© MYNIC Berhad 2011Internet Identity for All Internet Identity For All Development Update for IDN in Malaysia By Lai Heng Choong Manager, Application and.

© MYNIC Berhad 2011Internet Identity for All

Internet Identity For All

Development Update for IDN in Malaysia

By Lai Heng Choong Manager, Application and Development Dept.

APTLD Meeting, Busan, Korea25th August 2011

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Agenda

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IDN in Malaysia


IDN in Malaysia1) Malaysia is a multiracial country

1) Malay (Jawi) 2) Chinese (Simplify Chinese)3) Indian (Tamil)4) Others

2) National language is Bahasa Malaysia (Malay)1) Official education system uses Latin script (a – z and 0

- 9)2) People in Malaysia basically understand and able to

write all Latin script

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IDN in Malaysia1. So, most of the Malaysian has no issues to use

Latin script domain name 1. www.tuition.my => English2. www.tuisyen.my => Bahasa Malaysia(Malay)

2. IDN is more on social / community/ cultural preservation instead of the commercial need

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Type of IDN supported by .my .my will support 3 scripts of IDN, which are Jawi, Chinese and Tamil. As a start, we will launch 2nd level IDNs in Jawi script (for example: اورݢانيسايس..my, .(my..چواب

Jawi Chinese Tamil my 小明 .my மலே�சி�யா�.my.مليسياxn--mgba6a9dd6ab.my

xn--yeto6u.my xn--hlc3bek6de8c.my


Top level StringWhich Top Level should use to represent Malaysia?

. 马来西亚 Country name

. 大马 Short form for Malaysian

.马国 Short form for Chinese in China

مليسيا . Country name

ماي. my

.மலே�சி�யா� Country name

.மைம my

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ماي.

.مليسياIssues in selection Top Level IDN in Malaysia

= .malaysia

= .my

All communities in IDN Jawi agree to choose Malaysia in full name as IDN in Fast Track due to the requirements of IDN which is :

“The IDN ccTLD string(s) must be a meaningful representation of the name of the corresponding country.”

.مليسيا

Top Level IDN for Malaysia


ASCII character

In Jaw

i In T

amil

In

Ch

ines

e

IDN in Malaysia will present in 3 language characters

Top Level IDN for Malaysia


Implementation and Launching Plan


. چوبامليسيا

IDN.ASCII

In Jawi In ChineseIn Tamil

2LD IDN in Malaysia will be in 3 language (Jawi, Chinese, Tamil) scripts

IDN 2LD & TLD Implementation Plan

IDN.IDN(IDN Fast-trackpilot project)

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TLD IDN in Malaysia will be in Jawi scripts first then followed by Chinese and Tamil script.

மலே�சி�யா�. மலே�சி�யா�

马来西亚 . 马来西亚


IDN 2LD Launching Plan

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Two sunrise periods have been agreed by regulator, started of 24 Jan 2011

Sunrise I Sunrise II Final Launch

3 months

1 month

3 months

2 months


IDN 2LD Launching Plan

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Sunrise I 3 months Government agencies, School, Others related to government.

1 month to processSunrise II 3 months .my registrants

2 months to processFinal Launch Open to public

* Reserve all single character domains


Sunrise


Sunrise 1

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• 2nd Level IDN Jawi only• Application open for Government agencies,

School, Others related to government.• 9am 24 Jan 2011 – 5pm 30 April 2011• FOC for 1st year and 2nd year• Only 12 Domain Name had been registered

(August 2011)


Why low registration ?

Most of the Malaysia Computer Keyboards are in English

Jawi is not widely use in Malaysia, even in the Malay community

Lack of market awarenessPublic didn’t think it is a necessary to have

Jawi domain name

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2nd Level IDN – Sunrise 2

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• Jawi, Chinese and Tamil• Application open for government agencies,

government educational entities and existing .my registrants.

• 20 Sept 2011 – 30 Nov 2011• FOC for 1st year


IDN Fast Track Submission


Submission Plan

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3 languages• Jawi, Chinese, Tamil

U-label • Jawi : مليسيا• Chinese : 马来西亚• Tamil : மலே�சி�யா�

A label• Jawi : xn--mgbx4cd0ab• Chinese: xn--jlq471dk9xffo• Tamil: xn--hlc3bek6de8c


IDN Conditions

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The language must be an official language in the corresponding country or territory, and have legal status in the country or territory, or serve as a language of administration.

Jawi is official language and has legal status

Tamil and Chinese is not official language, and also no legal status


IDN Fast Track Submission

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• Jawi has no issue• Chinese and Tamil need more preparation

• Submit Jawi first, and meanwhile preparing Chinese and Tamil supporting documentation

• Jawi application was submitted on July 2011


ICANN IDN Processing Fee

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Source : http://domainincite.com/some-countries-not-paying-icann-for-their-idns/


ICANN IDN Processing Fee

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Source : http://domainincite.com/some-countries-not-paying-icann-for-their-idns/

Sri Lanka, which was billed $52,000 for two strings, only paid $2,000, and the remaining $50,000 appears to have been written off as “uncollectable”.


www.domainregistry.myhttp://rnd.domainregistry.my/idn

http://idn.domainregistry.myEmail : [email protected]

THANK YOUTERIMA KASIH

تريما 謝謝كاسيه

நன்றி�

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