Re: [Latingp] Homoglyphs within Latin script

Jan. 5, 2018

      In lower case, they are equal. My interpretation of "security" is that we must include some variant or contextual rules that prevent two TLDs only differing on those two code points.

I do not think we should try to interpret what IP thinks. We should propose a solution we think is correct.

Mats

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-----Original Message-----
From: "Tan Tanaka, Dennis" <dtantanaka@verisign.com>
Date: Friday 5 January 2018 at 16:13
To: Michael Bauland <Michael.Bauland@knipp.de>, Mats Dufberg <mats.dufberg@iis.se>
Cc: "latingp@icann.org" <latingp@icann.org>
Subject: Re:  [Latingp] Homoglyphs within Latin script

Hi Michael,

They are not the same character. They look alike in lower case, but are different in upper case (i.e. disunification by case property). The IP briefly discussed this case of 01DD and 0259 in their feedback to our Principles document and suggested that these two should not be variants. Hence my question about more evidence.

-Dennis

On 1/5/18, 10:10 AM, "Michael Bauland" <Michael.Bauland@knipp.de> wrote:

    Hi Dennis, hi Mats,

    On 05.01.2018 16:02, Tan Tanaka, Dennis via Latingp wrote:
    > Thanks Mats.
    > 
    >  
    > 
    > A follow up question, is there evidence that these two code points are
    > used interchangeably in the languages the repertoire team analyzed? I
    > ask because the IP will ask for more evidence of a variant relationship
    > besides visual appearance. Per the Procedure “Generation Panels should
    > ignore cases where the relation is based exclusively on aspects of
    > visual similarity”.

    I'm not sure we need additional evidence, because in this case it's not
    mere "visual similarity" but those two are actually the same. And I
    don't think we have another choice in the case of homoglyphs, but to
    make them variants. On the contrary, I think we had to argue if we
    wanted to not make them variants.

    Michael

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