<div dir="ltr">This is very interesting, and would seem an opportunity to help them get the problem fixed.<div><br></div><div>Who in our group could assist them?</div><div><br></div><div>Tony<br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 9:47 AM, Ram Mohan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rmohan@afilias.info" target="_blank">rmohan@afilias.info</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear Siavash,<br>
Nice to hear from you after a long time!<br>
<br>
And thank you for the summary of the issues you are experiencing. I'd like<br>
to start cataloging these kinds of issues on the UA page, so that others can<br>
get a sense of the history and also current set of problems.<br>
<br>
-Ram<br>
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From: <a href="mailto:siavash@dotbazaar.net">siavash@dotbazaar.net</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:siavash@dotbazaar.net">siavash@dotbazaar.net</a>]<br>
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2015 12:24 PM<br>
To: <a href="mailto:ua-discuss@icann.org">ua-discuss@icann.org</a><br>
Subject: Re: [UA-discuss] UA Plans for the next 3 months<br>
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Hello Ram,<br>
This is in response to your call for reporting UA problems with new TLDs.<br>
The fact that IDNA2008 is not as yet fully supported by major browsers has<br>
been a big problem for our IDN domain <.بازار> (dotBazaar), xn--mgbab2bd.<br>
Specifically, it seems that the four `deviations' as listed in UNICODE<br>
Technical Standard #46 are lumped together for possible action making it<br>
very difficult to proceed. Of the four, ZWJ does not seem to be needed at<br>
this time, German sz may have a huge backward compatibility problem, but<br>
ZWNJ and Greek final sigma can be implemented (the latter, as far as I know)<br>
without much difficulty. Our problem is with ZWNJ, which is in included in<br>
our ICANN-approved Table.<br>
This is very common in Persian, Urdu and Kurdish, which are among the<br>
languages targeted for this IDN TLD. The only backward compatibility problem<br>
here is with a fairly small number of third-level IDN domains once<br>
registered under IDNA2003 in <<a href="http://xn--mgba3a4f16a.ir" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">ایران.ir</a>>, but this problem was already<br>
foreseen when I was directing .ir and I'm assured by IRNIC now that they're<br>
ready to deal with it when they begin registering under their top-level IDN<br>
ccTLD (ZWNJ is included in their IDN Table). We at dotBazaar, and IRNIC<br>
staff (for <.ایران>), are ready to cooperate with browser people and other<br>
interested parties to solve this problem.<br>
Regards,<br>
Siavash<br>
for dotBazaar<br>
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On 2015-11-14 01:04, Ram Mohan wrote:<br>
> Folks,<br>
><br>
> It’s been a few weeks since the UA group met virtually and in person<br>
> in Dublin, sustaining the momentum and drive that has made this effort<br>
> an important and community supported initiative that is going from<br>
> strength to strength.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> In the next few weeks, I will provide an update of the activities to<br>
> date, and of the plans that we are making for the upcoming year. In<br>
> 2016, the UA effort must move from effort to effect, and demonstrate<br>
> the outcomes of the hard work of the many volunteers contributing.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> I’m updating my 2014 blog post on CircleID on Universal Acceptance<br>
> [More Problems Crop Up With Universal Acceptance of Top Level Domains<br>
> [1]] – Christian Dawson has volunteered to help. IF YOU HAVE DATA<br>
> REGARDING PROBLEMS OR SUCCESSES WITH UA IN YOUR TLD, PLEASE SEND ME AN<br>
> EMAIL. Brent London is making progress on the Technical topics, and<br>
> Mark Svancarek is kicking off the metrics component. Rich Merdinger &<br>
> Christian are focusing on outreach and communications efforts for<br>
> 2016. Dennis Tan & Dusan Stojicevic are concentrating on the IDN and<br>
> EAI pieces, an area that overlaps the work that Brent is doing.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> We are planning to kick off 2016 with a face to face meeting on<br>
> January 14 and 15 in Washington DC, and will take up the kind offer<br>
> from ICANN to host at their downtown DC offices. As is our norm, there<br>
> will be an open conference bridge, and the meeting will be recorded.<br>
> Those who would like to attend in person should inform Don cc’ing me<br>
> about your intent to attend. The conference room in DC holds about 20<br>
> people comfortably, and 25 in a stretch.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> As you know, the work we are doing is not possible without your<br>
> attention, energy and ability. We are grateful for the work you are<br>
> already doing, and we need more of it in the year coming up.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Regards,<br>
><br>
> Ram<br>
><br>
> Chair, UASG<br>
><br>
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> Ram Mohan<br>
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> Executive Vice President & CTO<br>
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> Afilias |Ireland|Canada|USA|India<br>
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> Links:<br>
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> [1]<br>
> <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20140207_more_problems_crop_up_universal" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.circleid.com/posts/20140207_more_problems_crop_up_universal</a><br>
> _acceptance_of_top_level_domains/<br>
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