[APRALO-Policy] Call for input to At-Large position(s) on the Reference Label Generation Rulesets (LGRs) for the Second Level

[Justine Chew]

All,

CPWG Member Bill Jouris has identified some issues to be considered for
At-Large intervention and an ALAC statement to the public comment process
closing on 15 Oct 2020. (See: Presentation by Bill Jouris
<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/147849745/Ar%20Large%20Comments%20on%20SLDs.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1600107287000&api=v2>)


Your input is sought given that this involves IDNs and possible risk of
end-user confusion in domain names at the second level. To comment, please
go to: CPWG Workspace
<https://community.icann.org/display/alacpolicydev/At-Large+Workspace%3A+Reference+Label+Generation+Rulesets+%28LGRs%29+for+the+Second+Level>
.

Kind regards,
Justine

*APRALO Policy Forum
<https://community.icann.org/display/APRALO/APRALO+Policy+Forum>*

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*COMMENTCall for Public Comments to the Reference Label Generation Rulesets
(LGRs) for the Second Level (24 Aug - 15 Oct 2020)
<https://www.icann.org/public-comments/reference-lgrs-second-level-2020-08-24-en>
*

*Purpose:* To improve the transparency and consistency of the
Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) table review process to facilitate the
registry operations of new gTLDs, ICANN has developed additional reference
IDN tables in machine-readable format, called reference Label Generation
Rulesets (LGRs) for the second level. The reference IDN tables are based on
the Guidelines for Developing Reference Label Generation Rules (LGRs)
<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/lgr-guidelines-second-level-27may20-en.pdf>,
which were finalized after community review
<https://www.icann.org/public-comments/lgr-second-level-2-2020-03-30-en>.
These reference LGRs will be used in reviewing IDN tables submitted by
the gTLD registries, e.g. through the Registry Service Evaluation Policy
(RSEP) process.

*Current Status:* ICANN org had published reference second-level LGRs
<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/second-level-lgr-2015-06-21-en> for
multiple languages. Additional reference LGRs have been developed based on
the detailed analysis and finalized solutions by the script community for
the Root Zone Label Generation Rules (RZ-LGRs)
<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/lgr-proposals-2015-12-01-en>.
Seventeen (17) LGRs are being released for Public Comment including Bangla,
Devanagari, Ethiopic, Georgian, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Kannada, Khmer, Lao,
Malayalam, Oriya, Tamil and Telugu script-based LGRs, and Arabic, Chinese,
Hindi, and Thai language-based LGRs.

*Next Steps:* Based on the community input, these reference LGRs will be
finalized and published for the use of gTLD registry operators to consult
while they design their IDN tables.  These reference LGRs will also be used
in reviewing the IDN tables submitted by the gTLD registries.

*Particular Focus for APRALO*: Possible risk of confusion to individual
end-users through use of visually similar multi-lingual scripts in domain
names at the second level

*At-Large Resources: *Presentation by Bill Jouris
<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/147849745/Ar%20Large%20Comments%20on%20SLDs.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1600107287000&api=v2>

*To Comment, go to*: CPWG Workspace
<https://community.icann.org/display/alacpolicydev/At-Large+Workspace%3A+Reference+Label+Generation+Rulesets+%28LGRs%29+for+the+Second+Level>
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