As the global DNS applications and Top-Level Domain (TLD) registries begin
to adopt the IDNA (Internationalized Domain Names in Applications) standards
the registration of IDNs (Internationalized Domain Names) at shared registry
systems becomes an important element of operational functionality for domain
registries.

Furthering the discussion from the PROVREG group, describing the "desire to
allow a registrar to access multiple registries via the same protocol, even
if the registries differ in operational models," there is interest for
the same to apply to the provisioning of IDNs.

Although the EPP RFCs have already provided extension guidelines, due to the
foreseeable frequency of IDN provisioning and the potential complexity for
registrars if different implementations are adopted by different registries,
it makes sense to try to establish standardized extensions for IDN
provisioning.

In general, there are two main approaches to incorporating IDN provisioning
elements to EPP:
1. Extensions to Domain Mapping; or
2. New IDN Object Mapping.

The goal of this BOF is to see if there is enough interest from the community
to create a workgroup that would be chartered to create documents on both:
1. Requirements of IDN provisioning
2. Standard Extensions for IDN-over-EPP

Relevant RFCs and I-Ds:

IDN-over-EPP I-Ds (some of the drafts are not reflected in the draft repository yet, provided below are temporary alternative URLs):
- Internationalized Domain Name Mapping for the Extensible Provisioning Protocol
(draft-sienkiewicz-epp-idn-00)
http://IDNLink.info/I-D/draft-sienkiewicz-epp-idn-00.txt
- EPP parameters for .pl ccTLD
(draft-zygmuntowicz-epp-pltld-03)
http://IDNLink.info/I-D/draft-zygmuntowicz-epp-pltld-03.txt
- EPP Internationalized Domain Name Mapping
(draft-chung-idnop-epp-idn-02)
http://IDNLink.info/I-D/draft-chung-idnop-epp-idn-02.txt

Relevant IDN RFCs
- Internationalizing Domain Names in Applications (IDNA)
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3490
- Nameprep: A Stringprep Profile for Internationalized Domain Names (IDN)
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3491
- Punycode: A Bootstring encoding of Unicode for Internationalized Domain
Names in Applications (IDNA)
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3492
- Preparation of Internationalized Strings ("stringprep")
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3454

EPP RFCs
- Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP)
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3730
- Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) Domain Name Mapping
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3731
- Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) Host Mapping
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3732
- Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) Contact Mapping
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3733
- Guidelines for Extending the Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP)
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3735

Background IDN Registration Policies RFCs & I-Ds
- Joint Engineering Team (JET) Guidelines for Internationalized Domain
Names (IDN) Registration and Administration for Chinese, Japanese, and
Korean
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3743
- Registration of Internationalized Domain Names: Overview and Method
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-klensin-reg-guidelines-04.txt
- Registration and Administration Guideline for Chinese Domain Names
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-xdlee-idn-cdnadmin-02.txt