[CANN][icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.icann.org_&d=DwMFaQ&...> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2018-11-26-en [icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_news_anno...> ________________________________ Maximal Starting Repertoire Version 4 (MSR-4) for Root Zone Label Generation Rules (RZ-LGR) 26 November 2018 Open Date: 26 November 2018 Close Date: 10 January 2019 Originating Organization: Global Domains Division Categories/Tags: Top-Level Domains Brief Overview: ICANN is releasing for public comment version 4 of the Maximal Starting Repertoire (MSR-4: HTML [icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_sites_def...>, XML [icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_sites_def...>). This version is upwardly compatible with MSR-3 [icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resources...> and adds three code points to the repertoire of Latin script and twelve code points to the repertoire of Myanmar script. Under the Procedure to Develop and Maintain Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone with Respect to IDN Labels [icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_en_resour...>, the MSR is the starting point for the work by community based Generation Panels [icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resources...> developing the Root Zone Label Generation Rules (RZ-LGR [icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resources...>) proposals for relevant scripts. The contents of MSR-4 and the detailed rationale behind its development are described in MSR-4 Overview and Rationale [icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_en_system...> document. Link: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/msr-4-2018-11-26-en [icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_public-2D...>