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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you all for the amazing multi-year effort and for putting together a comprehensive set of guidelines.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This has now been published at <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2018-05-10-en">
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2018-05-10-en</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As next step, these guidelines will be presented to the ICANN Board for approval.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<br>
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Sarmad<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Tan Tanaka, Dennis [mailto:dtantanaka@verisign.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 10, 2018 6:53 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> edmon@registry.asia; Sarmad Hussain <sarmad.hussain@icann.org>; idngwg@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Idngwg] [Ext] RE: Final draft of updated IDN Guidelines version 4.0<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I second that <span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">
☺</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you Sarmad, and you all<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">-Dennis<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Edmon Chung <<a href="mailto:edmon@registry.asia">edmon@registry.asia</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 7:31 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Sarmad Hussain <<a href="mailto:sarmad.hussain@icann.org">sarmad.hussain@icann.org</a>>, Dennis Tan Tanaka <<a href="mailto:dtantanaka@verisign.com">dtantanaka@verisign.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:idngwg@icann.org">idngwg@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:idngwg@icann.org">idngwg@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[EXTERNAL] RE: [Idngwg] [Ext] RE: Final draft of updated IDN Guidelines version 4.0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",serif">Looks good.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",serif">Thanks everyone for the effort through the process.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",serif">Especially for Sarmad! Big round of virtual applause!**** :-)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",serif">Edmon</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>From:</b> Idngwg [<a href="mailto:idngwg-bounces@icann.org">mailto:idngwg-bounces@icann.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Sarmad Hussain<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 10, 2018 7:57 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Tan Tanaka, Dennis <<a href="mailto:dtantanaka@verisign.com">dtantanaka@verisign.com</a>>;
<a href="mailto:idngwg@icann.org">idngwg@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Idngwg] [Ext] RE: Final draft of updated IDN Guidelines version 4.0<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Thank you Dennis.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Dear All, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Here is the announcement and the final document to be published tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Regards,<br>
Sarmad<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>From:</b> Tan Tanaka, Dennis [<a href="mailto:dtantanaka@verisign.com">mailto:dtantanaka@verisign.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 9, 2018 12:05 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Sarmad Hussain <<a href="mailto:sarmad.hussain@icann.org">sarmad.hussain@icann.org</a>>;
<a href="mailto:idngwg@icann.org">idngwg@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Idngwg] [Ext] RE: Final draft of updated IDN Guidelines version 4.0<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Looks good to me.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Dennis<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Idngwg <<a href="mailto:idngwg-bounces@icann.org">idngwg-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Sarmad Hussain <<a href="mailto:sarmad.hussain@icann.org">sarmad.hussain@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at 12:48 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>"<a href="mailto:idngwg@icann.org">idngwg@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:idngwg@icann.org">idngwg@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[EXTERNAL] Re: [Idngwg] [Ext] RE: Final draft of updated IDN Guidelines version 4.0</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><a name="_MailOriginalBody">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Please find attached the redline version of the updated document. This includes the edits suggested by Edmon incorporated in the latest version of the document. It
also specifies whether the variant refers to a code point or a label. We have referred to variant code point also as “variant rules”. I have tried to adjust that to refer consistently to variant code points – just to make sure these do not get confused with
label evaluation rules. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Please let us know if you have any further feedback. Again, we are aiming to publish this on 9 May (LA time). If you need more time to review, please let us know.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Regards,<br>
Sarmad<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><b>From:</b> Idngwg [</span><a href="mailto:idngwg-bounces@icann.org"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">mailto:idngwg-bounces@icann.org</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Sarmad Hussain<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 8, 2018 8:40 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Edmon <</span><a href="mailto:edmon@registry.asia"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">edmon@registry.asia</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">><br>
<b>Cc:</b> </span><a href="mailto:idngwg@icann.org"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">idngwg@icann.org</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Idngwg] [Ext] RE: Final draft of updated IDN Guidelines version 4.0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Hi Edmon. Thank you for the feedback. I will incorporate these in the latest version and circulate it shortly. I will also try to add detail on whether the variants
being referred to are code points or labels. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Regards,<br>
Sarmad <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><b>From:</b> Edmon [</span><a href="mailto:edmon@registry.asia"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">mailto:edmon@registry.asia</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 8, 2018 1:33 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Sarmad Hussain <</span><a href="mailto:sarmad.hussain@icann.org"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">sarmad.hussain@icann.org</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">>;
</span><a href="mailto:idnprogram@icann.org"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">idnprogram@icann.org</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><br>
<b>Cc:</b> </span><a href="mailto:idngwg@icann.org"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">idngwg@icann.org</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Ext] RE: [Idngwg] Final draft of updated IDN Guidelines version 4.0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",serif">Sorry this came late. Made a number of suggested edits basically to follow our own glossary to use IDN
variants where appropriate rather than just </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",serif;mso-fareast-language:ZH-TW">“</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",serif">varaints</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",serif;mso-fareast-language:ZH-TW">”</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",serif">.
See if can update if not too late.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",serif">Edmon</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><b>From:</b> Idngwg [</span><a href="mailto:idngwg-bounces@icann.org"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">mailto:idngwg-bounces@icann.org</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Sarmad Hussain<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 8, 2018 5:19 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> </span><a href="mailto:idnprogram@icann.org"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">idnprogram@icann.org</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><br>
<b>Cc:</b> </span><a href="mailto:idngwg@icann.org"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">idngwg@icann.org</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Idngwg] Final draft of updated IDN Guidelines version 4.0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Dear IDN Program,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Please find attached the cover note and the IDN Implementation Guidelines version 4.0, as updated by the IDN Guidelines WG.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Kindly note additional implementation points noted in the cover note, as applicable to the IDN Guidelines.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Sarmad
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">(for IDN Guidelines WG)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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