IDN WG
The IDN (Internationalized Domain Name) Working Group was formed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) in 2000 to develop standards in order to internationalize or use multilingual domain names. They were tasked to create a specific set of requirements and formulate IETF standards-track protocols to allow the use of non ASCII scripts or characters as domain names.[1] The IDN Working Group was co-chaired by James Seng and Marc Blanchet.[2]
Background
The internationalization of domain names was first introduced by Martin Duerst from the University of Zürich through an Internet Draft submitted to the IETF on December 10, 1996.[3] [4] Following Duerst proposal to internationalized the domain names, the National University in Singapore Center for Internet Research organized a team led by Prof. Tan Tin Wee along with Lim Juay Kwang and Leong Kok Yong to conduct a research on IDN in 1998. During that year further research and meetings were done in conjunction with Duerst proposal which include Prof. S. Subiah's research from Bioinformatrix Pte. Ltd., Geneva INET'98 Conference, APNG General Meeting and Working Group Meetings.The iDNS Working group was formed and James Seng was recruited by Bioinformatrix Pte. Ltd. to lead the continuous development of IDN.[5]