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[lgr] Getting started with the LGR work
by Eric Brunner-Williams Feb. 5, 2015

Feb. 5, 2015

Dear Colleagues, I will be chairing the LGR work, and for those of you I don't already know a very brief introduction -- I first began to think about support for languages in 1986 – I was writing what became the Single UnixSpecification for a set of European OEMs and had to consider whether or not to add APIs to Unix for 8-bit single-byte coded characters (8859-*) to the existing 7-bit APIs for single-byte coded characters (ASCII).I revisited the problem again six years later, after the locale model had been added for single and multi-byte encodings, e.g., EUC and SJIS, and again, as an architect at Sun, when I elected to create the default UTF8 locale for Solaris. Over the next several years I consulted to HP’s Cupertino Systems Labs and IBM’s Palo Alto Research Center, making contributions to the i18n/l10n architectures and implementations of HP-UX and AIX. I became involved with the Unicode Consortium when it began to consider adopting proposed draft standards for encoding two writing systems I had some prior familiarity with – the Cherokee and a Unified Northern syllabaries.It was through participation in the UTC that I became aware of the issues presented by scripts with combining and/or context dependent characters, directionality, scripts not yet supported by Unicode, etc. Not all my work was pure Operating Systems and their internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n), I worked at SRI during the transitions from hosttables to the DNS and participated in the efforts that lead to the NTIA's selection of ICANN as a contractor. I contributed to the IETF working groups on domain registration and internationalized domain names, and have worked for registries and registrars over the past decade and a half, and have participated in ICANN through the GNSO and through At-Large. My SOI is here: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Eric+Brunner-Williams+SOI Enough about me, please, and on to the work. I encourage those of you who are not attending ICANN-52 to follow the IDN Root Zone LGR workshop session, as the experiences of the Arabic Script group will inform those of us working on the Latin Script, and the presentations by Wil Tan and Michel Suignard will be of general interest. Those who are attending ICANN-52 I strongly urge they attend the IDN Root Zone LGR workshop, and get to know each other during this opportunity for face-to-face interaction. Please note that the IDN Root Zone LGR workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, February 11th, at 13:00 UTC+8. For those east of the Atlantic Ocean -- Europe, Africa, Asia -- the meeting will in fact take place on Wednesday, February 11th, at 13:00 UTC+8 For those west of the Atlantic Ocean -- the Americas -- the meeting will in fact take place the previous day, e.g., at 9pm in Los Angeles (UTC-8). I thank you all for volunteering for this important, and quite vast undertaking, as Latin script forms the basis for languages from Abenaki (spoken in Northern New England & Quebec and the Maritimes) to Vietnamese, in each inhabited continent of the globe. Staff has been kind enough to forward to me each of your SOIs and/or CVs, and I will be writing each of you in the next few days. Eric Brunner-Williams Eugene, Oregon _______________________________________________ lgr mailing list lgr(a)icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/lgr

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[lgr] FW: ICANN News Alert -- Generation Panel for the Armenian Script ‭Root Zone‬ Label Generation Rules (LGR) Seated‬‬‬‬
by Sarmad Hussain Feb. 4, 2015

Feb. 4, 2015

Dear All, FYI: Armenian Generation Panel is seated and have started their work. Thanks to the hard work the panel members have put in so far. Regards, Sarmad <http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-02-03-en _____ Generation Panel for the Armenian Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR) Seated 3 February 2015 ICANN is pleased to announce that the Generation Panel for the Armenian Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR) has been seated. Following the Call for Generation Panels to Develop Root Zone Label Generation Rules <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2013-07-11-en> published on 11 July 2013, the Armenian script community has developed and submitted to ICANN, on 27 January 2015, the Proposal for the Generation Panel for the Armenian Script Label Generation Ruleset for the Root Zone. ICANN staff has reviewed the proposal including panel composition and scope, to ensure that requirements set forth in the LGR Procedure <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/lgr-procedure-20mar13-en.pdf> , and in particular the criteria set forth in the Call for Generation Panels to Develop Root Zone Label Generation Rules <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2013-07-11-en> , are fulfilled. On behalf of ICANN, we would like to use this opportunity to thank each of the members for offering their time and expertise to volunteer for the Armenian Script Generation Panel. With composition and work plan approved, the Armenian Script Generation Panel will start its work on the label generation rules. According to the LGR Procedure <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/lgr-procedure-20mar13-en.pdf> , the starting point of any Generation Panel's work is the Maximal Starting Repertoire (MSR), with it's first version (MSR-1 <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-06-20-en> ) released on 20 June 2014 and the second version (MSR-2 <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/msr-2014-12-15-en> ) currently under community review. The full specification of Generation Panel's tasks can be found in the LGR Procedure <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/lgr-procedure-20mar13-en.pdf> in particular, Section B.3 "Variant Rule Generation Procedure". ICANN will provide a central public location workspace on the project website <https://community.icann.org/display/croscomlgrprocedure/Armenian+Script+GP> , where Armenian Script Generation Panel proposal, composition, work plan updates, public reports, contact details, and any other relevant information will be included. As a reminder, and to highlight the importance of script community involvement required in the development of the IDN Root Zone LGR, we would like to reiterate the Call for Generation Panels to Develop Root Zone Label Generation Rules <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2013-07-11-en> . A successful development of the IDN Root Zone LGR depends on having Generation Panels for each script represented in the Root Zone. In the IDN Root Zone LGR development, in addition to ongoing efforts with the Arabic, Armenian and Chinese scripts, Generation Panel formation is expected to cover other scripts including Bengali, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Ethiopic, Georgian, Greek, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Hebrew, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Latin, Myanmar, Oriya, Sinhala, Tamil, Telugu, Thai and Tibetan. For further information on how to form a Generation Panel or to express individual or group statements of interest for the establishment of a Generation Panel, please refer to the Call for Generation Panels to Develop Root Zone Label Generation Rules <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2013-07-11-en> and to the additional supporting documentation provided on the Root Zone LGR Project website <https://community.icann.org/display/croscomlgrprocedure/Root+Zone+LGR+Proje…> . <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/track.php?msgid=958338&act=95OV&r=27296433&c=…> _______________________________________________ lgr mailing list lgr(a)icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/lgr

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[lgr] IDN Root Zone LGR (Workshop) | Wednesday, 11 February 2015 | 13:00 – 14:15 (Local Singapore Time)
by Jia-Juh Kimoto Feb. 3, 2015

Feb. 3, 2015

Meeting: IDN Root Zone LGR (Workshop) Date: Wednesday, 11 February 2015 Time: 13:00 – 14:15 (Local Singapore Time) Location: Moor Conf. Room | 4th Level Raffles City Convention Center Remote Participation: http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-lgr Overview: This session will focus on explaining the steps involved in the LGR procedure implementation and providing more detailed guidance by the IDN team and the Integration Panel to address the issues which have been raised by the Generation Panel members for different scripts. Additionally, script communities will provide updates on their progress. Agenda: 1. Introduction – Sarmad Hussain 2. Integration Panel Discussion a. Guidelines for LGR Development – Wil Tan b. How to Design Variants and WLE Rules – Michel Suignard 3. Community Updates a. Armenian GP Update – Igor Mkrtumyan b. Cyrillic GP Update – Dusan Stojičević and Yuriy Kargapolov c. Beyond the Root Zone - Applications of LGR – Philippe Collin 4. Q/A _______________________________________________ lgr mailing list lgr(a)icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/lgr

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[lgr] IDN Program Update | Wednesday, 11 February 2015 | 9:00 – 10:15 (Local Singapore Time)
by Jia-Juh Kimoto Feb. 3, 2015

Feb. 3, 2015

Meeting: IDN Program Update Date: Wednesday, 11 February 2015 Time: 9:00 – 10:15 (Local Singapore Time) Location: Sophia Conf. Room | 4th Level Raffles City Convention Center Remote Participation: http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-idn Overview: ICANN’s IDN Program team will discuss the overall progress of the program, giving details of the different projects the IDN program is undertaking. This includes the community-based efforts to develop rules to validate and determine variants of top-level domains in different scripts. They will share the stage with community members who are making the decisions about characters in a particular script to develop these “Label Generation Rules” for the Internet’s Root Zone. These community representatives will share the challenges associated with the work and report on the progress. Agenda: 1. IDN Program – Overview and Progress – Sarmad Hussain 2. Update by Integration Panel – Wil Tan 3. Community Updates on Generation Panels a. Arabic GP Update – Nabil Benamar b. Japanese GP Update – Hiro Hotta and Yoshiro Yoneya c. Korean GP Update – Kyongsok Kim d. Chinese GP Update – Kenny Huang 4. Q/A _______________________________________________ lgr mailing list lgr(a)icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/lgr

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[lgr] Sarmad Hussain is forwarding an email to you
by Sarmad Hussain Feb. 1, 2015

Feb. 1, 2015

ICANN staff = ICANN staff = Hi LGR Email List member, Sarmad Hussain thought you'd be interested in this: http://us3.forward-to-friend1.com/forward/show?u=818d573897ed5ea25ee71ebc1&… Sarmad Hussain also included this personal message to you: Hi alll, ICANN EMEA Newsletter interviews Yuriy Kargapolov of Cyrillic Generation Panel. See the Community Highlights section. Did you find the link interesting? You can forward it on to your friends, too: http://us3.forward-to-friend1.com/forward?u=818d573897ed5ea25ee71ebc1&id=60… You can subscribe for more emails at: http://icann.us3.list-manage2.com/subscribe?u=818d573897ed5ea25ee71ebc1&id=… * Note: if any of the URLs above are not clickable, you can copy/paste them into your web browser. <http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm…> _______________________________________________ lgr mailing list lgr(a)icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/lgr

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[lgr] FW: ICANN News Alert -- Third Face-to-Face Meeting for the Task Force on Arabic Script IDNs (TF-AIDN) to Convene in Singapore
by Sarmad Hussain Feb. 1, 2015

Feb. 1, 2015

Dear All, FYI: ArabicGP is meeting in Singapore and intends to finalize its proposal for Root Zone LGR. Kindly note that you are welcome to come and observe. There is also an open house on Sunday, in case you want to interact with Arabic GP. Regards, Sarmad From: ICANN News Alert [mailto:communications@icann.org] Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 6:24 AM To: Sarmad Hussain Subject: ICANN News Alert -- Third Face-to-Face Meeting for the Task Force on Arabic Script IDNs (TF-AIDN) to Convene in Singapore <http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-01-30-en _____ Third Face-to-Face Meeting for the Task Force on Arabic Script IDNs (TF-AIDN) to Convene in Singapore 30 January 2015 When: February 6-8, 2015 Where: Raffles City Convention Center, Singapore (Room "Fullerton") <https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/assets/tf-aidn-468x268-22mar14-en…> Members of the TF-AIDN at the First F2F Meeting in Singapore during March 20-22, 2014 Background Since the second Face-to-Face meeting of the TF-AIDN in Istanbul, Turkey last June, the group has been working on several fronts related to Arabic Script IDNs including scrutinizing the code point repertoire and defining variant code points for the proposal for Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR) and the Universal Acceptance of Arabic script IDNs. The third face-to-face meeting in Singapore will conclude the work covering topics such as the Arabic Script Code Point Repertoire, Code Point Variants, Variant Disposition, Whole Label Evaluation Rules and the XML Representation of the Data, all in the context of finalizing the proposal for the Arabic script for the Root Zone LGR. The group will also discuss the next steps to be taken like addressing the Universal Acceptance of Arabic script IDNs. Though the meeting is closed, observers are welcome to attend. Ten members of the group will be in Singapore, and in addition to the meeting, they are expected to interact at various IDN related sessions with the community. Agenda Friday February 6 (Day I) 8.45 – 9.00 Opening Remarks 9.00 – 10.30 Review of Current Status 10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break 11.00 – 12.30 Code Point Repertoire Review of Write-up for Code Point Repertoire 12.30 – 13.30 Lunch Break 13.30 – 15.00 Variant Analysis Review of Write-up on Variant Analysis 15.00 – 15.30 Coffee Break 15.30 – 17.00 Variant Disposition (Allocatable vs. Blocked) Saturday February 7 (Day II) 9.00 – 10.30 Variant Disposition – cont. Review of Write-up on Variant Disposition 10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break 11.00 – 12.30 Whole Label Evaluation Rules 12.30 – 13.30 Lunch Break 13.30 – 15.00 Whole Label Evaluation Rules XML Document 15.00 – 15.30 Coffee Break 15.30 – 17.00 XML Document Sunday February 8 (Day III) 9.00 – 10.30 Review the Complete Document for Submission 10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break 11.00 – 12.30 Preparation of Presentations for Singapore Community Interaction 12.30 – 13.30 Lunch Break 13.30 – 15.00 Open House 15.00 – 15.30 Coffee Break 15.30 – 17.00 Next Steps (Universal Acceptance; Second Level LGRs, etc.) About the Middle East Strategy Working Group (MESWG) The Middle East Strategy Working Group (MESWG) is an ad-hoc group of Internet experts from the region the strategy covers; i.e. the 22 Arab States, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan (collectively defined as "The Region"). The working group consists of 20 experts from 11 countries of the region. ICANN has coordinated the formation of the working group, and provides all the necessary support to drive its mandate forward. ICANN's strategic goals for its engagement in the region are to: 1. Foster two-way engagement between ICANN and the broader Internet community in the region; 2. Build strong and competitive domain name industry in the region; and 3. Promote multi-stakeholder Internet governance mechanisms in the region. These goals are divided into three strategic focus areas, namely: DNS Security and Stability, Domain Name Industry, and Internet Governance Ecosystem. More on the MESWG can be found online at https://community.icann.org/display/MES/Middle+East+Working+Group. About the Task Force on Arabic Script IDNs (TF-AIDN) TF-AIDN is an initiative of MESWG which focuses on technical issues and solutions to promote Arabic Script IDNs; this includes their definition, secure deployment, and ease of use for the community. The current technical matters include the following: * Arabic Script Label Generation Ruleset (LGR) for the Root Zone; * Second level LGRs for the Arabic script; * Arabic script Internationalized Registration Data Protocol and Practice; * Universal acceptability of Arabic script IDNs and variants; * Technical challenges around registration of Arabic IDNs and variants; * Operational software for Arabic script IDN registry and registrar operations; * DNS security matters specifically related to Arabic IDNs and variants; and * Technical training material around Arabic script IDNs Membership to join the TF-AIDN is always open. Those interested to join the task force on voluntary basis should email their CV and Statement of Interest (SOI) to tf-aidnadmin(a)meswg.org <mailto:tf-aidnadmin@meswg.org> . More on the TF-AIDN can be found online at https://community.icann.org/display/MES/TF-AIDN+Work+Space. _______________________________________________ lgr mailing list lgr(a)icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/lgr

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