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

[Justine Chew]

The draft statement for this public comment call has been prepared and is
now available for comment.

*To View and 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>


Kind regards,
Justine

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


On Mon, 5 Oct 2020 at 17:28, Justine Chew <justine.chew.icann at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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>*
>
> ******
>
> *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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