[arabic-vip] Issues Document

[Sarmad Hussain]

Dear All,

There are some significant changes in this version, where I have tried to move items around to fit under proper headings and also asked some questions where either a point is not clearly articulated or it is unclear if it is relevant for TLDs.

The Redline version is attached (except that the introduction section added is not red-lined).

Kindly review the document and please contribute where you can and/or send feedback on the changes suggested.

Baher is also request to circulate this to the panel of experts/reviewers ICANN has for further feedback.  It would be great if we can have the feedback before our meeting on 13th Sept. so that we can have a more detailed discussion around it face to face.

We will have a conference call this Tuesday and discuss any feedback you may have on the document thus far.


Regards,
Sarmad




-----Original Message-----
From: Sarmad Hussain [mailto:sarmad.hussain at kics.edu.pk] 
Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2011 11:44 PM
To: 'Siavash Shahshahani'
Cc: 'arabic-vip at icann.org'
Subject: RE: [arabic-vip] Issues Document

Agree that "language" table is a misnomer.  Not sure what to call it, perhaps a "registry supported character set and variant table"?  

I am rewording this in the revised version 0.4 (will circulate it tonight).  Please check the text and make sure it meets your expectations.

Regards,
Sarmad

-----Original Message-----
From: Siavash Shahshahani [mailto:shahshah at irnic.ir] 
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 8:58 AM
To: Sarmad Hussain
Cc: arabic-vip at icann.org
Subject: Re: [arabic-vip] Issues Document

Dear Sarmad,
Thank you for the great combining work, well done. I wish to point out
something about the following:
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a.	Management of Language and Variant Tables

The registry should decide what are the supported languages along with
defining language table and variants table for each supported language.
Here are some questions (about this issue) that each registry should
consider:

i.	What are the supported languages in the registry's TLD?
..... etc
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I have trouble with the 'should' in the introduction. Why should it? If
you are registering an ASCII domain you are not required to discuss the
language. Language is taken care of by the requirements of registration; no
further limitations are needed. This will be very important by gTLDs. Note
that a label need not be carry a meaning in any language. The only sensible
requirement for the gTLD would be that its rules and regulations take care
of variants in a way that no threat to security and stability would ensue.
There is no universal solution for this; the solution would depend on the
character table used by the regisry. In the case of Arabic script,
depending on which subset of the UNICODE table you are allowing for
registration, your requirements will differ; no reference to 'language' is
needed.
Regards,
Siavash
 


On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:32:08 -0700, "Sarmad Hussain"
<sarmad.hussain at kics.edu.pk> wrote:
> Dear All,
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> Thank you for the feedback so far.  
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> I have incorporated comments from Fahd, Dr. Al-Zoman and also included
> change due to our final discussions on dispute resolution, and end user.

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> Please find attached an updated version for your review and further
> feedback.
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> I wish all of you a happy Eid and we will have our conference call on
> Tuesday, 6th Sept.
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> Regards,
> Sarmad
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