[Neobrahmigp] Regarding participation in ICANN Root LGR process - Neo Brahmi Panel

Mon Oct 20 17:42:42 UTC 2014

Thanks for your invitation to participate in "*Procedure to Develop and
Maintain the Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone in Respect of IDNA
Labels*".
I would like to participate for Gurmukhi script. Please find attached my
expression of interest and brief profile.

Thanks.

On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 5:29 PM, Neha Gupta <nehag at cdac.in> wrote:

> Dear Sir,
>
>
>
> I am writing this mail to you in my personal capacity in view of your deep
> involvement in Indian languages and the passion you have shown for them.
>
>
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> As you are aware, ".bharat" in Indian Languages is now a reality and you
> will soon be able to have your ccTLD(.IN) in Punjabi(Panjabi) Language.
> Under the aegis of DeitY, Ministry of Communications & Information
> Technology, C-DAC along with NIXI has been playing a pioneering role in the
> process. Earlier you could have your URL only in the Latin Script, but the
> authority for Internationalized Domain Names: ICANN has opened up URL's in
> 6 writing systems of which Languages using Brahmi Scripts constitute an
> element.
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> ICANN has also opened up the process of allotting top level domains
> e.g.com, .net in different languages/scripts. This process has gone
> through serious deliberation and one of the major resolutions has been to
> identify a set of rules and permissible set of code points for various
> scripts/language families of the world through related experts in the area
> of Language, Culture, Community expertise, Unicode and DNS in relation to
> each script/Language.
>
> To identify such resource persons who would assist ICANN in a purely
> voluntary capacity, ICANN has issued a call for participating in the "*Procedure
> to Develop and Maintain the Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone in
> Respect of IDNA Labels*"
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>
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> *Link*:
> https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/draft-lgr-procedure-20mar13-en.pdf
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> *Link to the details of the procedure*:
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> http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/variant-tlds/draft-lgr-procedure-20mar13-en.pdf
>
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> The Root zone is the nodal point of the whole internet infrastructure and
> the policies & procedures thus formed for the root zone eventually
> percolate to various lower levels. Since this procedure is being undertaken
> at the "root zone" it is essential that we ensure that the Indian languages
> are well-represented and taken into account, by way of participation.
>
>
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> Under this procedure, panels will be constituted for various scripts/
> language families. These panels, called as Generation panels have the
> following role:
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> -  to establish the repertoire of a permissible set of code points for the
> root zone for the given script/language family
>
> -  to prepare a set of rules, if any, which are applicable for the
> formation of the labels using that set of  code points
>
> -  In short provide expertise for a given language/script. Insofar, as per
> the applications received by ICANN in the "New gTLD" programme, the
> following Indian scripts have been identified to be taken up on priority at
> present:
>
>
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> Devanagari, Tamil, Telugu, Gurmukhi, Gujarati and Bengali, ICANN requires
> expertise in the following areas:
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>                 1.    Community Representative: Articulates a set of
> community requirements/expectations for the LGR
>
>                 2.    Linguistic Experts: Ensures that an optimum yet
> conservative code-point repertoire is built. All the linguistic aspects are
> taken into account.
>
>                 3.    Registry/Registrar Operations Experts: Ensures that
> Registry/Registrar perspectives are taken into account
>
>                 4.    Policy Experts: Addresses the policy issues
> pertaining to the delegation of IDN Variant TLDs as well as ICANN Policy
> Development Process.
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> Along with the above set of members, each generation panel requires a
> chair, who will co-ordinate the whole activity. The chair will be duly
> appointed after the constitution of the panel.
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>
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> *While the participation is purely voluntary, I need not add that besides
> ensuring that your language/script gets adequate representation, being on
> an ICANN Panel is highly prestigious.*
>
>
>
> In case you are interested, you would have to send to ICANN the following:
>
> A covering letter along with the following, as attachments, 1. Expression
> of Interest. 2. Short Profile pertinent to IDN/ICANN/Linguistics.
>
>
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> The mail addresses are:
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> 1.       idnvarianttlds at icann.org
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> 2.       NeobrahmiGP at icann.org
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>
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> A template of the attachments and the covering letter are provided in the
> attached document:
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> Hoping to read you.
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>
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> Thanking you in anticipation and looking forward to your participation in
> this important venture.
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> With kind regards
>
> Many Thanks,
>
> Neha Gupta
>
> C-DAC GIST
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-- 
Gurpreet Singh Lehal, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Computer Science
Dean, Faculty of Physical Sciences
Director, Advanced Centre for Technical Development of Punjabi Language,
Literature and Culture,
Punjabi University, Patiala.
India-147002

Phone : +91-9815473767 (M)
            +91-1753046171 (O)

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