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Email Address Internationalization (EAI) and Gmail
by Fahd Batayneh Aug. 6, 2014

Aug. 6, 2014

Friends and Colleagues, During the Public Forum at ICANN 50 in London, Jordyn Buchanan from Google confirmed that Gmail will support EAI on their platform by the end of this month. . by the end of this month gmail is going to be the first major mail platform with full EAI support, so you'll be able to email back and forth with gmail users at least . You can find the scribe at http://www.streamtext.net/player/carttranscript?event=SANDRINGHAM-26Jun2014. A good step forward for Universal Acceptance of IDNs. Thank you, Fahd Batayneh ICANN

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IDN Root Zone LGR Generation Panels Workshop
by Fahd Batayneh June 25, 2014

June 25, 2014

Friends and Colleagues, Sorry for sending this out on such a late notice, but the IDN Root Zone LGR Generation Panels Workshop in London is taking place right now. You can join remotely using the information provided at http://london50.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-lgr. Thank you, Fahd Batayneh ICANN

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FW: ICANN News Alert -- Maximal Starting Repertoire Version 1 (MSR-1)‬ for the Development of Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone
by Fahd Batayneh June 21, 2014

June 21, 2014

FYI… Fahd Batayneh ICANN Sent: Friday, June 20, 2014 11:54 PM Subject: ICANN News Alert -- Maximal Starting Repertoire Version 1 (MSR-1) for the Development of Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone <http://www.icann.org/> ICANN News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-06-20-en _____ Maximal Starting Repertoire Version 1 (MSR-1) for the Development of Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone 20 June 2014 To support IDN labels in the root zone, the ICANN community, at the direction of the Board, undertook several projects to study and make recommendations on their viability and delegation. One of these projects is the implementation of the Procedure to Develop and Maintain the Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone in Respect of IDNA Labels <https://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/variant-tlds/draft-lgr-procedure-20m…> [PDF, 1.39 MB] (the Procedure) allowing for the development of Label Generation Rules (LGR) for the Root Zone. The LGR for the Root Zone is a mechanism for creating and maintaining rules with respect to IDN labels for the root. In the context of the implementation of the Procedure, ICANN is pleased to announce that the Integration Panel has released the first version of the Maximal Starting Repertoire (MSR-1) <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/reports-2013-04-03-en> . The MSR-1 is the first deliverable from the Integration Panel under the Procedure and will serve as a fixed collection of code points from which Generation Panels may make a selection in constructing the repertoire for their respective LGR proposals. The MSR-1 covers the following 22 scripts: Arabic, Bengali, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Georgian, Greek, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Han, Hangul, Hebrew, Hiragana, Kannada, Katakana, Lao, Latin, Malayalam, Oriya, Sinhala, Tamil, Telugu, and Thai. MSR-1 contains 32,790 code points short-listed from 97,973 PVALID/CONTEXT code points of Unicode version 6.3. This release of MSR-1 sets the stage for the work by Generation Panels. In addition to selecting their repertoire from within the MSR for developing LGR proposals, Generation Panels will also evaluate whether any such code points are variants and if any rules are needed to further constrain the labels generated using these code points. The resulting LGR proposals by the Generation Panels will be released for public comment before they are reviewed by the Integration Panel for integration into the Root Zone LGR. If it becomes necessary to stage the release of the LGR, for example because not all Generation Panels are able to submit proposals at the same time, subsequent versions of the LGR may be released. MSR-1 defers some of the eligible scripts, so as to balance timeliness with comprehensiveness. At a later stage, another version of the MSR will be developed to include repertoires from the deferred scripts and make other additions to the repertoire as warranted. It would be the foundation for any subsequent LGR versions. All future versions of the MSR and all versions of the LGR must retain full backwards compatibility. MSR-1 release consists of the following documents: * Maximal Starting Repertoire - MSR-1-Overview and Rationale-20140606 <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/msr-overview-06jun14-en.pdf> [PDF, 468 KB] * MSR-1-Annotated-Han-Tables-20140606 <https://icann.box.com/shared/static/4mxq49h6tsc0kldf1cnv.pdf> [PDF, 43.3 MB] * MSR-1-Annotated-Hangul-Tables-20140606 <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/msr-hangul-06jun14-en.pdf> [PDF, 4.19 MB] * MSR-1-Annotated-non-CJK-Tables-20140606 <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/msr-non-cjk-06jun14-en.pdf> [PDF, 1.86 MB] * MSR-1-Repertoire+WLE-Rules-20140606 <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/msr-wle-rules-06jun14-en.xml> [XML, 741 KB] <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/track.php?msgid=940141&act=MI8Z&r=25971199&c=…>

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Universal Acceptance of TLDs Draft Roadmap
by Fahd Batayneh June 19, 2014

June 19, 2014

Friends and Colleagues, Universal Acceptance of TLDs Draft Roadmap has just been posted at https://www.icann.org/public-comments/tld-acceptance-initiative-2014-06-18-e n. Thank you, Fahd Batayneh ICANN

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TF-AIDN Second F2F Meeting
by Fahd Batayneh June 14, 2014

June 14, 2014

Friends and Colleagues, The Task Force on Arabic Script IDNs (TF-AIDN) had its second F2F meeting over the course of 5-days during June 8-12, 2014. The meetings took place in Istanbul, Turkey. The agenda <https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/43982588/TF-AIDN%202nd%20F 2F%20Meeting%20Agenda.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1402773826556&api=v2> consisted of two main topics: 1. 3 days of LGR and Variant Discussions (June 8-10) 2. 2 days of Universal Acceptance of Arabic Script IDNs (June 11-12) You can find the slides that were presented during the 5-days on the dedicated wiki space at https://community.icann.org/display/MES/TF-AIDN+Work+Space. Some sessions did not have slides prepared as respective presenters demonstrated their talk visually. Finally, below is a group picture in the middle of one of the sessions. A small group, yet a very productive meeting. cid:image003.jpg@01CF872C.199F6120 Members of the TF-AIDN Present in Istanbul Thank you, Fahd

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