Afilias Announces Launch of New IDN Scripts for .INFO Domain.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Afilias, a global provider of Internet domain name An organization's unique name on the Internet. The chosen name combined with a top level domain (TLD), such as .com or .org, also called a "domain extension," makes up the Internet domain name. For example, computerlanguage.com is the domain name for the publisher of this Encyclopedia. registry services, announced today that it has released support for eight additional Internationalized Domain Name An internationalized domain name (IDN) is an Internet domain name that (potentially) contains non-ASCII characters. Such domain names could contain letters with diacritics, as required by many European languages, or characters from non-Latin scripts such as Arabic or (IDN (Internationalized Domain Name) A .com or .net domain name that is represented in non-English characters and symbols, with .com and .net appended at the end in English letters. ) language scripts1 in the .INFO generic top-level domain See Internet domain name. . These eight additional scripts join the German (DE) script that launched in 2004. The new scripts include: Polish (PL), Swedish (SV), Danish (DA), Hungarian (HU), Icelandic (IS), Latvian (LV), Lithuanian (LT), and Korean (KO). "As the only truly global domain, we are pleased to continue to provide innovations to .INFO that help to expand its relevance and usefulness worldwide, and at the same time bring the domain to a wider base of customers that can ensure more locally available and indigenous content for an international, non-English speaking audience," said Roland A. LaPlante, Chief Marketing Officer for Afilias. "This is especially timely given the recent upgrades to the Internet Explorer Microsoft's Web browser, which comes with Windows starting with Windows 98. Commonly called "IE," versions for Mac and Unix are also available. Internet Explorer is the most widely used Web browser on the market. It has also been the browser engine in AOL's Internet access software. browser and launch of IE7 which is the first version to support the IDN standard natively, making IDN resolution easyaand automatic-- for the many Internet users." Internet users are familiar with using domains that are written in ASCII characters See ASCII chart. - on Web sites, in e-mail, and in many other Internet applications. Afilias' IDNs provide users with the ability to register their desired domain in their local language, using non-ASCII characters that previously did not work in Web browsers. Afilias' IDN technology seamlessly works with IDNA IDNA Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IETF) IDNA Integral Depletable Neutron Absorber IDNA Intelligent Dual Nano Architecture Web browsers and e-mail clients so that the new domain can resolve. Internet applications, such as Internet Explorer 7, Netscape 8.1.2, Firefox 1.5.0.7, and Opera 9 support the use of IDNs. Afilias' IDN registrations are based on the Punycode standard approved in 2003. .INFO was the first domain to automatically accept Punycode registrations in a gTLD when it launched the German script in 2004. Those interested in registering .INFO IDN names should contact an ICANN-accredited and Afilias-authorized registrar of their choice. For additional information on the resolution of IDNs, please see the Afilias' backgrounder at: http://www.afilias.info/register/idn/idn_background About .INFO .INFO was the first generic, unrestricted TLD (Top Level Domain) The highest level domain category in the Internet domain naming system. There are two types: the generic top level domains (gTLDs) such as .com, .org, and .net, and the country codes, such as .ca, .uk and .jp. See gTLD and Internet domain name. to be launched since .com. Registrations in .INFO first became available in 2001. Since then, .INFO has grown to become the sixth largest TLD in the world with well over 3.5 million registrations. Over 70 percent of .INFO's registrations are being used on the Web either for dedicated Web sites, redirects to other Web sites, parked pages, password protected pages, etcetera. .INFO currently contains over two million live sites. About Afilias Afilias, a fully integrated global provider of domain name registry A domain name registry, also called Network Information Centre (NIC), is part of the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet which converts domain names to IP addresses. services, maintains international headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, sales offices in London, England and Vancouver, British Columbia, sales and operational facilities in Toronto, administrative offices in the U.S. near Philadelphia, PA, and operational offices in New Delhi, India. Afilias provides a full range of registry services leveraging proven technology that is fast, reliable and secure. Afilias provides registry services support to the .ORG gTLD (under contract to Public Interest Registry Public Interest Registry is a not-for-profit corporation created by the Internet Society in 2002 to manage the .org top-level domain. It took over the operation of the domain from VeriSign on 1 January 2003. Afilias manages the technical operations of the . ), the .INFO gTLD and several country code TLDs. For more information please visit www.afilias.info 1 The term "script" refers only to the conversion of specific non-ASCII characters to ASCII-based strings that will be registered as domain names. |
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