<div dir="ltr">Thank you, Mirjana.<div><br></div><div>+1</div><div><br></div><div>Ron</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 6:56 AM, Mirjana Tasic <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mirjana.tasic@rnids.rs" target="_blank">mirjana.tasic@rnids.rs</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Dear all,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">I was
very astonished when I
read this in the mail sent by Joke Braeken:<br>
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"New gTLDs: Soft confusing similarity check. E.g.: Hotels and
hotel are
not deemed to be confusingly similar;”<u></u><u></u></span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><u></u> <u></u></span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">I have looked a
little bit around
about “Soft confusing similarity check” on ICANN site and there
is an
explanation that the SWORD algorithm is used in the first step
in string
similarity evaluation process. String has to pass additional
check in step 7a </span>Quality
Review for Strings That Pass the Initial Evaluation<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:blue;background:white"><a href="https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/evaluation-panels/geo-names-similarity-process-07jun13-en.pdf" target="_blank">https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/evaluation-panels/geo-names-similarity-process-07jun13-en.pdf</a><u></u><u></u></span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">From my point of
view there is no
chance that “Hotels” and “hotel” could be registered as TLD, for
me these two
strings are the same.<u></u><u></u></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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Mirjana Tasic
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<div>On 16.3.2015 10:01, Joke Braeken wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Dear
all,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Just
a small “no objection” from my side in the attached
documents, to the suggestion to have .eu included as an
example (page 3 – comment number 8 – clean version).
Moreover, I took the opportunity to add in this context
that an unchallengeable policy in terms of confusing
similarity throughout the TLD space would be highly
desirable.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Currently:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1f497d"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">When
requesting a new ccTLD corresponding to an ISO-code, there
is no confusing similarity assessment made at present. If
the code is available, it is delegated;<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1f497d"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">New
gTLDs: Soft confusing similarity check. E.g.: Hotels and
hotel are not deemed to be confusingly similar;<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1f497d"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">IDN
ccTLDs: Strict confusing similarity check against ISO codes
and even gTLDs or applied for gTLDs.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Best
regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">TEL.: +32 (0) 2 401 27 50<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">DIRECT: +32 (0) 2 401 30 14<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">MOB.:+32 (0) 473 779 559<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:joke.braeken@eurid.eu" target="_blank">joke.braeken@eurid.eu</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> <a href="mailto:ctn-crosscom-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">ctn-crosscom-bounces@icann.org</a>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Lars Hoffmann<br>
<b>Sent:</b> maandag 16 maart 2015 8:15<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ctn-crosscom@icann.org" target="_blank">ctn-crosscom@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Ctn-crosscom] today's meeting<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Dear
all,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">In
preparation for our meeting, please find attached the
latest version of the Options paper – one clean version
(with comments only) and one redline version with comments
received since our last call. We will aim to finalise the
background section and start discussing substantial
options for 2-letter codes.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Many
thanks and best wishes,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Lars<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Proposed
agenda, CWG on Country and Territory Names, Monday 16
March 20 UTC, </span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/mxjcvcm" target="_blank"><span style="background:white">http://tinyurl.com/mxjcvcm</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">1.
Welcome<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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Confirm agreement on Section 1<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">3.
Substantial Discussion on two-letter strings (Section
2 of Options Paper)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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Confirmation of Next Meeting<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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AOB<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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