hi all, this is a very interesting read for those of us who are following the IDN Variant issue. Section A “introduction, motivations and background” is an excellent read for those of us (like me) that are still a little uncertain of our understanding of this issue. mikey Begin forwarded message:

From: "ICANN News Alert" <communications@icann.org> Subject: ICANN News Alert -- IDN Variant TLDs – LGR Procedure Implementation – Maximal Starting Repertoire Version 1 is Now Open for Public Comment Date: March 3, 2014 at 7:18:44 PM CST To: <mike@haven2.com>

News Alert

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-03mar14-en.htm

IDN Variant TLDs – LGR Procedure Implementation – Maximal Starting Repertoire Version 1 is Now Open for Public Comment 3 March 2014

Forum Announcement: Comment Period Opens on Date: 3 March 2014 Categories/Tags: Internationalized Domain Names IDN IDN Variant TLD new gTLD Purpose (Brief): As first deliverable under the "Procedure to Develop and Maintain Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone With Respect to IDN Labels" [PDF, 772 KB] (the Procedure), ICANN is releasing for public comment version 1 of the Maximal Starting Repertoire (MSR-1). The contents of MSR-1 and the detailed rationale behind its development are described in "Maximal Starting Repertoire – MSR-1-Overview and Rationale" [PDF, 393 KB].

Public Comment Box Link: http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/msr-03mar14-en.htm

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