[IDN-WG] Fwd: [ALAC-Announce] ICANN News Alert -- Generation Panel for the Arabic Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules Seated

[Rinalia Abdul Rahim]

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Subject: [ALAC-Announce] ICANN News Alert -- Generation Panel for the
Arabic Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules Seated
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News Alert

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-14feb14-en.htm

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Generation Panel for the Arabic Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules
Seated

14 February 2014

ICANN is pleased to announce that the Generation Panel for the Arabic
Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR) has been seated.

Following the Call for Generation Panels to Develop Root Zone Label
Generation Rules<
http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-11jul13-en.htm>
published on 11 July 2013, the Task Force on Arabic Script
Internationalized Domain Names<
https://community.icann.org/display/MES/Task+Force+on+Arabic+Script+IDNs>
(TF-AIDN), a community-driven initiative of the Middle East Strategy
Working Group (MESWG), has developed and submitted to ICANN, on 13 January
2014, the Proposal for Generation Panel for Arabic Script Label Generation
Ruleset for the Root Zone<
http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/variant-tlds/lgr-procedure-20mar13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 772 KB] (LGR Procedure). ICANN staff has reviewed the proposal
including panel composition and scope, to ensure that requirements set
forth in the LGR Procedure<
http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/variant-tlds/lgr-procedure-20mar13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 772 KB], and in particular the criteria set forth in the Call for
Generation Panels to De
 velop Root Zone Label Generation Rules<
http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-11jul13-en.htm>,
are fulfilled.

ICANN would also like to use this opportunity to thank each of the members
for offering their time and expertise to volunteer on the Arabic Script
Generation Panel.

With composition and work plan approved, the Arabic Script Generation Panel
will start its work on the label generation rules. According to the LGR
Procedure<
http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/variant-tlds/lgr-procedure-20mar13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 772 KB], the starting point of any Generation Panel's work is the
maximal set of code points defined by the Integration Panel as well as a
set of Default Whole Label Variant Evaluation Rules. The full specification
of Generation Panel's tasks can be found in the LGR Procedure<
http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/variant-tlds/lgr-procedure-20mar13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 772 KB] in particular, Section B.3 "Variant Rule Generation
Procedure".

ICANN will provide a central public location workspace on the project
website<
https://community.icann.org/display/croscomlgrprocedure/Arabic+Script+GP>
where Arabic Script Generation Panel composition, work plan updates, public
reports, contact details, and any other relevant information will be
included.

As a reminder, and to highlight the importance of script community
involvement required in the development of the IDN Root Zone LGR, we would
like to reiterate the Call for Generation Panels to Develop Root Zone Label
Generation Rules<
http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-11jul13-en.htm>. A
successful development of the IDN Root Zone LGR depends on having
Generation Panels for each script represented in the Root Zone. In the
first stages of the IDN Root Zone LGR development and in addition to
ongoing efforts with the Arabic script, Generation Panel formation is
expected to cover following scripts: Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese, Korean,
Cyrillic, Greek, Latin, Bengali, Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Sinhala,
Tamil, Telugu, Thai, and Georgian (i.e., scripts represented in existing
applications from both New gTLD and IDN ccTLD Programs).

For further information on how to form a Generation Panel or to express
individual or group statements of interest for the establishment of a
Generation Panel, please refer to the Call for Generation Panels to Develop
Root Zone Label Generation Rules<
http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-11jul13-en.htm> and
to the additional supporting documentation provided on the Root Zone LGR
Project website<
https://community.icann.org/display/croscomlgrprocedure/Root+Zone+LGR+Project
>.

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