Re: [alac] Updated terms of reference for IDN-gTLDs policy development

[Annette Muehlberg <annette.muehlberg@xxxxxx>]

Hong, both very important points. I guess you can raise the issue also 
in the President's Committee on IDNs.

Bret, could you give us a gNSO feedback on that and Siavash might keep 
an eye on it and list it to our issues of policy developments.

Best
Annette

Hong Xue wrote:

>     Thanks Bret for sending this to our list. 
>
>  
> The following points deserve our careful consideration:
>  
> "Determining that a proposed new IDN label is adequately
> differentiated from a pre-existing label requires comparison in graphic,
> phonetic, and semantic terms."
>  
> We don't know what was in the mind of those drafters when "Semantic 
> terms" were used. It'd be very unpredictable if it means 
> translations/transliterations of the pre-existing labels. 
>  
> "Be particularly mindful of detail which, although initially
> considered in the IDN context, may otherwise be relevant to the New gTLD
> PDP."
>
> I hope this does not mean that the IDN PDP will be somewhat linked to 
> the New gTLD PDP, procedurally as well as substantively.
>  
> Hong