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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We are pleased to announce that the Sinhala script LGR proposal for the Root Zone has been released for public comment. See the announcement below. You can directly go to the public comment using the following link: <a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/sinhala-lgr-2018-10-02-en"><span style='color:#0098D5'>https://www.icann.org/public-comments/sinhala-lgr-2018-10-02-en</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please visit www.icann.org/idn for links to public comments open for other scripts at this time.<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='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;border:none;padding:0in'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Proposal for Sinhala Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules<o:p></o:p></span></h1></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=750 style='width:562.5pt;background:white;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);border-spacing: 0px;margin:1rem auto 15px;min-height: 0.01%'><tr style='box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)'><td valign=top style='border:solid black 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.75rem'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Open Date:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid black 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.75rem'><p class=MsoNormal>2 October 2018<o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid black 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.75rem'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Close Date:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid black 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.75rem'><p class=MsoNormal>14 November 2018<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)'><td valign=top style='border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#ECF0F1;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.75rem'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Originating Organization:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></td><td colspan=3 valign=top style='border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;border-right:solid black 1.0pt;background:#ECF0F1;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.75rem'><p class=MsoNormal>Global Domains Division<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)'><td valign=top style='border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.75rem'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Categories/Tags:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></td><td colspan=3 valign=top style='border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;border-right:solid black 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.75rem'><p class=MsoNormal>Top-Level Domains<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)'><td valign=top style='border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#ECF0F1;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.75rem'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Brief Overview:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></td><td colspan=3 valign=top style='border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;border-right:solid black 1.0pt;background:#ECF0F1;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.75rem'><p class=MsoNormal>The Sinhala script community has formed the Sinhala script Generation Panel (GP), which in turn has developed a <em><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Proposal for the Sinhala Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules</span></em> (<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/proposal-sinhala-lgr-01oct18-en.xml"><span style='color:#0098D5'>Proposal</span></a> [XML, 17 KB] and <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/proposal-sinhala-lgr-01oct18-en.pdf"><span style='color:#0098D5'>Supporting Documentation</span></a>[PDF, 1.8 MB]). As per the <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/lgr-procedure-20mar13-en.pdf"><span style='color:#0098D5'>LGR Procedure</span></a> [PDF, 772 KB], this proposal is being posted for public comment to allow those who have not participated in the Sinhala script GP to make their views known. The Sinhala Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR) follow the posting of eight related Neo-Brahmi Scripts' LGR proposals, which have been published in three sets. The <a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/devanagari-gurmukhi-gujarati-scripts-lgr-2018-07-27-en"><span style='color:#0098D5'>first</span></a> set includes Devanagari, Gujarati and Gurmukhi scripts' LGRs, the <a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/kannada-oriya-telugu-lgr-2018-08-08-en"><span style='color:#0098D5'>second</span></a> set includes Kannada, Telugu, and Oriya scripts' LGRs and the <a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/malayalam-tamil-2018-09-25-en"><span style='color:#0098D5'>third</span></a> set includes Malayalam and Tamil scripts' LGRs. Overlapping the comment periods of these LGRs of related scripts, to the extent possible, will allow the community to consider these proposals in the context of each other. Based on the feedback, the Sinhala script GP will finalize the proposal for submission for integration into the Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone (RZ-LGR).<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:4.35pt;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)'><td valign=top style='border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:4.35pt;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.75rem'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Link:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></td><td colspan=3 valign=top style='border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;border-right:solid black 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:4.35pt;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.75rem'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/sinhala-lgr-2018-10-02-en"><span style='color:#0098D5'>https://www.icann.org/public-comments/sinhala-lgr-2018-10-02-en</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>