[menog] FW: ICANN News Alert -- Generation Panel for the Arabic Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules Seated

[Fahd Batayneh]

(sorry for cross posting)



For those interested in the proceedings of IDNs and LGR. A step forward for 
the Arabic Script IDN community.



Fahd Batayneh

ICANN



Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2014 2:56 AM
Subject: ICANN News Alert -- Generation Panel for the Arabic Script Root Zone 
Label Generation Rules Seated



 <http://www.icann.org/> ICANN


News Alert


http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-14feb14-en.htm

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Generation Panel for the Arabic Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules Seated


14 February 2014

ICANN is pleased to announce that the Generation Panel for the Arabic Script 
Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR) has been seated.

Following the Call for Generation Panels to Develop Root Zone Label Generation 
Rules <http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-11jul13-en.htm> 
published on 11 July 2013, the Task Force on Arabic Script Internationalized 
Domain Names 
<https://community.icann.org/display/MES/Task+Force+on+Arabic+Script+IDNs> 
(TF-AIDN), a community-driven initiative of the Middle East Strategy Working 
Group (MESWG), has developed and submitted to ICANN, on 13 January 2014, the 
Proposal for Generation Panel for Arabic Script Label Generation Ruleset for 
the Root Zone 
<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/variant-tlds/lgr-procedure-20mar13-en.pdf> 
[PDF, 772 KB] (LGR Procedure). ICANN staff has reviewed the proposal including 
panel composition and scope, to ensure that requirements set forth in the LGR 
Procedure 
<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/variant-tlds/lgr-procedure-20mar13-en.pdf> 
[PDF, 772 KB], and in particular the criteria set forth in the Call for 
Generation Panels to Develop Root Zone Label Generation Rules 
<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-11jul13-en.htm> , are 
fulfilled.

ICANN would also like to use this opportunity to thank each of the members for 
offering their time and expertise to volunteer on the Arabic Script Generation 
Panel.

With composition and work plan approved, the Arabic Script Generation Panel 
will start its work on the label generation rules. According to the LGR 
Procedure 
<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/variant-tlds/lgr-procedure-20mar13-en.pdf> 
[PDF, 772 KB], the starting point of any Generation Panel's work is the 
maximal set of code points defined by the Integration Panel as well as a set 
of Default Whole Label Variant Evaluation Rules. The full specification of 
Generation Panel's tasks can be found in the LGR Procedure 
<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/variant-tlds/lgr-procedure-20mar13-en.pdf> 
[PDF, 772 KB] 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/Arabic+Script+GP> 
where Arabic Script Generation Panel 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 <http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-11jul13-en.htm> 
. A successful development of the IDN Root Zone LGR depends on having 
Generation Panels for each script represented in the Root Zone. In the first 
stages of the IDN Root Zone LGR development and in addition to ongoing efforts 
with the Arabic script, Generation Panel formation is expected to cover 
following scripts: Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Cyrillic, Greek, Latin, 
Bengali, Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Sinhala, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, and 
Georgian (i.e., scripts represented in existing applications from both New 
gTLD and IDN ccTLD Programs).

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 
<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-11jul13-en.htm>  and 
to the additional supporting documentation provided on the Root Zone LGR 
Project website 
<https://community.icann.org/display/croscomlgrprocedure/Root+Zone+LGR+Project> 
.



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