<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1531181726115_11824"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1531181726115_11830">But the thing is, I believe that this particular case IS within our scope. </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1531181726115_11825"> </div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1531181726115_11829">Bill Jouris<br>Inside Products<br>bill.jouris@insidethestack.com<br>831-659-8360<br>925-855-9512 (direct)</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1531181726115_11853"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1531181726115_11857" style="display: block;">  <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1531181726115_11856"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1531181726115_11855"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1531181726115_11854"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1531181726115_11859" size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> "Tan Tanaka, Dennis" <dtantanaka@verisign.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Michael Bauland <Michael.Bauland@knipp.de> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Bill Jouris <bill.jouris@insidethestack.com>; Mirjana Tasić <Mirjana.Tasic@rnids.rs>; "latingp@icann.org" <latingp@icann.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, July 10, 2018 4:45 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re:  [Latingp] ODG: ODG: Variants -- Case for Considering Upper Case<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1531181726115_11861"><br><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1531181726115_11863">I concur. Let’s focus on completing the task within our scope. Visually similarity is dealt by the String Similarity Review process. <br clear="none"><br clear="none">Dennis<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sent from my iPhone<br clear="none"><div class="yqt5475128236" id="yqtfd79145"><br clear="none">> On Jul 10, 2018, at 4:59 AM, Michael Bauland <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Michael.Bauland@knipp.de" href="mailto:Michael.Bauland@knipp.de">Michael.Bauland@knipp.de</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Hi Bill,<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">>> On 09.07.2018 19:11, Bill Jouris wrote:<br clear="none">>> For example, suppose we decide that a Cyrillic Small Letter Em (м<br clear="none">>> codepoint 043C) is NOT a variant of a Latin Small Letter M (m codepoint<br clear="none">>> 006D).  Then it is possible to create a (Cyrillic) TLD of .сом, because<br clear="none">>> the last letter is visibly "different" from that in .com. <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> as said earlier, I agree that having a TLD сом is definitely a problem<br clear="none">> and should not be allowed. But independent from our variant rules, such<br clear="none">> a TLD application would always be rejected.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Therefore I agree with Mirjana: let's first concentrate on the task we<br clear="none">> have to do and then later we can look at further work that is nice to have.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Cheers,<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Michael<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> -- <br clear="none">> ____________________________________________________________________<br clear="none">>     |       |<br clear="none">>     | knipp |            Knipp  Medien und Kommunikation GmbH<br clear="none">>      -------                    Technologiepark<br clear="none">>                                 Martin-Schmeisser-Weg 9<br clear="none">>                                 44227 Dortmund<br clear="none">>                                 Germany<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">>     Dipl.-Informatiker          Fon:    +49 231 9703-0<br clear="none">>                                 Fax:    +49 231 9703-200<br clear="none">>     Dr. Michael Bauland         SIP:    <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Michael.Bauland@knipp.de" href="mailto:Michael.Bauland@knipp.de">Michael.Bauland@knipp.de</a><br clear="none">>     Software Development        E-mail: <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Michael.Bauland@knipp.de" href="mailto:Michael.Bauland@knipp.de">Michael.Bauland@knipp.de</a><br clear="none">> <br clear="none">>                                 Register Court:<br clear="none">>                                 Amtsgericht Dortmund, HRB 13728<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">>                                 Chief Executive Officers:<br clear="none">>                                 Dietmar Knipp, Elmar Knipp</div><br clear="none">> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">> Latingp mailin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