<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_1534999276048_4877"><span>Hi Michael, <br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534999276048_4878"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534999276048_4931"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534999276048_4930">When we were evaluating the cross-script variant, we used a 5 point scale, with 1 and 2 being variants and 3 being confusible. All I have done is <b>apply the same criteria</b>. And just listed those at level 1, ignoring level 2 completely for the moment -- even though consistency with the cross-script variants would indicate including those as well. <br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534999276048_4962"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534999276048_4930"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534999276048_5023"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534999276048_4930">Others may disagree with that ranking, of course. That's why we have discussions to review them. On the other hand, I'm having trouble seeing anyone (other than maybe Dennis) rating any of these as a 3 or beyond. Note that I haven't even started on the ones, approaching 150 in number (and I haven't finished the Letter O) which would rank level 2! <br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534999276048_5148"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534999276048_4930"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534999276048_5179"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534999276048_4930">As you note, if the IP thinks we have been too inclusive, they can say so. On the other hand, if we don't suggest something, they would be extremely unlikely to recommend additions. Better, then, to have our draft include more rather than fewer. <br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534999276048_5349"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534999276048_4930"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534999276048_5358"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534999276048_4930">Best Regards,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534999276048_4932"> </div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534999276048_4929">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_1534999276048_5195"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534999276048_4915" 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_1534999276048_4914"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534999276048_4913"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534999276048_5196"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534999276048_5197" size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Michael Bauland <Michael.Bauland@knipp.de><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> latingp@icann.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, August 23, 2018 2:51 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Latingp] Draft in-script variants<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534999276048_4912"><br><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534999276048_5026">Hi Bill,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">On 23.08.2018 05:43, Bill Jouris wrote:<br clear="none">> I've taken the liberty of adding a couple dozen additional candidates. <br clear="none">> (I held off the Rating 2 cases. These are the slam dunks.)<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I have a few comments regarding your suggestions.<br clear="none">Firstly, if we add these cases we also need to add all cases introduced<br clear="none">by transitivity, e.g., 0065 and 0119 and 1EB9, or 00E8 and 00E9 and 0117<br clear="none">and 1EB9+0300 and 1EB9+0301 should then all be variants of each other,<br clear="none">respectively.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Secondly, we don't have a rationale to add them, do we? We could just<br clear="none">say, we think that they look similar enough to allow for confusion. And<br clear="none">I'm not sure this is enough for the IP ... though, we could try of course.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Best regards,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Michael<br clear="none"><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 class="yqt3100745012" id="yqtfd88943"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Latingp mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Latingp@icann.org" href="mailto:Latingp@icann.org">Latingp@icann.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/latingp" target="_blank">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/latingp</a><br clear="none"></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>