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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>Dear Michael, Latin GP members,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Thank you for the query. Please find below the response from IP. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Please let us know if you have any follow up questions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Regards,<br>Sarmad<o:p></o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoPlainText style='border:none;padding:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p>With respect to the inquiry related to us about U+00B7 MIDDLE DOT, we regret to inform you that the status of this code point under IDNA 2008 is CONTEXTO, as can be seen on this excerpt of the IANA IDNA2008 parameters as found at<o:p></o:p></p><p><a href="https://www.iana.org/assignments/idna-tables-6.3.0/idna-tables-6.3.0.xhtml#idna-tables-properties">https://www.iana.org/assignments/idna-tables-6.3.0/idna-tables-6.3.0.xhtml#idna-tables-properties</a><o:p></o:p></p><p><img border=0 width=342 height=181 style='width:3.5625in;height:1.8854in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01D4C077.3501F930"><o:p></o:p></p><p>Per section 5 of MSR-4, published as <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_en_system_files_files_msr-2D4-2Doverview-2D25jan19-2Den.pdf&d=DwMDaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&m=IO_0gjZMCmO0wPMIuNE01W6YK5TsaAcG1bRf2NG7wFU&s=gJpgsbgRiRfaPOnNwd5qLncbrxz9GcginHs7ZNKOsng&e=">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/msr-4-overview-25jan19-en.pdf [icann.org]</a>, this status is also listed in the MSR itself, and the MSR states in Section 5.2: "code points requiring a CONTEXTO rule in IDNA2008 are excluded from the MSR".<o:p></o:p></p><p>This restriction is imposed on the MSR by the RZ-LGR Procedure, published at <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_en_system_files_files_lgr-2Dprocedure-2D20mar13-2Den.pdf&d=DwMDaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&m=IO_0gjZMCmO0wPMIuNE01W6YK5TsaAcG1bRf2NG7wFU&s=KXDi_C-ZNSfSyQg8KQty1yAdFe6Za75JW-zwS7WzID4&e=">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/lgr-procedure-20mar13-en.pdf [icann.org]</a>, which states in Section B.3.4.2:<o:p></o:p></p><p>"code points permitted by IDNA2008 under the CONTEXTO and CONTEXTJ rules are automatically excluded".<o:p></o:p></p><p>Unfortunately, this restriction is not up for revision within the scope of the RZ-LGR project.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p><p>Integration Panel<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Michael Bauland <michael.bauland@knipp.de> <br>Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 7:08 PM<br>To: Pitinan Kooarmornpatana <pitinan.koo@icann.org><br>Cc: Sarmad Hussain <sarmad.hussain@icann.org>; latingp@icann.org<br>Subject: [Ext] new character to be included in MSR</p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Dear Pitinan,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>as discussed briefly during the face-to-face meeting, the Latin GP is requesting to have the "ela geminada" used by the Catalan language to be made available for TLDs (as it's an integral part of their language).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>For this, we would need the middle dot (U+00B7) to be included in MSR.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Of course, we would only include the character sequence U+006C U+00B7<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>U+006C l·l in our repertoire.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Please take a look at the .cat IDN table, which already allows this character. Catalan has an EGIDS scale of 2.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Michael<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>--<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>____________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> | |<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> | knipp | Knipp Medien und Kommunikation GmbH<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> ------- Technologiepark<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> Martin-Schmeisser-Weg 9<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> 44227 Dortmund<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> Germany<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> Dipl.-Informatiker Fon: +49 231 9703-0<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> Fax: +49 231 9703-200<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> Dr. Michael Bauland SIP: <a href="mailto:Michael.Bauland@knipp.de"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>Michael.Bauland@knipp.de</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> Software Development E-mail: <a href="mailto:Michael.Bauland@knipp.de"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>Michael.Bauland@knipp.de</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> Register Court:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> Amtsgericht Dortmund, HRB 13728<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> Chief Executive Officers:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> Dietmar Knipp, Elmar Knipp<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>