IGF: ICANN Warns Mistake on Non-English Web Addresses Could 'Permanently Break Internet'
An AP newswire article by Derek Gatopoulos, via USA Today, reports that:
The organization that oversees global Internet functions warned Wednesday that a mistake in a creating more Web addresses using non-Latin letters could "permanently break the Internet."More here.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, made the warning at a U.N.-organized conference on the future of the Internet.
A more multilingual Internet is a key issue at the forum, with future Web growth predicted in developing countries where the Latin alphabet is often unfamiliar.
"ICANN expects that these final tests and discussions will reach a resolution by the end of 2007," CEO Paul Twomey said in a statement. "But this is no simple task. If we get this wrong, we could very easily and permanently break the Internet."
posted by Fergie @ 11/01/2006 02:23:00 PM
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