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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>(Sorry for any duplication due to cross-posting)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Please find below the announcement requesting feedback from the community on the specifications for a tool to create, use and manage an LGR in the machine-readable XML format, which is the format for the submission of LGR proposals by the Generation Panels working on various scripts and writing systems. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Before ICANN undertakes the development of the tool, we want to get feedback from the community on whether these requirements and their prioritization meet the needs of the community. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Kindly do let us know your feedback. We will finalize the requirements of the LGR Tool based on the feedback received from the community, before we proceed towards its development. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Sarmad <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> ICANN News Alert [mailto:communications@icann.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 04, 2014 10:53 PM<br><b>To:</b> Sarmad Hussain<br><b>Subject:</b> ICANN News Alert -- IDN TLD Program - Label Generation Ruleset (LGR) Tool Project (P1) - LGR Tool Set Specifications Now Open for Public Comment<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:8.0pt 8.0pt 8.0pt 8.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.icann.org/"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:~WRD000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. ICANN"></span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>News Alert<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-12-03-en"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-12-03-en</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='margin-top:15.0pt'><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div></div><h2 style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>IDN TLD Program – Label Generation Ruleset (LGR) Tool Project (P1) – LGR Tool Set Specifications Now Open for Public Comment<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>3 December 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse;border:none'><tr><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;background:#F8F8F8;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Forum Announcement:</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Comment Period Opens on<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-left:none;background:#F8F8F8;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Date:</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>3 December 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#F8F8F8;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Categories/Tags:</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td colspan=3 style='border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-right:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Internationalized Domain Names (IDN), IDN Variant TLD, new gTLD, Label Generation Ruleset (LGR), Generation Panels, IDN ccTLD, Language Tables<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#F8F8F8;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Purpose (Brief):</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td colspan=3 style='border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-right:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>ICANN intends to develop a tool to allow the Generation Panels and the community to develop and use Label Generation Ruleset (LGR) in the new machine-readable XML-based format. ICANN is releasing the set of requirements for the development of this LGR tool for public comment, specifically to get feedback on (i) the completeness of current requirements, (ii) the prioritization done in the different phases for development of the tool, and (iii) any other aspects associated with the LGR tool requirements.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#F8F8F8;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Public Comment Box Link:</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td colspan=3 style='border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-right:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/idn-lgr-2014-12-03-en"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>https://www.icann.org/public-comments/idn-lgr-2014-12-03-en</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5E5E5E'>This message was sent to sarmad.hussain@icann.org from:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5E5E5E'>ICANN News Alert | communications@icann.org | ICANN | 12025 Waterfront Drive Suite 300 | Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="2%" style='width:2.0%;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p style='line-height:9.75pt'><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5E5E5E'>Email Marketing by </span><a href="http://www.icontact.com/a.pl/144186" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:~WRD000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. iContact - Try It Free!"></span></a><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5E5E5E'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=27296433&l=6333&s=95OV&m=953819&c=165637"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#115880;text-decoration:none'>Manage Your Subscription </span></b></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D0108A.E68F59F0" alt="Image removed by sender."></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>