<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi all,</div><div><br></div><div>Please find the Issue Report on Latin Script Diacritics attached below. From and NCSG perspective, the suggested goal is to assess <br></div><ol><li>Whether the scope of the issue has been correctly captured for a potential PDP</li><li>If we agree that this issue deserves a GNSO PDP</li><li>What your thoughts are on the draft charter for the PDP group. Does it need any changes? Are there any things that need adding to help the group to be successful or avoid scope creep?</li></ol><div><br></div><div>Below is the summary of the issue for those who've not been following the issue. Keen to read your thoughts:<br></div><div><br></div><div><i>The Latin generation panel generally determined that ASCII letters and diacritics are not variants of each other. And there is a non-negligible chance that gTLDs submitted in ASCII and as a Latin script diacritic will be found to be visually confusingly similar, with no existing mechanism to allow for both to be contracted and delegated.</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>Applicants in the past have understood this dynamic, at least in respect of the possible outcomes of the string similarity evaluation, and have had to make a decision on whether the gTLD in ASCII or as the Latin script diacritic is preferable. In both cases, the applicant may need to make concessions. The ASCII version of a diacritic-based string is a workaround, since the strings are not considered equivalent by the DNS, nor by native speakers.<br>By instead electing to pursue the diacritic-based string, the potential registry operator will need to manage known universal acceptance challenges. The registry operator may prefer to manage both the gTLD in ASCII and as a Latin script diacritic, but there is currently no exception procedure that will allow this outcome when 1) the two strings are NOT variants, which is<br>overwhelmingly the case in the Latin script and 2) the two strings are found to be visually confusing similar.</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>The underlying rationale for the string similarity evaluation is to minimize the opportunity for user confusion that may arise from delegating two visually confusing gTLDs. Accordingly, care should be taken to balance potential solutions to the problem against the possibility of undermining the goal of minimizing user confusion.</i></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Warmly,<br></div>Tomslin<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">John Emery via council</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:council@icann.org">council@icann.org</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, 13 Sept 2024 at 07:59<br>Subject: [council] Final Issue Report on a Policy Development Process for Latin Script Diacritics<br>To: <a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a> <<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>><br></div><br><br><div class="msg3193000314358899896">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Further the <a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions/2020-current#202405" target="_blank">resolution</a> passed on 16 May 2024 requesting a Preliminary Issue Report on Latin Script Diacritics, please find attached the Final Issue Report
on a Policy Development Process for Latin Script Diacritics. A summary report of the 41 public comments received can be found in Annex B of the Final Issue Report and on the
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">John R. Emery, Ph.D.</span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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