<div dir="ltr"><div>I'm the penholder for the ALAC response to these recommendations. I also welcome participation and inputs from the UASG, specifically on issues viewed from the end-users' side.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>satish</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 3:41 AM, Mark Svancarek (CELA) via UA-discuss <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ua-discuss@icann.org" target="_blank">ua-discuss@icann.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’ve been asked to consider a public comment on this on behalf of GNSO/BC. Is there anyone in UASG who would like to join me?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> UA-discuss <<a href="mailto:ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of
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<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, July 28, 2018 23:31<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ua-discuss@icann.org" target="_blank">ua-discuss@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [UA-discuss] Recommendations for Managing the IDN Variant TLDs - Public Comment<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear UASG members,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The recommendations for managing IDN variant labels for the top-level domains (TLDs) have been developed by the ICANN organization. The relevant analysis along with these proposed recommendations have been posted for
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public comment</a>.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please consider providing feedback on the analysis and the recommendations published. UASG may also consider exploring if there are any implications of delegating IDN variant TLDs on the universal acceptance of domain names. We look forward
to your input.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<br>
Sarmad<u></u><u></u></p>
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<h2><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">News Alert<u></u><u></u></span></h2>
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<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-2D2018-2D07-2D25-2Den&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&m=TiTyd-CCZAGUvxvU5gNs89ZY3EH-Dx7rTqsNNAkCXEw&s=-zjF_yHV0lM5o-VBGF1hKDqOIrSA3VZ92GW_xmAKRI8&e=" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/news/<wbr>announcement-2018-07-25-en
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<h2 style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Recommendations for Managing IDN Variant Top-Level Domains
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Recommendations for managing Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) variant labels for top level domains (TLDs) have been developed by ICANN organization. The relevant materials along with these proposed recommendations
are being published to seek community feedback.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The community has identified a need for IDN variant TLDs; however, the ICANN Board resolved on 25 September 2010 that "no variants of gTLDs will be delegated ... until appropriate variant management solutions
are developed."<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Subsequent work by ICANN organization and the community led to the identification of two issues: (i) there is no accepted definition for variant TLDs, and (ii) there is no 'variant management' mechanism for TLDs.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For the first issue, the Root Zone Label Generation Rules (RZ-LGR) Procedure was developed with the support of the community and adopted by the ICANN Board on 11 April 2013 for implementation. The Procedure has
been implemented and RZ-LGR has been developed for six scripts, and other scripts are being added as their proposals are finalized by the relevant script communities.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For the second issue, ICANN organization has undertaken a detailed examination to propose a set of recommendations for variant management mechanisms for TLDs, which will be finalized based on the community input.
The finalized recommendations will be presented to the ICANN Board, anticipated in March 2019. At that time, the ICANN Board will be requested to consider these recommendations to allow for implementing IDN variant TLDs.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_public-2Dcomments_managing-2Didn-2Dvariant-2Dtlds-2D2018-2D07-2D25-2Den&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&m=TiTyd-CCZAGUvxvU5gNs89ZY3EH-Dx7rTqsNNAkCXEw&s=z_nk_L91EaLGvyAk_aYQ_iJ_ZUKTBGBe2fecH-C36nc&e=" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/public-<wbr>comments/managing-idn-variant-<wbr>tlds-2018-07-25-en
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