The Web Moves Toward Inclusion
The Associated Press is reporting that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has approved the use of scripts other than the standard Latin characters for web domains.
After years of debate, the decision to make the web more inclusive in this way by the nonprofit board’s 15 voting members received a standing ovation after a week-long series of meetings in Seoul, Korea.
This will allow governments to submit requests for specific non-Latin domain names, as soon as mid-November, and we’ll start seeing them used early next year. Non-Latin versions of “.com” and “.org” won’t be allowed for a few more years, however.
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