Re: [gnso-idng] 3rd Draft on Sting Similarity

[Eric Brunner-Williams <ebw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chuck,

Avri first used the phrase "lowest common denominator" in this 
context. She gets the "probably didn't teach schools maths" prize.
I take your point that ease of measurement isn't the only possible 
standard, and it may be, as attractive as "objectivity" is, better, or 
even usable.
Seriously, if the sword thing were useful it wouldn't be telling us 
that "cym" and "com" are confusing, as that reduces to two consonants 
separated by a vowel, which isn't terribly useful, though wicked 
efficient and objective.
But what are we really bringing to the Council's broader membership?

First, that the probability of confusion rule still has areas of 
surprising (non)applicability, and second, the independence of 
applications, from each other and from any pre-existing registry 
assumption, results in incorrect outcomes, for which additional steps 
to correct are required.
The first shows up with IDNs, and the second shows up with IDNs and 
generally.
Eric