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ICANN: Guidelines for Designing Script-Specific Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone
ICANN is releasing a set of documents that present an overview of the tasks of a Generation Panel as well as additional orientation and guidance. They include:
- Guidelines [PDF, 359 KB] and Considerations [PDF, 187 KB] for designing script-specific Label Generation Rules ( LGR ) for integration into the Root Zone ,
- A summary of the Requirements [PDF, 624 KB] on format and contents for submitting an LGR proposal.
The overview and guidelines are based on the prescription in the Procedure to Develop and Maintain Label Generation Rules ( LGR ) for the Root Zone With Respect to IDN Labels [PDF, 772 KB] (the Procedure); they do not supersede the Procedure as the authoritative definition of the process for developing and maintaining a label generation ruleset for the Root Zone . Instead, they intend to give practical guidance as well as a focused overview of the tasks involved in creating a single-script LGR for integration into the Root Zone LGR .
As the first Generations Panels have been formed and begun to take up their work under the Procedure, a number of issues have been raised that demanded further clarification as well as suggested the need for explanation of some of the provisions of the Procedure. To this end, the overview and guideline documents intend to provide a succinct summary of the tasks of a Generation Panel together with practical guidelines on how best to accomplish them. They are intended as adjunct to, and as help in, reading of the Procedure, which otherwise remains the authoritative description of the process.
The output of the work of a Generation Panel is a set of Label Generation Rules ( LGR ) for a given script (or multiple LGRs in case a panel works on more than one script). These are to be released for public comments and finally submitted to the Integration Panel for review and integration into the Root Zone LGR . In order to facilitate the review, the Integration Panel has released a document describing the expected format and organization of an LGR proposal and Generation Panels are expected to submit LGR proposals that adhere to these Requirements [PDF, 624 KB]. These include, in particular, further details on how to create a formal specification of an LGR using the XML Format for Representing Label Generation Rules.
Finally, the Guidelines [PDF, 359 KB] collect in one place a set of references to various technical documents that Generation Panels might need to consult in doing their work.
The guidelines and associated documents are:
- Guidelines-for- LGR -20150424 [PDF, 359 KB]
- Considerations-for- LGR -20150424 [PDF, 187 KB]
- Requirements-for- LGR -Proposals-20150424 [PDF, 624 KB]
This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2015-04-27-en
posted by David Goldstein
ICANN Announces Effective Dates for Additional Whois Information Policy and Whois Advisory
ICANN today announced that the effective date of the Additional Whois Information Policy (AWIP) and Whois advisory is 31 January 2016. In addition, ICANN has published an updated Whois advisory based on input from the community.
The updated Whois advisory is intended to provide clarification for contracted parties regarding Registration Data Directory Service (RDDS) specifications of the Registry Agreement and Registrar Accreditation Agreement. RDDS specifications are also known as Whois.
Registries and Registrars have until 31 January 2016 to implement the AWIP and the Whois advisory. Contracted parties will receive formal notice within the next two weeks.
If you have questions or concerns, please submit them to
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About ICANN
ICANN ‘s mission is to ensure a stable, secure and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet you have to type an address into your computer – a name or a number. That address has to be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN coordinates these unique identifiers across the world. Without that coordination we wouldn’t have one global Internet. ICANN was formed in 1998. It is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet’s unique identifiers. ICANN doesn’t control content on the Internet. It cannot stop spam and it doesn’t deal with access to the Internet. But through its coordination role of the Internet’s naming system, it does have an important impact on the expansion and evolution of the Internet. For more information please visit: www.icann.org
This ICANN news release was sourced from:
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-04-27-en
posted by David Goldstein
ICANN: Maximal Starting Repertoire Version 2 (MSR-2) for the Development of Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone
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. In the context of the implementation of the Procedure, ICANN is pleased to announce that the Integration Panel has released the second version of the Maximal Starting Repertoire (MSR-2).
This upwardly compatible version of the MSR-1 adds six additional scripts to the repertoire. The MSR is the first deliverable under the Procedure to Develop and Maintain Label Generation Rules ( LGR ) for the Root Zone With Respect to IDN Labels [PDF, 772 KB] (the Procedure) and the starting point for the work by community based Generation Panels to develop their LGR proposals. The LGR for the Root Zone is a mechanism for creating and maintaining rules with respect to IDN labels for the root.
The MSR-2 covers the following 28 scripts, of which six (marked with *) have now been added to MSR: Arabic, Armenian*, Bengali, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Ethiopic*, Georgian, Greek, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Han, Hangul, Hebrew, Hiragana, Kannada, Katakana, Khmer*, Lao, Latin, Malayalam, Myanmar*, Oriya, Sinhala, Tamil, Telugu, Thaana*, Tibetan* and Thai. MSR-2 contains 33,490 code points short-listed from 97,973 PVALID/CONTEXT code points of Unicode version 6.3.
This release of MSR-2 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-2 defers some code points that are already encoded in Unicode 7.0, because authoritative tables for IDNA 2008 are not yet available for Unicode 7.0. Unicode 8.0, due in 2015, is expected to further add code points that are potentially eligible for the Root Zone . In addition, the Integration Panel monitors any scripts not included in the MSR for indications that change in status is warranted. At a later stage, another version of the MSR will be developed assuming that additional repertoire exists for which inclusion in the MSR is warranted. Until such a later version of the MSR is developed, MSR-2 would be the foundation for any LGR versions developed after its release. All future versions of the MSR and all versions of the LGR must retain full backwards compatibility.
MSR-2 release consists of the following documents:
- Maximal Starting Repertoire – MSR-2-Overview and Rationale-20150414 [PDF, 727 KB]
- MSR-2-Annotated-Han-Tables-20150413 [PDF, 43.3 MB]
- MSR-2-Annotated-Hangul-Tables-20150413 [PDF, 4.18 MB]
- MSR-2-Annotated-non-CJK-Tables-20150413 [PDF, 2.41 MB]
- MSR-2-Repertoire+WLE-Rules-20150413 [XML, 745 KB]
This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-04-27-en
posted by David Goldstein
Daily Domain Sales 04-26-2015 lead by NSE.com at $50,000 on Flippa
NSE.com sold for $50,000 on Flippa.
Top sales on April 26, 2015 are :
NSE.com – $50,000
ItsMagic.com – $2,000
WarriorGames.com – $1,977
PHPClub.com – $1,604
SUH.net – $1,410
TechSide.com – $1,400
ScreensaversFree.org – $1,125
EuroSolutions.com – $1,000
Sanctuaryforall.com – $932
Shoology.com – $910
DHAD.com – $900
NameReserve.com – $899
WildOn.com – $787
AsiaMedical.com – $785
InstantSupport.com – $731
114Net.com – $654
UltimatWeddingContest.com – $611
Finance-Treasury.com – $609
OUGI.com – $606
19139.com – $600
BlueHair.com – $560
Freeish.com – $555
StealthDrones.com – $520
KissMiss.com – $505
ZhaiWai.com – $495
Thersa.com – $476
BrainFitnessForLife.com – $462
XJPL.com – $460
ClassicElectrics.com – $460
Ovida.com – $441
JobsInCapetown.com – $435
OrthoSmile.com – $430
RedMoonPetFood.com – $406
BasementPros.com – $405
LivingRoad.com – $405
FSJD.com – $401
Marketplace-wise Sales
Flippa
NSE.com – $50,000
NameJet
ItsMagic.com – $2,000
WarriorGames.com – $1,977
SUH.net – $1,410
TechSide.com – $1,400
EuroSolutions.com – $1,000
DHAD.com – $900
NameReserve.com – $899
WildOn.com – $787
InstantSupport.com – $731
UltimatWeddingContest.com – $611
Finance-Treasury.com – $609
OUGI.com – $606
19139.com – $600
Thersa.com – $476
DropCatch
PHPClub.com – $1,604
114Net.com – $654
StealthDrones.com – $520
KissMiss.com – $505
ZhaiWai.com – $495
Ovida.com – $441
ScreensaversFree.org – $1,125
Sanctuaryforall.com – $932
Shoology.com – $910
AsiaMedical.com – $785
BlueHair.com – $560
Freeish.com – $555
BrainFitnessForLife.com – $462
XJPL.com – $460
ClassicElectrics.com – $460
JobsInCapetown.com – $435
OrthoSmile.com – $430
RedMoonPetFood.com – $406
BasementPros.com – $405
LivingRoad.com – $405
FSJD.com – $401
