UNESCO, ICANN and ISOC to Launch Development of Glossary on Internet Governance for Arabic Speakers
UNESCO, ICANN and the Internet Society (ISOC) are finalizing a framework to establish an Arabic glossary of Internet governance terms to support engagement in multistakeholder Internet governance processes by Arabic-speaking communities.
Participation of all stakeholder and geographical communities is essential for a healthy and vibrant Internet ecosystem. Evidence shows that speakers of languages where Internet terminology does not exist tend to be increasingly disadvantaged in everyday conversation and professional settings, as well as in being able to participate actively in Internet governance processes.
Internet governance sees a constant and rapid introduction of new terms and concepts. This new glossary will help ensure that Arabic-speakers have the necessary language tools to fully participate in and contribute to multistakeholder policy-making processes on various platforms, including the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) and Internet Governance Forum (IGF).
The partners in this project seek to provide methodological assistance to Arabic-speaking countries and communities – particularly national and regional professional organizations working in the field of language policy development and Internet governance. The project will be a collaborative process involving multiple stakeholders, and will also include a public consultation.
As an open, inclusive and fully multistakeholder process, the next step will be a call for national and regional professional organizations in the field of language policies, experts on Internet governance issues and any other volunteer experts to join efforts and consult on the development of terms for the glossary.
If you are interested to contribute to the implementation of this project, please send your expression of interest to Ms Irmgarda Kasinskaite-Buddeberg by email at: i.kasinskaite(at)unesco.org.
This announcement was sourced from :
http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-27oct13-en.htm
DNS.BE Approaching 1.5 Million .BE Domain Name Registrations
DNS.BE,the company responsible for the administrations of .BE extension,is approaching 1,5 million domain name registrations under .BE.
DNS.be revealed continued growth in the .BE domain name registrations in the last couple of years .According to the statistics,Belgium has one registered domain name for 10 people.
DNE.BE hit the one million milestone in February,2010 .This means that in about three years,500,000 .BE domain names were added .This is the results of the excellent reputation the .BE domain name has built up over the years .
Up to date there are 1,423,383 .According to the statistics on DNS.BE website,26,173 .BE domain names were registered in the lat 30 days .
To register your .BE domain name check out EuroDNS here .
Minta Beverages Acquires Minta.com Domain Name
Minta Beverages Inc announced recently that it has acquired the domain name Minta.com for an undisclosed amount .
Minta.com was acquired from Chicago based designers firm.The company moved their current website Mintasoda.com to the new domain name .
“This is the great news for our company to acquire our trade mark domain. We hope to make an interactive experience for our customers unique and exciting. We have moved our current website Mintasoda.com to new domain Minta.com,” said president of Minta Beverages, Jenia Kokotuha.
Three new gTLD Applications Passed Evaluation This Week
According to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN),three new gTLD applications passed Evaluation this week .
Boston Consulting Group passed Extended Evaluation on .BCG new gTLD,MMA IARD ,passed Initial Evaluation for .MMA ,a dot-brand and I-Registry,passed Extended Evaluation on .Online new gTLD.
Both Boston Consulting Group and I-REGISTRY ,failed Initial Evaluation first time .
Yahoo Files UDRP Complaint for YoYahoo.com Domain Name
Yahoo has filed a UDRP ,seeking control of YoYahoo.com domain name.The complaint was filed with the National Arbitration Forum a few days ago.
The National Arbitration Forum will examine if YoYahoo.com domain is confusingly similar to Yahoo’s trademark,if the current owner has rights over it and if the domain is being used in bad faith .The disputed domain name will be passed over to Yahoo if it falls under all three of these stipulations.
The case is still pending compliance checks with the National Arbitration Forum .
