards 
the registration of IDNs (Internationalized Domain Names) at shared registry 
systems becomes an important element of operational functionality for domain 
registries.

Furthering the discussion from the PROVREG group, describing the "desire to 
allow a registrar to access multiple registries via the same protocol, even 
if the registries differ in operational models," there is interest for 
the same to apply to the provisioning of IDNs.

Although the EPP RFCs have already provided extension guidelines, due to the 
foreseeable frequency of IDN provisioning and the potential complexity for 
registrars if different implementations are adopted by different registries, 
it makes sense to try to establish standardized extensions for IDN 
provisioning.

In general, there are two main approaches to incorporating IDN provisioning 
elements to EPP: 
1. Extensions to Domain Mapping; or 
2. New IDN Object Mapping.

The goal of this BOF is to see if there is enough interest from the community 
to create a workgroup that would be chartered to create documents on both:
1. Requirements of IDN provisioning
2. Standard Extensions for IDN-over-EPP


Relevant RFCs and I-Ds:

IDN-over-EPP I-Ds (some of the drafts are not reflected in the draft repository yet, provided below are temporary alternative URLs):
- Internationalized Domain Name Mapping for the Extensible Provisioning Protocol
  (draft-sienkiewicz-epp-idn-00) 
  http://IDNLink.info/I-D/draft-sienkiewicz-epp-idn-00.txt
- EPP parameters for .pl ccTLD 
  (draft-zygmuntowicz-epp-pltld-03) 
  http://IDNLink.info/I-D/draft-zygmuntowicz-epp-pltld-03.txt
- EPP Internationalized Domain Name Mapping 
  (draft-chung-idnop-epp-idn-02) 
  http://IDNLink.info/I-D/draft-chung-idnop-epp-idn-02.txt

Relevant IDN RFCs
- Internationalizing Domain Names in Applications (IDNA) 
  http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3490
- Nameprep: A Stringprep Profile for Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) 
  http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3491
- Punycode: A Bootstring encoding of Unicode for Internationalized Domain 
  Names in Applications (IDNA) 
  http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3492
- Preparation of Internationalized Strings ("stringprep") 
  http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3454

EPP RFCs
- Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) 
  http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3730
- Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) Domain Name Mapping 
  http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3731
- Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) Host Mapping 
  http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3732
- Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) Contact Mapping 
  http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3733
- Guidelines for Extending the Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) 
  http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3735

Background IDN Registration Policies RFCs & I-Ds
- Joint Engineering Team (JET) Guidelines for Internationalized Domain 
  Names (IDN) Registration and Administration for Chinese, Japanese, and 
  Korean 
  http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3743
- Registration of Internationalized Domain Names: Overview and Method 
  http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-klensin-reg-guidelines-04.txt
- Registration and Administration Guideline for Chinese Domain Names 
  http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-xdlee-idn-cdnadmin-02.txt