Internet language change
Showing its roots in America and Western Europe, the Internet still has an address system based on a Latin alphabet. As the Internet has become truly world wide, a need for the ability to have addresses in other language forms has developed and ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has proposed that domain names in Asian and other names be allowed. BBC reports on the ICANN plans:
The body said it that it was finalising plans to introduce web addresses using non-Latin characters.
The proposal – initially approved in 2008 – would allow domain names written in Asian, Arabic or other scripts.
The body said if the final plans were approved on 30 October, it would accept the first applications by 16 November.
It is thought that the new type of names would be in place by mid-2010.
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