General Information on String Evaluation
- What is String Evaluation?
- When does String Evaluation happen?
- Are there clarifying questions in the String Evaluation process?
- Is the String Evaluation process conducted based on the priority order of an application?
- What are the components of String Evaluation?
- What happens after String Evaluation is completed?
Safeguard Assessment
- What is the Safeguard Assessment?
- What are Safeguard Public Interest Commitments (Safeguard PICs)?
- What specific obligations do Safeguard PICs cover?
- Why were Safeguard PICs created?
- Which types of strings require Safeguard PICs?
- How is a string determined to need Safeguard PICs?
- Are the same set of Safeguard PICs required for the strings that fall into any of the four risk-based categories?
- Can the outcome of the Safeguard Assessment be challenged?
- Where are Safeguard PICs documented in the Registry Agreement?
Geographic Names Identification
- What is Geographic Names Identification?
- How is Geographic Names Identification different from Geographic Names Review?
Singular/Plural Notification Evaluation
- What is the Singular/Plural Notification Evaluation and how is it conducted?
- What are the possible outcomes of the Singular/Plural Notification Evaluation?
- How are applicants notified about the outcome of the Singular/Plural Notification Evaluation?
- Can applicants challenge the outcome of a Singular/Plural Notifications Evaluation?
- What must be included in a challenge of Singular/Plural Notifications Evaluation?
- On what grounds can a challenge of Singular/Plural Notifications Evaluation be made?
- How long does ICANN take to review a challenge of Singular/Plural Notifications Evaluation?
- Can an applicant challenge ICANN's evaluation of a Singular/Plural notification?
- How will ICANN review a challenge of Singular/Plural Notification Evaluation?
String Similarity Evaluation
- What is the purpose of the String Similarity Evaluation?
- What does "Visually Similar" mean?
- Who conducts the String Similarity Evaluation?
- Which strings are compared in the String Similarity Evaluation?
- How are variant strings treated in the String Similarity Evaluation?
- What are the possible outcomes of the String Similarity Evaluation?
- Where are the String Similarity Evaluation results published?
- Can the evaluation outcome of the String Similarity Evaluation be challenged?
- Are there exceptions to the String Similarity Evaluation?
Name Collision Initial Assessment and Temporary Delegation
- What is name collision?
- Why does name collision matter for new gTLD applicants?
- What information will be available to help applicants understand potential name collision risks?
- How many strings were considered high risk for name collision in the 2012 Round of the New gTLD Program?
- When does the Name Collision Initial Assessment take place?
- Who oversees the Name Collision Initial Assessment?
- How is Name Collision Initial Assessment conducted?
- What happens after the Name Collision Initial Assessment?
- What is Temporary Delegation?
- How many strings can be temporarily delegated at one time?
- How is DNS query data assessed during Temporary Delegation?
- What outcomes can result from Temporary Delegation?
- How does Temporary Delegation impact overall application progression?
- How long does Temporary Delegation last?