ICANN Releases Root Zone Label Generation Rules Covering Arabic Script
ICANN said its initial release of label generation rules for the root zone (LGR-1) is “designed to be the first installment of a conservative set of rules to determine the validity and variants of labels for the [Domain Name System]…
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Root Zone.” LGR-1 contains code prints, variants and rules for using Arabic script in domain names. As ICANN approves additional LGR proposals for other language scripts, it will release “new versions of the integrated LGR,” the nonprofit said in a Wednesday news release. “Once finalized, each version can be applied mechanically to determine the validity of an applied-for top-level domain label and the maximal set of its allocatable variant labels for the scripts supported. Further mechanisms are being developed to determine which of these allocatable variant labels will actually be allocated to those who have applied for top-level domains.” ICANN Internationalized Domain Names Program Senior Manager Sarmad Hussain said the release of LGR-1 Wednesday is “a significant step forward in developing a multilingual Internet. These rules provide an open and transparent method for determining the validity and variants of top-level domain (TLD) names, or labels, in the world's various scripts and writing systems.” Development of LGR-1 “benefits current and future Internet users who use the Arabic script by making it easier to navigate the web, and helps address confusion and security issues in using the domain name system -- specifically top-level domains,” Hussain said in a blog post.