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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Dear Latin GP members,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>ICANN has recently released reference second level LGRs for multiple languages including those using Latin script. In order to promote consistency of these LGRs with the work being done for the root zone, to the extent possible, we would like to invite the Latin GP to review the LGR<span style='color:#1F497D'>s</span> proposed for the Latin script based languages and let us know the feedback. We will use the feedback to update the proposed reference LGRs. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Please see the details of the public comment announcement below.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Regards,<br>Sarmad<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Reference Label Generation Rulesets (LGRs) for the Second Level</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>7 June 2016</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Open Date:</span></b> <span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>7 June 2016 </span><b> </b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Close Date:</span></b> <span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>18 July 2016 </span><br><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Originating Organization:</span></b> <span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Global Domains Division</span><br><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Categories/Tags:</span></b> <span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Second-Level Domains </span><br><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Brief Overview:</span></b> <span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>To facilitate and improve consistency of testing and stability of registry operations of new gTLDs, ICANN has developed reference Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) tables in machine readable format, called Label Generation Rulesets (LGRs) for the second level, for use in Pre-Delegation Testing (PDT) and the Registry Service Evaluation Process (RSEP). At this time</span> <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/second-level-lgr-2015-06-21-en"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1'>reference LGRs for 29 languages</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> are being released for public comment. In addition, a process is also being proposed for</span> <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/lgr-second-level-evaluation-deviation-07jun16-en.pdf"><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1'>Evaluation of Deviation from the Reference Second Level LGRs</span></i></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> [PDF, 255 KB] for feedback from the community. </span><br><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Link:</span></b> <a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/lgr-second-level-2016-06-07-en"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1'>https://www.icann.org/public-comments/lgr-second-level-2016-06-07-en</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>