[UA-discuss] Mixing between RTL and LTR scripts

[Andrew Sullivan]

On Mon, May 07, 2018 at 08:47:53AM -0700, Paul Stahura wrote:
> I’m pretty sure ICANN disallows script mixing in labels via their contracts
> with registries.

Of course, they don't have a contract with most ccTLDs.  And they
don't appear to have such a rule with (e.g.) Verisign for com.  And
finally, ICANN just can't make rules for the whole DNS.

> But I can’t find, after a cursory look-see, where that policy/prohibition is
> located in the registry agreements.  

It's part of the IDN guidelines.  They're included by reference, I
think.

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