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I could contribute to points 1, 2, and 3 (if I can make it to the session).<o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:233.75pt'><td width=329 valign=top style='width:246.75pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:233.75pt'><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;margin-left:-4.7pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:13.7pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-13.7pt;line-height:150%;border:none;padding:0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:9.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-13.7pt;line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img width=45 height=60 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01CC3751.995588A0" alt="cid:image001.png@01CB3491.EE8CD3A0"></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:9.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-13.7pt'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>National Information Technology Center<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:9.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-13.7pt'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:9.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-13.7pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Fahd A. 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For more information, please visit our website <a href="http://www.idn.jo/">http://www.idn.jo/</a> or <a href="http://نطاقات-عربية.الاردن/">http://<span lang=AR-SA dir=RTL style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>نطاقات</span><span lang=AR-SA dir=RTL style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>-</span><span lang=AR-SA dir=RTL style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>عربية</span><span lang=AR-SA dir=RTL style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>.</span><span lang=AR-SA dir=RTL style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>الاردن</span><span dir=LTR></span><span dir=LTR></span><span dir=LTR></span><span dir=LTR></span>/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#C00000'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'>Disclaimer</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'><br>The message contained in this e-mail along with the attachments (if present) are meant for the use of the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately. Any unauthorized disclosure, copying, distribution of or taking any action in reliance on the contents of the information contained herein is strictly prohibited</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> vip-bounces@icann.org [mailto:vip-bounces@icann.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Vladimir Shadrunov<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 30, 2011 5:45 PM<br><b>To:</b> vip@icann.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [vip] Educational session on existing variant practices<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The topic of variants isn't new and the issues we are trying to examine here in this group may have already been defined and/or dealt with somewhere on this planet. <br><br>We have experts from different fields here, and not necessarily all of us are well informed about the existing practices related to variants. Hence an idea: how about holding an educational session for the entire group where we will review how variant issues are managed in:<br><br>1. Existing ICANN TLD programs (Fast Track, Applicant Guidebook)<br>2. IDN ccTLD registries - variants on the top level<br>3. TLD registries - variants on the second level<br>4. DNS standards (some background on DNAMEs might be helpful)<br>5. RFCs that deal with string similarity (4790, 3743 for Chinese, 5992 for Cyrillic, others?)<br>6. (possibly) Trademark laws<br><br>I'm happy to contribute to part 3 sharing the .tel experience with managing variants. We support IDNs in 15 languages with different degrees of variant management in Chinese, Japanese and Russian.<br><br>Would the group support such an effort? <br><br>Best regards,<br>Vladimir Shadrunov<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>