April 2017 - UA-discuss - lists.iana.org

Quick Guide to Linkification Review
by Don Hollander April 13, 2017

April 13, 2017

We have a process to regularly review our documentation after they’ve been ‘in the wild’ from time to time. Our Quick to Linkification (UASG010 - attached for your reference) was last reviewed in May 2016. I would like to convene a call to go through it again. Where participants are will determine what time of day we’ll have the call (we usually choose 23:00 UTC - but that’s not pleasant for India or Europe) and whether we’ll have more than one call. If you are interested, would you please let me know off-list? I’ll organise a time this month accordingly. Don Don Hollander Universal Acceptance Steering Group Skype: don_hollander

1 0

Meeting location this week
by Mark Svancarek April 10, 2017

April 10, 2017

The meetings will be held on Microsoft West Campus in "The Mixer". Please disregard any previous communications which may have mentioned Building 122. https://binged.it/2nWp3UM If you are driving, please park in visitor parking and check in with reception. Do not attempt to park in the underground lot. If you have any questions or concerns, please call or text me at +1 425 941 2419. Thanks. /marksv

1 0

69 New Emoji Have Been Approved By Unicode - Just in case you thought this Emoji stuff was a flash in the pan 🍳💥
by Don Hollander April 10, 2017

April 10, 2017

> https://www.forbes.com/sites <https://www.forbes.com/sites> > > 69 New Emoji Have Been Approved By Unicode > Mar 30, 2017 @ 10:31 PM > > Emojipedia > > Emoji 5.0 / Photo Credit: Emojipedia <http://emojipedia.org/> > Emojipedia founder and Chief Emoji Officer Jeremy Burge has announced <http://blog.emojipedia.org/final-2017-emoji-list/> that the Unicode Consortium has approved 69 emoji as part of the Emoji 5.0 update for 2017. The Unicode Consortium is a non-profit that develops software internationalization standards and data. Emoji 5.0 includes new smileys, foods, drinks, flags and people. And the Emoji 5.0 update will include new fantasy characters for the first time like mermaids (and mermen), zombies, elves, genies and vampires. > > The Emoji 5.0 update is slated to release in June 2017 and it actually contains 239 emoji in total when gender and skin tone recommendations are included. After the Unicode Consortium encodes the new emoji, vendors like Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Twitter decide when to implement the changes. Google and Apple will likely implement the new emoji between October and December 2017. But the companies may potentially modify the emoji based on their preferences. For example, Apple replaced the gun emoji with a water gun in a previous emoji update. These 69 emoji will be joining approximately 2,000 other emoji that are already available. Here is a video that Emojipedia released introducing the new emoji: > > > There are a number of noteworthy additions in the Emoji 5.0 update. The update includes gender-inclusive versions of children, adults and older adults. Additions to the “faces” category include a star-struck face, a face with a raised eyebrow (inspired by Stephen Colbert), an exploding head, a face with symbols over the mouth (swearing), a shushing face, a face with a hand over the mouth and a face with a monocle. New emoji in the “animals” category include a zebra, a giraffe, a hedgehog, a sauropod, a T-Rex and a cricket. Emoji 5.0 includes the flags of England, Scotland and Wales. And emoji being introduced to the “food” category are a cut of meat (steak), a coconut, broccoli, a pretzel, a sandwich, cereal, canned food, a dumpling, a fortune cookie, a hot pie, a takeout box and a cup with a straw. > > In this release, no gendered versions of breast-feeding, a bearded person or person with headscarf are being added. Male and female options will be available for yoga, rock climbing and person in steamy room. According to Burge via the Los Angeles Times <http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-new-emoji-gender-neutra…>, the bearded man, a woman in a hijab and the giraffe were some of the most requested emoji. > > The proposal <https://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2016/11/29/hijab-gender-neutral-b…> of an emoji woman wearing a hijab was sought by a teenager named Rayouf Alhumedi, which was supported by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. The gender neutral emoji were proposed by Adobe designer Paul Hunt. And interestingly, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland pushed for the person in steamy room (sauna) emoji. > > The Unicode Consortium has made it a priority to include diverse sets of emoji in every release. In November 2015, the Unicode Consortium published Emoji Version 2.0, which introduced skin tone modifier support. About a year later, the Unicode Consortium added 16 new emoji professions (including female and male versions) along with a rainbow flag. And the prospect of a redhead emoji is currently being discussed <http://blog.emojipedia.org/utc-provides-feedback-on-redhead-emoji/>. > > Here is a list of the emoji contained in the Emoji 5.0 update <http://emojipedia.org/emojipedia/5.0/>: > > - Face With One Eyebrow Raised (aka Colbert Emoji) > > - Grinning Face With Star Eyes > > - Grinning Face With One Large and One Small Eye > > - Face With Finger Covering Closed Lips (aka Shhh) > > - Serious Face With Symbols Covering Mouth (aka Swearing Face) > > - Smiling Face With Smiling Eyes and Hand Covering Mouth > > - Face With Monocle > > - Shocked Face With Exploding Head > > - Face With Open Mouth Vomiting > > - Child (Gender-Inclusive; supports skin tones) > > - Adult (Gender-Inclusive; supports skin tones) > > - Older Adult (Gender-Inclusive; supports skin tones) > > - Person With Headscarf (aka Hijab; supports skin tones) > > - Bearded Person (Supports skin tones) > > - Breast-Feeding (Supports skin tones) > > - Woman Mage (aka Witch; supports skin tones) > > - Man Mage (aka Wizard; supports skin tones) > > - Woman Fairy (Supports skin tones) > > - Man Fairy (Supports skin tones) > > - Woman Vampire (Supports skin tones) > > - Man Vampire (Supports skin tones) > > - Merwoman (aka Mermaid; supports skin tones) > > - Merman (Supports skin tones) > > - Woman Elf (Supports skin tones) > > - Man Elf (Supports skin tones) > > - Woman Genie > > - Man Genie > > - Woman Zombie (Supports skin tones) > > - Man Zombie (Supports skin tones) > > - Woman in Steamy Room (aka Woman in Sauna; supports skin tones) > > - Man in Steamy Room (aka Man in Sauna; supports skin tones) > > - Woman Climbing (aka Female Rock Climber; supports skin tones) > > - Man Climbing (aka Male Rock Climber; supports skin tones) > > - Woman in Lotus Position (aka Meditation or Yoga; supports skin tones) > > - Man in Lotus Position (aka Meditation or Yoga; supports skin tones) > > - I Love You Hand Sign (Supports skin tones) > > - Palms Up Together (Supports skin tones) > > - Brain > > - Orange Heart > > - Scarf > > - Gloves > > - Coat > > - Socks > > - Billed Cap (aka Baseball Cap) > > - Zebra Face > > - Giraffe Face > > - Hedgehog > > - Sauropod > > - T-Rex > > - Cricket > > - Coconut > > - Broccoli > > - Pretzel > > - Cut of Meat (aka Steak) > > - Sandwich > > - Bowl With Spoon (aka Cereal) > > - Canned Food > > - Dumpling > > - Fortune Cookie > > - Takeout Box > > - Pie > > - Cup With Straw (aka Soda or Milkshake) > > - Chopsticks > > - Flying Saucer > > - Sled > > - Curling Stone > > - Flag for England > > - Flag for Scotland > > - Flag for Wales > > What are your thoughts about the new emoji? Which of these emoji do you plan to use the most? Please leave a comment! > Don Hollander Universal Acceptance Steering Group Skype: don_hollander

8 16

A Brief Report on UASG Activities
by Don Hollander April 10, 2017

April 10, 2017

In preparation for this week’s UASG Face-to-Face meeting. Don A Brief Report on UASG Activities By Don Hollander 2017-04-11 1. Administrative Processes: ICANN’s administrative processes are thorough and detailed. They also require someone within ICANN administrative environment to monitor and manage the paperwork. 2. Automated Evaluation Tool: Zensar advised complete. ICANN IT to provide hosting and evaluation. Waiting: ICANN IT. 3. Case Studies: See report from Communications Subgroup 4. Comms Editorial: See report from Communications Subgroup on UA101 distribution 5. Comms Editorial: UA102 (EAI) pending Seattle meeting. 6. Comms Generally: See reports from Communications Subgroup 7. Document Review: Other documents to be reviewed before end of financial year. 8. Document Review: UASG007 – Document reviewed and minor corrections applied. 9. Document Review: UASG014 – Quick Guide to EAI has been published – To be reviewed during EAI gathering in Seattle 10. Document: Introduction to EAI. Still no contractor available. Table of Contents to be developed during EAI Gathering in Seattle. 11. Documents: Internet Industry Blueprint for CIOs. Still waiting for document from I2 Coalition and Eco. 12. Documents: White Paper – Published with Fanfare April 11! NB: Financially significant costs involved in launch. 13. Elections: Completed 14. Event Participation: EurID has invited UASG to participate in an event in Bulgaria. 15. Event Participation: Preliminary invitation to participate in Argentina SysArmy event again. Tony not certain this will be material better than last year without more resources. NB: We STILL haven’t paid last year’s sponsorship, but this is now in the ICANN systems. 16. Event Participation: Tony Harris representing UASG in Argentina Event. 17. Event Support: The UASG sponsored the Night.Talk at WHD 2017. Report from Christian pending, but reasonably positive initial reports. 18. Financials: Forecast to again be markedly underspent. Key issue is finding suppliers and then the administrative process. 19. Local UA Initiatives. Several initiatives raised informally, but no requests for funding received. 20. Outreach – New Zealand. Letters written to CIOs in top 100 IT operations in New Zealand incorporating the Quick Guide to UASG. Little response. 21. Procurement: Michaela Quinzey has recently agreed to be our administrative shepherd through the ICANN procurement process. 22. Project: Browser Review. New vendor selected. Pending approval by UASG Chairs 23. Project: EAI Documents – Still seeking a vendor 24. Project: EAI Evaluation Platform: Still no contractor choices 25. Project: IDNA Review. Two Internet Drafts have been published for discussion. Basically, this would shift responsibility for the conflict of identifiers to the registry and would NOT require regular coordination between IETF and Unicode. To be discussed in Seattle. 26. Project: Linkification Review. Vendor identified. Waiting for agreement on Statement of Work. 27. Project: Mitigation Model Review. Final report from IDC expected April 11. 28. Project: Programming Evaluation Criteria: First version expected April 13. 29. Project: Programming Language Evaluation. Pending completion of Criteria April 13. 30. Project: University Lectures. Pending ICANN administrative processes. 31. Project: Work with anti-abuse community to develop relevant education material. With Christian. 32. Research: IDNs and SEO. Agreement in principle reached with TheDNA to perform this work. Waiting on ICANN administration. 33. UA Ambassadors: No progress.

1 0

AUTO: Ahmed Bakhat Masood is out of the office. (returning 04/19/2017)
by Ahmed Bakhat Masood April 8, 2017

April 8, 2017

I am out of the office until 04/19/2017. I will not be able to respond to your mail. For urgent queries, please contact Mr. Shageel Ahmed Dy Director (ICT) at shargeel(a)pta.gov.pk or Mr. Anwar Zeb IT Officer at anwar(a)pta.gov.pk Note: This is an automated response to your message "UA-discuss Digest, Vol 28, Issue 6" sent on 04/08/2017 12:11:16 PM. This is the only notification you will receive while this person is away.

1 0

UASG Gathering - Redmond Washington
by Don Hollander April 8, 2017

April 8, 2017

Dear all, As indicated before, the UASG is having a face-to-face meeting next week in Redmond Washington USA. If you’re in the neighbourhood, please join us after the first day for an informal gathering. Invitation attached. If you are coming, please do RSVP. Thanks. Don

1 0

punnycode
by Andre Schappo April 7, 2017

April 7, 2017

This UA relevant tweet made me smile https://twitter.com/zuercher/status/534420470771093504 😀 André Schappo

2 1

UASG Face to Face - April 11 & 12 - Redmond Washington
by Don Hollander April 6, 2017

April 6, 2017

Please find attached the latest version of the program for the Face to Face meeting. NB: If you are planning on attending and your name is not included in the agenda, would you please let me know so we can manage logistics? Thanks. Don Don Hollander Universal Acceptance Steering Group Skype: don_hollander

1 0

EAI Workshop - Redmond Washington, April 12 & 13
by Don Hollander April 6, 2017

April 6, 2017

The following is the program for the EAI Workshop in Redmond Washington USA next week. Note that it starts at 13:00 on the 12th. Copy in PDF also attached. You are planning on attending and your name is not on the agenda, do please let me know. Similarly, if your name is on the agenda and you are NOT planning to attend, please let me know that too. Agenda EAI Gathering Organised by the UASG April 12-13, 2017 Version 2017-04-06 http://participate.icann.org/universalacceptance <http://participate.icann.org/universalacceptance> MobileUSA tel://1-719-325-2630,*,,7375086559# <tel://1-719-325-2630,*,,7375086559> MobileNZ: tel://0800-459-127,*,,7375086559# MobileHK tel://800-968-082,*,,7375086559# MobileUK tel://0800-368-0950,*,,7375086559# Phone Only Controls : https://go.conferencinghub.com/1n1zr <https://go.conferencinghub.com/1n1zr> Other numbers available by request. Meeting starts at 13:00 on April 12 – Pacific Time Wednesday 12 April 2017 13:00 1. Attendance/Apologies Arnt GulBrandsen Chen Yingtang Coremail Don Hollander UASG Franck Martin LinkedIN Jan Nelson Microsoft Jiankang Yao CNNIC Joseph Yee Afilias Lin Yanzhong Coremail Mark Svancarek Microsoft Michael Slusarz Open Exchange Sam Clement Microsoft Sri Ramya Mallipudi Microsoft Stuart Stuple Microsoft Teerayut Hiruntaraporn ThroughWave 2. Agenda Adjustments 13:15 3. Objectives Mark & Yao · Guidance on mailbox name management when encountering non-EAI compliant systems · Guidance on RTL scripts and mailbox and domain names · Criteria for EAI Ready · Exchange of test accounts · Inventory of EAI efforts · Future Plans for EAI group of UASG · Identification of Open Source: Client (MUA), Server (MTA), Web based solution. · Ideas on EAI Day · How to reach out to other mail software and service providers. 4. Introductions Each participating organisation will provide a five-minute introduction covering them, their organization, the state of their EAI implementation and issues to be resolved. 5. EAI Landscape · Who’s doing what that we know of · Who don’t we know about that we should · Other 6. Use Cases Review of UASG004 7. RFCs Discussion on the RFCs. Challenging aspects, suggestions for changes, missing components, adequacy 15:30 Break 16:00 Interoperability Testing 18:30 Group Dinner Thursday, 13 April 2017 9:00 Recap/Parking Lot Issues Don 9:15 8. Quick Guide to EAI – A Close Reading 9. Introduction to EAI Develop table of content 10:30 Break 11:00 10. Interoperability Testing 13:00 Lunch 14:00 11. Fuzzy Issues · Dealing with Right-to-Left Scripts · Normalisation · ASCII Equivalent Mailbox Names · Edge Cases 15:30 12. EAI Day 13. Parking Lot Review 14. Any Other Business 15. Communique Review Accommodation: Seattle Marriott Redmond for 239.00 USD per night Book your group rate for UASG Room Block Venue: Microsoft campus, Building 122 - https://binged.it/2mVcj4v[binged.it] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__binged.it_2mVcj4v&d=Dw…> Don Don Hollander Universal Acceptance Steering Group Skype: don_hollander

1 0

UA World Famous Again: This time in the UK
by Don Hollander April 4, 2017

April 4, 2017

http://www.bcs.org/content/conBlogPost/2648 <http://www.bcs.org/content/conBlogPost/2648> Don Hollander Universal Acceptance Steering Group Skype: don_hollander

2 1