[arabic-vip] Guidebook

[Baher Esmat]

I recall the discussion we had around this point at the f2f meeting.
However, I wonder if that is a variant issue per se. I see it more as a
general input to the new gTLD guidebook whether variants are allowed or not.

Thoughts?

Best,
Baher


On 9/29/11 12:57 AM, "Sarmad Hussain" <sarmad.hussain at kics.edu.pk> wrote:

> Dear Baher,
> 
> Could you get a response from the relevant person on aspect being raised by
> Siavash on  the language of gTLD requirement (see below).  This was discussed
> earlier (in the context that gTLD labels are not "words" of a language but a
> character string).
> 
> Regards,
> Sarmad
> 
> 
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> In the new gTLD Applicant Guidebook, under Module 1, article 1.3.1, item
> 2, one reads that "The applicant will specify the language of the
> applied-for gTLD string,... ". This is probably a left-over from fast track
> ccTLD process, seems to serve no purpose, and can be objected to on the
> following grounds:
> 1. There is no language-specification requirement for ASCII gTLDS. What is
> the language of 'com', 'info',...?
> 2. The applied-for string may not be a word, hence not a word in any
> language.
> 3. A TLD may be meaningful in more than one language, all using the same
> script. Specifying ONE of these languages as the language of the label
> would limit the intended range of the target market and incur financial
> disadvantage.
> 4. When the label is meaningful in more than one language, specifying one
> as THE language of the label may engender unnecessary etymological disputes
> among targeted language groups.
> The least modification one could ask for would be changing '...the
> language of the applied-for gTLD string' to '...the languageS of the
> applied-for gTLD string, IF ANY, ...'
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