Hebrew, Hindi, other scripts get Web address nod

**MIG-31** · Oct 30, 2009, 05:34 PM

SEOUL, South Korea – The nonprofit body that oversees Internet addresses approved Friday the use of Hebrew, Hindi, Korean and other scripts not based on Latin characters in a decision that could make the Web dramatically more inclusive.

The board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers — or ICANN — voted to allow such scripts in so-called domain names at the conclusion of a weeklong meeting in Seoul, South Korea's capital.
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Source: Yahoo

comp_ali · Oct 30, 2009, 08:03 PM

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Internet users could start seeing them in use early next year, particularly in Arabic, Chinese and other scripts in which demand has been among the highest,

Nice , they've supported Arabic too

simonw · Oct 31, 2009, 04:55 AM

This is good for the non-Latin character community and makes the internet more international, but I think the content of these domains will mainly be localised, I cannot envisage much English content on a site with a non-Latin character website address.

comp_ali · Oct 31, 2009, 05:07 AM

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Originally Posted by simonw

This is good for the non-Latin character community and makes the internet more international, but I think the content of these domains will mainly be localised, I cannot envisage much English content on a site with a non-Latin character website address.

Some sites have more than one domain , you know.

I always wonder why DH don't get Driverheaven.com

simonw · Oct 31, 2009, 05:19 AM

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Originally Posted by comp_ali

Some sites have more than one domain , you know.

I always wonder why DH don't get Driverheaven.com

Ah yes, good point!

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simonw HardwareHeaven Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: HK Posts: 312 Rep Power: 44 System Specs	Re: Hebrew, Hindi, other scripts get Web address nod This is good for the non-Latin character community and makes the internet more international, but I think the content of these domains will mainly be localised, I cannot envisage much English content on a site with a non-Latin character website address.