Arabic Script Variant Issues for TLDs Arabic Case Study Team - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Arabic Script Variant Issues for TLDs Arabic Case Study Team Arabic Case Study Team

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������������� • Not all PVALID characters should be allowed for TLDs – Combining Marks – Archaic Characters – Quranic Marks – Digits – Others (misc.) 3

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������������������������������� • Multiple States – Allocated, Reserved, Blocked, Activated, Delegated, Fundamental • Process and constraints for changing • Process and constraints for changing between states? • Impact of TLD re-delegation • Impact of change in label generation policy 7

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���������������������� �������������������� Sarmad Hussain Case Study Coordinator ����������� Abdulaziz Al1Zoman Team Member ������������ Behnam Esfahbod Team Member Fahd A. Batayneh Team Member The Supreme Council Huda Sarfraz Team Member of Information and Iftikhar H. Shah Team Member Communication Khaled Koubaa Team Member Technology (ictQatar), Manal Ismail Manal Ismail Team Member Team Member Qatar Qatar Mohamed El1Bashir Team Member Raed Al1Fayez Team Member Siavash Shahshahani Team Member Alireza Saleh Team Observer ���������������������������� Baher Esmat Case Study Liaison Francisco Arias Subject Matter Expert (Registry Operations) Kim Davies Subject Matter Expert (Security) Andrew Sullivan Subject Matter Expert (Protocols) Nicholas Ostler Subject Matter Expert (Linguistics) 11

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