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16 Describe the applicant's efforts to ensure that there are no known operational or rendering problems concerning the applied-for gTLD string

gTLDFull Legal NameE-mail suffixDetail
.amicaAmica Mutual Insurance Companyamica.comView
Amica foresees no known rendering issues in connection with the proposed .amica string which it is seeking to apply for as a gTLD. This answer is based upon consultation with Amicaʹs preferred backend provider, Neustar, which has successfully launched a number of new gTLDs over the last decade. In reaching this determination, the following data points were analyzed:

- ICANN’s Security Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) entitled Alternative TLD Name Systems and Roots: Conflict, Control and Consequences (SAC009);
- IAB - RFC3696 “Application Techniques for Checking and Transformation of Names”
- Known software issues which Neustar has encountered during the last decade launching new gTLDs;
- Character type and length;
- ICANN supplemental notes to Question 16; and
- ICANN’s presentation during its Costa Rica regional meeting on TLD Universal Acceptance.
gTLDFull Legal NameE-mail suffixDetail
.GROCERYWal-Mart Stores, Inc.wileyrein.comView
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. foresees no known rendering issues in connection with the proposed .GROCERY gTLD. This answer is based on Walmart’s research and consultation with Walmart’s selected back-end technical services provider, VeriSign, Inc., which has successfully launched a number of new gTLDs over the last decade. In reaching this determination, a number of resources were consulted including the following:

1. ICANN’s Security Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) entitled Alternative TLD Name Systems and Roots: Conflict, Control and Consequences (SAC009);
2. IAB - RFC3696 “Application Techniques for Checking and Transformation of Names”;
3. Known software issues that VeriSign has encountered when launching new gTLDs;
Character type and length;
4. ICANN supplemental notes to Question 16 and materials linked from the supplemental notes; and
5. ICANN’s presentation during its Costa Rica regional meeting on TLD Universal Acceptance.