Working group report on choosing the proposal for the Cyrillic IDN of Serbia
Belgrade, 17 May 2010 - The working group for choosing the Cyrillic ccTLD of the Republic of Serbia has adopted the report on selecting the proposals which are to be put to vote for the Cyrillic domain name.
The working group report is available here.
To see the list of all the received proposals along with their grades, adopted by the working group as final, please click here.Selected proposals for the Cyrillic domain name of Serbia which will go to public voting
Belgrade, 10 May 2010 - The working group for the introduction of the Cyrillic ccTLD, which is supposed to represent Serbia online, has reviewed all proposals for the new Cyrillic domain name.
During the review of the proposals for the Cyrillic domain name of Serbia, the following methods have been used:- questionnaires conducted at IT conventions
- RNIDS forum dedicated to the choice of Cyrillic domain name
- forums organised within IT magazines and journals
- questionnaires of RNIDS
The working group would like to thank everyone who took part in the public discussion by sending their proposals.
Please visit www.glasanje.rnids.rs as soon as possible so as to vote for the new domain name which will best represent Serbia.SPC participates in selecting Cyrillic Internet domain of Serbia
Belgrade, 3 March 2010 – At a proposal of the Serbian National Register of Internet Domain Names (RNIDS), the Serbian Orthodox Church will participate in activities related to the choice of the Cyrillic Internet domain of Serbia. The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church delegated Mr. Oliver Subotić as its representative in a working group for selecting the Cyrillic domain of Serbia. Mr. Subotić is a theologian and information scientist, as well as the head of the Center for the Study and Use of Modern Technologies. To see the news on the official Website of the Serbian Orthodox Church, please visit the following link: http://www.spc.rs/eng/soc_participates_selection_cyrillic_internet_domain_serbiaPublic discussion on Cyrillic ccTLD
Belgrade, 3 February 2010 – The discussion about the introduction of the Cyrillic ccTLD was held at the Serbian Chamber of Commerce on 2 February 2010. Members of the RNIDS Managing Board, representatives of the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society, the Informatics Association of Serbia, CONUS, the Serbian Business Registers Agency, the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, Gartner, editors of specialised IT magazines, as well as experts who actively promote the Cyrillic on the Internet attended the meeting. The goal of the meeting was to reach an agreement on the manner of initiating a public discussion on choosing a string that will become the Cyrillic ccTLD which will represent the Republic of Serbia on the Internet.
A working group was formed at the end of the meeting. Based on ideas presented at the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, this group will create a plan of activities for carrying out a public discussion.Conclusion of the Serbian Government regarding Cyrillic ccTLD
Belgrade, 2 February 2010 – At a session held on 14 January 2010, the Government brought a conclusion on the responsibilities of the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society in creating conditions for the allocation of the Cyrillic ccTLD. The conclusion of the Government is available here.RNIDS is preparing to participate in introducing Cyrillic ccTLD
Belgrade, 2 February 2010 – The Serbian National Register of Internet Domain Names is preparing to introduce the Cyrillic ccTLD.
The procedure that needs to be completed for the Cyrillic ccTLD, which will represent the Republic of Serbia, to appear on the Internet is available at http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/idn-cctld-implementation-plan-16nov09-en.pdf.Four countries passed the first phase of IDN ccTLD registration
Belgrade, 1 February 2010 – From 16 November 2009, when the registration process for IDN ccTLDs began, ICANN has received 16 requests for IDN ccTLDs that represent eight different languages. The requests from four countries – Egypt, The Russian Federation, The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have already passed the first phase – checking technical and linguistic requirements for IDN. If you would like to see how these domains would look like, visit http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/string-evaluation-completion-en.htm.Internationalized Domain Name Country Code Top Level Domain (IDN ccTLD)
Belgrade, 1 February 2010 – The rules that enable the registration of IDN ccTLDs were ratified at the annual meeting of ICANN held on 30 October 2009 in South Korea. IDNs enable the use of a local language and script for the string that will represent a country on the Internet. Countries which apply for localised domains can use only a non-Latin script and their official language. A comprehensive list of conditions that a string needs to fulfil so as to become the IDN ccTLD can be found in The Final Implementation Plan for IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process.
