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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Malayalam and Tamil LGRs have been released for public comment.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please see the details of the announcement below or visit https://www.icann.org/public-comments/malayalam-tamil-2018-09-25-en.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<br>Sarmad<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:8.0pt 8.0pt 8.0pt 8.0pt'><div><h2><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>News Alert<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_news_announcement-2D2018-2D09-2D25-2Den&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&m=WT3GBnQCO6CT0Q8MSD8SIWzATo-Rw-bcSauSGGOYP5g&s=nn1-gXnr7_YOUkM8ZahfpzAjnc9hoDx9N4CB5c-p-wQ&e=">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2018-09-25-en [icann.org]</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:15.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><h2 style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Proposals for Malayalam and Tamil Scripts' Root Zone Label Generation Rules <o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>25 September 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none'><tr><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;background:#F8F8F8;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Open Date:</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>25 September 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-left:none;background:#F8F8F8;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Close Date:</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>7 November 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#F8F8F8;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Originating Organization:</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td colspan=3 style='border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-right:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Global Domains Division<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#F8F8F8;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Categories/Tags:</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td colspan=3 style='border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-right:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Top-Level Domains<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#F8F8F8;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Brief Overview:</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td colspan=3 style='border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-right:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The Neo-Brahmi Script Generation Panel (NBGP) was formed by nine communities that use scripts derived from the Brahmi script. NBGP is developing Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR) for Bengali, Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Tamil and Telugu scripts. The GP is publishing the proposals for the LGRs of these nine scripts in multiple sets, releasing proposals for the scripts which share cross-script variant code points together to the extent possible. The first and the second sets are already undergoing public comment and the third set, being released now, includes the following proposals: (1) <em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Proposal for the Malayalam Script Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone</span></em>, (2)<em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> Proposal for the Tamil Script Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone</span></em>. As per the <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__icann.org_en_system_files_files_lgr-2Dprocedure-2D20mar13-2Den.pdf&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&m=WT3GBnQCO6CT0Q8MSD8SIWzATo-Rw-bcSauSGGOYP5g&s=y0KgCADz0m7BBnJ8IQa8qckfOB8rMnZd7asiDh86If8&e=">LGR Procedure [icann.org]</a> [PDF, 772 KB], these proposals are being posted for public comments to allow those who have not participated in the NBGP to make their views known. Based on the feedback, the NBGP will finalize each proposal for its evaluation and integration into the Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#F8F8F8;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Link:</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td colspan=3 style='border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-right:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__icann.org_public-2Dcomments_malayalam-2Dtamil-2D2018-2D09-2D25-2Den&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&m=WT3GBnQCO6CT0Q8MSD8SIWzATo-Rw-bcSauSGGOYP5g&s=YlO7ucy1qCwJVuns5NXItciqACI8CN13zTVNedHlNzU&e=">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/malayalam-tamil-2018-09-25-en [icann.org]</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></div><div id=aqa-email-footer><div style='margin-left:7.5pt;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin:7.5pt;text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>