Dear all, Further to previous emails and updates about ICANN¹s work on the IDN Variant Program, ICANN staff would once again like to request your help. As you know, there is a pressing and urgent need to develop Label Generation Rulesets (LGRs) for each of the 22 scripts identified from among the IDN-based New gTLD applications since IDN variants cannot be implemented in the root until this is finalized. The attached is a summary, in plain English, of the task that also describes the work of the LGR Panels. We will be very grateful if you can assist by volunteering and by distributing the attached request broadly amongst your community. Please let me or the IDN Variant Program staff (cc¹d on this email) know if you or they have any questions about the Panels or the Program. As usual, an update on the Program will also be provided to the GNSO by Program staff at the Los Angeles meeting. Thanks and cheers Mary Mary Wong Senior Policy Director Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: +1 603 574 4892 Email: mary.wong@icann.org From: Mary Wong <mary.wong@icann.org> Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at 4:54 PM To: GNSO Council List <council@gnso.icann.org> Subject: IDN Variant Project Update: first version of Maximal Starting Repertoire released
Dear Councilors,
On behalf of my colleagues who are supporting ICANN¹s IDN Variant Project, I¹m pleased to share with you recent news of the release of the first version of the Maximal Starting Repertoire (MSR-1), a critical step in the implementation phase of IDN variant TLDs: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-06-20-en
As you know, in order to support IDN labels in the root zone, ICANN developed a Procedure for the creation of Label Generation Rulesets (LGR) for a number of specific scripts, to create and manage rules applicable to IDN labels in the root. The LGR for a particular script is to be created by an LGR Panel for that script; the Arabic panel has already been seated and a number of other script communities are working to create other panels. MSR-1 is the first Deliverable under the LGR Procedure, and constitutes the defined set of code points from which individual LGR Panels will construct their rules for each script.
The next update to the GNSO Council and community on IDN variant implementation is being scheduled for the ICANN meeting in Los Angeles. In the meantime, we will continue to provide you with further updates as they become available, so as to enable you and your groups to prepare for the LA meeting and further discussions with the IDN Variant Project staff.
Thanks and cheers Mary
Mary Wong Senior Policy Director Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: +1 603 574 4892 Email: mary.wong@icann.org