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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We would like to inform you that the Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone Version 2 (RZ-LGR-2) has been released for public comment:
<a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/rz-lgr-2-2017-06-06-en">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/rz-lgr-2-2017-06-06-en</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The second version of the Root Zone LGR integrates proposals from six scripts:
<b><i>Arabic, Ethiopic, Georgian, Lao, Thai </i></b>and<b><i> Khmer</i></b>. Armenian script Generation Panel has also finalized their work but its proposal has been deferred from integration until proposals from related scripts are received.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please see the “Overview and Summary” document for more details:
<a href="https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/lgr/lgr-2-overview-01jun17-en.pdf">
https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/lgr/lgr-2-overview-01jun17-en.pdf</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal">We look forward to your review and comments.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<br>
Sarmad<o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">News Alert<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_news_announcement-2D2-2D2017-2D06-2D06-2Den&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&m=HId5xMbSWmr9ihn5HrEd33BPvZm9pVb2hQPFm3SdzqE&s=5T1-hWCZvLQYJIS15VaUjMhMj-mNNM3wId8BKNQQAow&e="><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2017-06-06-en[icann.org]</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2 style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone Version 2 (RZ-LGR-2)<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">6 June 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">6 June 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">24 July 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Global Domains Division<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To determine valid top-level Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) labels and their variant labels, the community had finalized the
</span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_en_system_files_files_draft-2Dlgr-2Dprocedure-2D20mar13-2Den.pdf&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&m=HId5xMbSWmr9ihn5HrEd33BPvZm9pVb2hQPFm3SdzqE&s=LgGGIJwmOuBiWVtkcF8ci93CqNy9g47KbLNesR7Skzw&e="><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Procedure
to Develop and Maintain the Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone in Respect of IDNA Labels[icann.org]</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> [PDF, 1.39 MB]. The Procedure requires community-based Generation Panels (GPs), organized for
relevant scripts, to convene and propose specific rules. These rules are evaluated and then integrated into the Root Zone Label Generation Rules (RZ-LGR) by the Integration Panel (IP). The Integration Panel (IP) has successfully evaluated the
</span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resources_pages_lgr-2Dproposals-2D2015-2D12-2D01-2Den&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&m=HId5xMbSWmr9ihn5HrEd33BPvZm9pVb2hQPFm3SdzqE&s=MJOCUu1PErtJ7lNxp23tOB5K6yTF2xfXRSG276Tu9lk&e="><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Root
Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR) Proposals[icann.org]</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> for five additional scripts, Ethiopic, Georgian, Lao, Khmer and Thai, submitted by the respective GPs, following the release of these individual
proposals for public comments. The IP has integrated these proposals, along with Arabic script already integrated into the first version of the Root Zone LGR (</span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resources_pages_root-2Dzone-2Dlgr-2D2015-2D06-2D21-2Den&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&m=HId5xMbSWmr9ihn5HrEd33BPvZm9pVb2hQPFm3SdzqE&s=dIq6qkNjvIvjP6wny2oxVe3vEHlI_P-E6Uog_mGn9X0&e="><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">RZ-LGR-1[icann.org]</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">),
to develop the second version of the Root Zone LGR (</span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_sites_default_files_lgr_lgr-2D2-2Doverview-2D01jun17-2Den.pdf&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&m=HId5xMbSWmr9ihn5HrEd33BPvZm9pVb2hQPFm3SdzqE&s=0ZqCzfa_fJM8bIIKU1zDr8e6rf_opLMOzcgSgvCZEHk&e="><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">RZ-LGR-2[icann.org]</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
[PDF, 891 KB]). As per the Procedure, RZ-LGR-2 is being released for public comments to gather community feedback for its finalization.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_public-2Dcomments_rz-2Dlgr-2D2-2D2017-2D06-2D06-2Den&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&m=HId5xMbSWmr9ihn5HrEd33BPvZm9pVb2hQPFm3SdzqE&s=cBoVdas1010pkdpEgNKFb4B_FNFKQDxVNZm8EPQCMJk&e="><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/rz-lgr-2-2017-06-06-en[icann.org]</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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