General Information
- What is Application Evaluation?
- When does Application Evaluation take place?
- What are the components of Application Evaluation?
- Why is Application Evaluation important?
- How will Application Evaluation be conducted for an applicant with multiple applications?
- What are the clarifying questions in the Application Evaluation process?
- What happens if the application does not pass certain components of the Application Evaluation?
- Does the Application Evaluation cost additional fees beyond the gTLD Evaluation Fee?
Registry Services Provider Review
- What is the Registry Service Provider (RSP) Review?
- Why is the RSP Review important?
- What information must an applicant provide with respect to RSPs?
- Does an applicant need to select an ICANN-approved RSP before submitting an application?
- What happens if an applicant does not select an ICANN-approved RSP in time for the RSP Review?
- Can an applicant change its RSP after submitting its application?
Reserved Names Review
- What is the Reserved Names Review?
- Why is the Reserved Names Review important?
- What is verified during the Reserved Names Review?
- Who verifies the documentation during the Reserved Names Review?
- What happens if the documentation is incomplete or insufficient?
Geographic Names Review
- What is the Geographic Names Review?
- Who conducts the Geographic Names Review?
- When does the Geographic Names Review occur?
- What does the Geographic Names Review evaluate?
- Why is documentation of support or non-objection from government(s) or public authority(ies) required for Geographic Name strings?
- How is documentation verified during the Geographic Names Review?
- What happens if the required documentation is missing or incomplete?
- What happens when multiple applicants apply for the same Geographic Name?
- How much does the Geographic Names Review cost?
Registry Operator Code of Conduct Exemption Evaluation
- What is the Registry Operator Code of Conduct and its exemption?
- Who may request a Registry Operator Code of Conduct Exemption?
- Why would a registry operator seek the Code of Conduct Exemption?
- When is the Registry Operator Code of Conduct Exemption evaluated and who conducts the evaluation?
- How much does the Registry Operator Code of Conduct Exemption Evaluation cost?
- What criteria must be satisfied to obtain a Registry Operator Code of Conduct Exemption?
- How does the Registry Operator Code of Conduct Exemption evaluation handle variant strings?
- What documentation must an applicant provide for the Registry Operator Code of Conduct Exemption Evaluation?
- What are the possible outcomes of the Registry Operator Code of Conduct Exemption Evaluation?
- Is there an Extended Evaluation or challenge mechanism if the Registry Operator Code of Conduct exemption is denied?
- Can an applicant put forward or withdraw a Registry Operator Code of Conduct Exemption request?
- Does the public have input into the Registry Operator Code of Conduct Exemption Evaluation?
.Brand TLD Eligibility Evaluation
- What is the .Brand TLD Eligibility Evaluation?
- Who conducts the .Brand TLD Eligibility Evaluation?
- When does the .Brand TLD Eligibility Evaluation occur?
- What criteria must an application meet to pass the .Brand TLD Eligibility Evaluation?
- How much does the .Brand TLD Eligibility Evaluation cost?
- What happens during the .Brand TLD Eligibility Evaluation?
- What are the possible outcomes of the .Brand TLD Eligibility Evaluation?
- Can an applicant challenge the evaluation result if its application does not pass the .Brand TLD Eligibility Evaluation?
Variant String Evaluation
- What is Variant String Evaluation?
- Why is Variant String Evaluation important?
- Who conducts the Variant String Evaluation?
- When does the Variant String Evaluation occur?
- What criteria must an application meet to pass the Variant String Evaluation?
- What happens if an applied-for variant string does not pass the Variant String Evaluation?
- What is variant string justification and why is it required?
Criterion 1: Documentation for Meaning or Intended Meaning of the String
- What documentation do I need if my variant string is a dictionary word?
- What if the word is not in a dictionary or a dictionary is not published for the language?
- What if the variant string is not a dictionary word but represents an intended word in a dictionary?
- What if the intended word is not in a dictionary or a dictionary is not published for the language?
- What documentation is needed for proper names or morphological forms not typically in dictionaries?
- What if the selection of my variant string is motivated by reasons beyond lexical meaning?
- What language stability requirements must I demonstrate?
Criterion 2: Documentation for Demonstrating Equivalence
- How do I prove that my variant string is recognized as equivalent by the intended user community?
- What if the variant string is not in a dictionary because its part of speech is not normally included?
- What if selection of the variant string is motivated by reasons beyond the meaning of the word?
Criterion 3: Documentation for Identifying Benefits and User Communities
Criterion 4: Documentation for Managing Operational Complexity
- What operational and management complexity considerations must I address?
- What additional measures beyond limiting variant numbers should I describe?
Name Collision High-Risk Mitigation Plan Evaluation
- What is a Name Collision High-Risk Mitigation Plan?
- Why is the Name Collision High-Risk Mitigation Plan needed?
- Who may submit a Name Collision High-Risk Mitigation Plan?
- When and how must the Name Collision High-Risk Mitigation Plan be submitted?
- What must be included in a Name Collision High-Risk Mitigation Plan?
- How is the Name Collision High-Risk Mitigation Plan evaluated?
- How much does the Name Collision High-Risk Mitigation Plan Evaluation cost?
- Can the Name Collision High-Risk Mitigation Plan be revised?
- Will the public be able to see the Name Collision High-Risk Mitigation Plan?
- What happens if mitigation actions for name collision must occur before delegation of the applied-for string?
- What happens if mitigation actions for name collision occur after delegation of the applied-for string?
- What happens if the Name Collision High-Risk Mitigation Plan fails evaluation?
- Can an applicant challenge the result of the Name Collision High-Risk Mitigation Plan Evaluation?
- What are the possible outcomes of a challenge of the Name Collision High-Risk Mitigation Plan Evaluation?
- How do variant strings affect Name Collision High-Risk Mitigation Plan Evaluation?
Registry Commitments Evaluation
- What is the Registry Commitments Evaluation?
- What are Registry Voluntary Commitments (RVCs)?
- Why would an applicant propose a Registry Voluntary Commitment (RVC)?
- Who conducts the Registry Commitments Evaluation?
- When does the Registry Commitments Evaluation take place?
- How much does the Registry Commitments Evaluation cost?
- What criteria are used to evaluate Registry Voluntary Commitments and Community Registration Policies?
- What should applicants expect during the Registry Commitments Evaluation?
- How does the Registry Commitments Evaluation handle variant strings?
- How does the Registry Commitments Evaluation affect an application?
- What does it mean when an application passes the Registry Commitments Evaluation?
- Is there an Extended Evaluation or challenge mechanism if a proposed Registry Voluntary Commitment or Community Registration Policy is not approved?
- Can approved Registry Voluntary Commitments be changed or removed later?
- How are approved Registry Voluntary Commitments and Community Registration Policies enforced after delegation?