Jakarta, Oct. 28 -- The ICANN87 annual general meeting in Bali launched second-level domain names using Balinese and Javanese scripts and Arabic-based Nusantara scripts, including Pegon, Jawi and Arab Melayu.

Although the domain names are available, Indonesia's digital ecosystem still faces technical challenges before the scripts can function across applications, websites and email systems.

Heru Nugroho, chair of the Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Working Group at the Indonesian Internet Domain Name Registry (PANDI), said here Wednesday that Universal Acceptance (UA) is key to ensuring equal treatment for scripts and languages online.

"This challenge aligns with the Universal Acceptance policy brief published by UNESCO and the Int...