Internationalized Domain Names (IDN), an Internet Domain name made up of non-ASCII characters, may be a rare sight but as Malaysians we should not be left behind the availability of technologies. Last week, the .my Domain Registry and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commissions (SKMM) announced in the Forum on Internationalized Domain Name that they will be working on a 1-year trial for Jawi, Chinese and Tamil script-based IDN. This means that users will now have more options when registering for a .my domain name when it is successfully implemented in early 2011. By then, Malaysia won't be only known as a multiracial country whereby its residents are multilingual; but our domain names will be too.
"The capability to support Jawi, Chinese and Tamil will certainly help promote our larger objectives, which is to bring domain name technologies closer to the people of Malaysia and give them the option to appeal more directly to their target Internet audiences using a more ‘native' touch," -- Puan Shariya Haniz Zulkifli, Director of .my DOMAIN REGISTRY
During the trial period, registrations will be accepted through a .my Domain Registry IDN test bed system (.idn.my) which will be removed before the official launch. Using the forum, the SKMM hopes to discuss the problems that may arise with using IDN locally. You can email idn@domainregistry.my for further enquiries.
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