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

["Hong Xue" <hongxueipr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Annette for keeping this in mind. I suggested to send our comments
to both IDN PAC and GNSO. You kindly asked Bruce to advise on this. We're
now waiting for the advise from Bruce to proceed.

Hong



On 7/30/06, Annette Muehlberg <annette.muehlberg@xxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
> >