[NCUC-DISCUSS] Fwd: [council] Final Issue Report on a Policy Development Process for Latin Script Diacritics

[Tomslin Samme-Nlar]

Hi all,

Please find the Issue Report on Latin Script Diacritics attached below.
>From and NCSG perspective, the suggested goal is to assess

   1. Whether the scope of the issue has been correctly captured for a
   potential PDP
   2. If we agree that this issue deserves a GNSO PDP
   3. 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?


Below is the summary of the issue for those who've not been following the
issue. Keen to read your thoughts:

*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.*



*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.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 isoverwhelmingly the case in the Latin script and 2) the
two strings are found to be visually confusing similar.*

*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.*

Warmly,
Tomslin



---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: John Emery via council <council at icann.org>
Date: Fri, 13 Sept 2024 at 07:59
Subject: [council] Final Issue Report on a Policy Development Process for
Latin Script Diacritics
To: council at gnso.icann.org <council at gnso.icann.org>


Dear Councilors,



Further the resolution
<https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions/2020-current#202405> 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 closed public comment
<https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/preliminary-issue-report-on-latin-script-diacritics-18-07-2024>
page.



Kind regards,



John R. Emery, Ph.D.

Policy Development Support Senior Specialist

Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO)

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

www.icann.org


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