UA Day: Global Effort to Drive a More Inclusive and Multilingual Internet
UA Day: Global Effort to Drive a More Inclusive and Multilingual Internet
ICANN and the UASG to Mobilize the Global Internet Community for Universal Acceptance
LOS ANGELES, March 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) invite the global Internet community to participate in Universal Acceptance (UA) Day events on and around 28 March 2023. The intent of this day is to help achieve a more inclusive Internet that supports a broad range of languages and scripts. Nearly 50 UA Day events are expected to be held in more than 40 different countries.
A cornerstone of today's global Internet, UA offers many benefits for both individual Internet users as well as the organizations that serve them. There are currently approximately five billion Internet users, and at least one billion more are expected to come online. Most of these potential new users live in countries that speak and write in languages other than English. Achieving UA ensures everybody has the ability to experience the full social and economic power of the Internet using their chosen domain name and email address that best aligns with their interests, business, culture, language, and script.
UA is the gateway to a more inclusive and multilingual Internet. The Domain Name System (DNS) has expanded dramatically in recent years with the addition of new generic top-level domains (e.g., .photography, .technology). These also include Internationalized Domain Names (e.g., एमईआईटीवाई.सरकार.भारत, 红螺寺.网址, صحة.مصر, стопкоронавирус.рф) and country code top-level domains (e.g., .भारत). However, while the DNS has evolved, the checks used by many software applications to validate domain names and email addresses remain outdated. In addition, not all online portals are primed for the using or opening of a user account with an internationalized email address, leaving many people unable to navigate the Internet using their language and online identity of choice. Considered a technical compliance best practice, UA solves these issues by ensuring all valid domain names and email addresses, regardless of script, language, or character length, can be used equally by all Internet-enabled applications, devices, and systems.
"Universal Acceptance is a foundational requirement for a truly global, multilingual Internet," said ICANN Interim President and CEO Sally Costerton. "The first-ever UA Day will help bring this to fruition by creating awareness of UA and providing the tools needed to ensure that all Internet-enabled applications, devices, and systems work with all valid domain names and email addresses. This milestone event provides an unprecedented opportunity to rally local, regional, and global stakeholders to celebrate UA progress and help bring the next billion users online."
"Universal Acceptance is crucial to enabling consumer choice and digital inclusivity for all users, including the language they speak or write in," said UASG Chair Ajay Data. "UA Day was conceived as a global awareness event for Universal Acceptance, which will now occur annually on or about 28 March. It has been met with enthusiasm from multistakeholders worldwide who will participate in about 50 inaugural events. We expect UA Day to be a pivotal moment in time toward promoting Universal Acceptance."
About UA Day
Organized by the community-led UASG and ICANN, UA Day will consist of UA awareness and technical training sessions hosted by the UASG, ICANN, and interested global partners and organizations. Through a mix of virtual, in-person and hybrid sessions, UA Day aims to engage and mobilize top technical and language communities, companies, governments and DNS industry stakeholders to better understand the benefits of UA and how they can make their systems UA-ready.
UA Day events are open to all relevant organizations and professionals who would like to take part, including ICANN Regional At-Large Organizations, At-Large Structures, Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees, government officials, international organizations, technology experts, open-source communities, standards bodies, email service providers, software and technology developers, web hosting platforms, academics, DNS industry professionals, and language communities.
To join a UA Day event near you, view the full list of events here. For more information on UA Day, please consult the UA Day page. To learn more about UA, visit or and follow the hashtag #Internet4All on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
About ICANN
ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an address – a name or a number – into your computer or other device. That address must be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a nonprofit public benefit corporation with a community of participants from all over the world.
About the UASG
The UASG is a community-led initiative that was formed in 2015 and funded by ICANN. It consists of representatives from more than 120 companies, governments, and community groups. The UASG works to raise awareness of the importance of UA globally, provide free resources to organizations to help them become UA-ready and measure the progress of UA adoption. To learn more, visit .
SOURCE ICANN
ICANN和UASG動員全球互聯網社區普遍接受
洛杉磯,2023年3月9日/美通社/--互聯網名稱與數位地址分配機構(ICANN)和普遍接受指導小組(UASG)邀請全球互聯網界參加當天及其周圍的普遍接受(UA)日活動2023年3月28日。這一天的目的是幫助實現一個更具包容性的互聯網,支持廣泛的語言和文字。近50個UA日活動預計將在40多個不同的國家舉行。
作為當今全球互聯網的基石,UA為個人互聯網用戶以及為他們服務的組織提供了許多好處。目前約有50億互聯網用戶,預計至少還會有10億人上網。這些潛在的新用戶大多生活在說和寫英語以外的語言的國家。實現UA確保每個人都能夠使用他們選擇的域名和電子郵件地址來體驗互聯網的全部社會和經濟力量,這些域名和電子郵件地址最符合他們的興趣、業務、文化、語言和腳本。
UA是通向更具包容性和更多語言的互聯網的門戶。近年來,隨著新的通用頂級域名的加入(例如,.攝影、.Technology),域名系統(DNS)得到了極大的擴展。這些域名還包括國際化域名(例如,एमईआईटीवाई.सरकार.भारत,紅螺寺。網址,صحة.مصر,стопкоронавирус.рф)和國家代碼頂級域(例如,भारत)。然而,儘管域名系統已經發展,但許多軟體應用程式用來驗證域名和電子郵件地址的檢查仍然過時。此外,並不是所有的在線門戶都為使用或開設具有國際化電子郵件地址的用戶帳戶做好了準備,這使得許多人無法使用他們選擇的語言和在線身分在互聯網上導航。UA被認為是技術合規的最佳實踐,它通過確保所有有效的域名和電子郵件地址,無論腳本、語言或字元長度,都可以被所有支持互聯網的應用程式、設備和系統平等地使用,從而解決了這些問題。
ICANN臨時首席執行官總裁表示:“普遍接受是真正全球化、多語種互聯網的基本要求。”薩莉·科斯特頓。有史以來第一個UA日將幫助實現這一目標,因為它將提高人們對UA的認識,並提供必要的工具,以確保所有支持互聯網的應用程式、設備和系統與所有有效的域名和電子郵件地址一起工作。這一裡程碑式的活動提供了一個前所未有的機會,可以團結當地、地區和全球利益相關者慶祝UA的進展,並幫助將下一個10億用戶帶到網上。
UASG主席表示:“普遍接受對所有用戶,包括他們所說或所寫的語言,對於實現消費者的選擇和數字包容性至關重要阿賈伊數據。UA日被認為是一個全球普遍接受的意識活動,現在將在每年的3月28日左右舉行。它受到了世界各地多個利益相關者的熱情歡迎,他們將參加大約50個就職活動。我們預計UA日將成為促進普遍接受的關鍵時刻。
關於UA Day
UA日由社區領導的UASG和ICANN組織,將包括UASG、ICANN和感興趣的全球合作夥伴和組織主辦的UA意識和技術培訓課程。通過虛擬、面對面和混合會議,UA Day旨在吸引和動員頂級技術和語言社區、公司、政府和域名系統行業利益相關者更好地瞭解UA的好處,以及他們如何使自己的系統為UA做好準備。
UA日活動向所有希望參加的相關組織和專業人員開放,包括ICANN區域一般組織、一般結構、支助組織和諮詢委員會、政府官員、國際組織、技術專家、開放源碼社區、標準機構、電子郵件服務提供商、軟體和技術開發商、網路託管平臺、學者、域名系統行業專業人員和語言社區。
要加入您附近的UA Day活動,請查看活動的完整列表這裡。有關UA Day的更多資訊,請諮詢UA Day頁面。要了解有關UA的更多資訊,請訪問或在Twitter、Facebook和LinkedIn上關注#Internet4 All的標籤。
關於ICANN
ICANN的使命是幫助確保穩定、安全和統一的全球互聯網。要聯繫Internet上的另一個人,您需要在您的電腦或其他設備中鍵入一個地址--一個名字或一個號碼。該地址必須是唯一的,這樣電腦才能知道在哪裡找到對方。ICANN幫助協調和支持世界各地的這些唯一識別字。ICANN成立於1998年,是一家非營利性公益公司,擁有來自世界各地的參與者社區。
關於UASG
UASG是一個社區主導的倡議,成立於2015年,由ICANN資助。它由來自120多家公司、政府和社區團體的代表組成。UASG致力於在全球範圍內提高對UA重要性的認識,向組織提供免費資源,幫助它們為UA做好準備,並衡量UA採用的進展。要了解更多資訊,請訪問.
源ICANN
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