The Internet is ruled by Latin script. Those accustom to writing in Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, et al, are out of luck when it comes to plugging domain names into their address bar. Now ICANN, the that controls domain names, is looking to change that. The organization is meeting this week in Seoul to discuss the addition of non-Latin characters to its list of domain fodder.
"This is the biggest change technically to the internet since it was invented 40 years ago," ICANN chairman Peter Dengate Thrush said of the proposal. If the move goes through, the organization will likely begin rolling out domains in the middle of next year.
According toThrush, the organization has been testing a translation system to enable the change for a couple of years.
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