Thank you Emmanuel! Are there any specific points that are especially
relevant for us noncommercials?

	Julf


On 20/03/2023 11:07, Emmanuel Vitus wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> Thank you for joining the IDNs EPDP sessions during ICAN76. It was 
> unfortunate that time did not allow us to present during the NCSG 
> session. Below is a summary of what is going on so far.
> 
> For those who are not familiar with this EPDP, the GNSO Council 
> initiated this EPDP on IDNs in 2021 to address additional issues related 
> to IDNs not discussed in the SubPro report, including how to securely 
> and stably define and manage variant gTLDs and how to update IDN 
> guidelines in the future.
> 
> The scope of this work is defined in the EPDP charter for those who are 
> familiar with it or interested in knowing more.
> 
> The EPDP Working Group plans to publish two final reports. The first 
> report will include top–level domain recommendations and the second 
> report will include the second-level domain recommendations.
> 
> The two-phase approach will allow the EPDP Working Group to deliver the 
> first set of recommendations to the GNSO Council and then the ICANN 
> Board while the work on recommendations for the second-level domains 
> continues.
> 
> The EPDP Working Group also shared the initial report with ICANN org 
> requesting initial input, which was received in November 2022.
> 
> So far, the EPDP team has worked on deliberations on the String 
> Similarity Review Hybrid Model for the first phase report.
> 
> Input was requested from us, and we replied to these requests.  We made 
> contributions regarding  recommendations on String Similarity Basis for 
> Comparison for gTLD labels and corresponding variant labels.
> 
> We continued the deliberations in Cancun  last week. The team is working 
> toward publishing the Phase 1 Initial Report focusing on top-level IDN 
> gTLD definition and variant management. The phase 1 report of this EPDP 
> will be published on Monday 24 April 2023.
> 
> Once the phase 1 report is published  next month; I encourage you to 
> read it and participate actively in the public comment.
> 
> You will see attached to this email a draft table that provides a 
> consolidated view of the draft Phase 1 recommendations the EPDP Team has 
> developed so far.
> 
> Thank you for your support and I look forward to hearing your views.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Emmanuel
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