ICANN - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

11/12/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/12/2024 03:22

ICANN Publishes Second-Level LGRs with Full Variant Set

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has published the Second-Level Label Generation Rules (LGRs) with Full Variant Set for 27 scripts and 32 languages under the Registry Service Provider (RSP) Evaluation Program to facilitate the implementation of support for Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) by RSPs.

The LGRs were developed using the Second-Level Reference Label Generation Rules. They are programmatically generated to include the complete set of cross-repertoire variants applicable to each LGR. They are available for RSP applicants and are optional to use. RSP applicants can use these LGRs or submit their own IDN Tables that meet the security and stability considerations.

In total, 27 script-based LGRs and 32 language-based LGRs with Full Variant Set for RSP Evaluation Program were published:

  • Script-based LGRs: Arabic, Armenian, Balinese, Bangla (Bengali), Chinese, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Ethiopic, Georgian, Greek, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Hebrew, Japanese, Kannada, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Latin, Malayalam, Myanmar, Oriya, Sinhala, Tamil, Telugu, Thaana, and Thai.
  • Language-based LGRs: Arabic, Belarusian, Bosnian (Cyrillic), Bosnian (Latin), Bulgarian, Chinese, Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Inuktitut, Italian, Japanese (Standalone), Korean (Hangul), Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, and Ukrainian.

Visit the RSP Evaluation Program, New gTLD Program: Next Round, and Frequently Asked Questions to stay up-to-date on program timelines, news, and updates.

If you have any questions or feedback regarding these LGRs, please send an email to [email protected].

About ICANN

ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an address - a name or a number - into your computer or other device. That address must be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a nonprofit public benefit corporation with a community of participants from all over the world.