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Call for Participation Reminder! - 44th Internationalization & Unicode Conference, Santa Clara, CA - October 14-16, 2020
by Jim DeLaHunt March 9, 2021

March 9, 2021

Hello, UA Colleagues: I want to be sure this group sees the call for participation for the Internationalisation and Unicode Conference, which takes place this October 14-16, 2020, in Santa Clara, California, USA. Do you want to propose a talk? If so, the deadline is this Friday, March 6, in the UTC-8 timezone. Many of you know the Internationalisation and Unicode Conference. For those who don't, it is a gathering of those who define The Unicode Standard for text, as well as architects of fonts, text rendering, and beyond that into software engineering aspects of internationalisation and localisation. About 100% of the audience are solidly in favour of the values and goals of Universal Acceptance. However, much fewer than 100% know what the Universal Acceptance Group does, and what the current successes and obstacles are. I think Universal Acceptance should not be absent from this conference. If anyone has questions about this conference, I have been attending for many years, and I would be happy to answer them. Others on this list are probably even more expert than I am. Best regards, —Jim DeLaHunt, Vancouver, Canada -------- Forwarded Message -------- Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 16:29:05 -0500 Message-Id: <202002202129.01KLT5NP015843(a)aquamarine.omg.org> From: Unicode Conference <programs(a)unicodeconference.org> Subject: Call for Participation Reminder! - 44th Internationalization & Unicode Conference, Santa Clara, CA - October 14-16, 2020 IUC 44 Conference To see this message in your browser click *here <https://www.unicodeconference.org/e-marketing/IUC44-CfPReminder-02-20-20.htm>* Internationalization & Unicode Conference 44. October 14-16, 2020 - Santa Clara, CA U.S.A. *2 Weeks Left To Submit your Proposals For IUC 44!* The IUC 44 Program Committee invites you to submit your session, tutorial, or panel abstracts for the 44th Internationalization & Unicode® Conference (IUC 44) in Santa Clara, California, October 14-16, 2020. Join other industry leaders as they map the future of internationalization, ignite new ideas, and showcase the latest technologies and best practices for creating, managing, and testing global, web, and multilingual software solutions. Be a leader. Direct the future of multilingual text and software internationalization! Submission types could include case studies, best practices, innovative technology, or evolving standards, to name a few. In addition, understanding the design of a development platform is often critical to implementing best practices in applications. The Internationalization and Unicode Conference seeks to offer technical tutorials on the internationalization capabilities and architecture of development platforms, including Mobile, Desktop, Cloud, and Virtual Operating Systems, Social Network Platforms, and Machine Translation and Machine Learning Systems. Please submit your proposals for presentations or tutorials by Friday, March 6, 2020. Submit Now! <https://www.unicodeconference.org/call-for-participation.htm> * *The Program Committee will notify authors by Friday, April 3, 2020. Speaker agreements and materials such as photos, bios and final presentation abstracts will be required from selected presenters by Friday, April 17, 2020. Tutorial Presenters receive complimentary conference registration, and two nights lodging, while Session Presenters receive a fifty percent conference discount and two nights lodging. 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Maybe email addresses and URLs might not matter anymore?
by Jim DeLaHunt Sept. 8, 2020

Sept. 8, 2020

UA Colleagues: We spend a lot of time thinking about universal acceptance of email addresses and URLs. We tend to assume that email addresses and URLs are important. But for a lot of information technology users, they aren't. Those users learned to use IT via mobile, rather than via desktop computers. They use all-embracing messaging apps like WeChat, or walled garden social media sites where you find what you want by search. In these environments, email addresses and URLs just don't matter as much as they do in longer-established, and Anglo-centric, IT cultures. Here are an interesting blog post and an interesting news article on the topic: /In China, email addresses are irrelevant/ • July 28, 2020 by John Yunker, blog post <https://globalbydesign.com/2020/07/28/in-china-email-addresses-are-irreleva…> /Why email loses out to popular apps in Chin//a/ • 9th July 2020 by Lu-Hai Liang, BBC <https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200707-why-email-loses-out-to-popula…> I think a useful response to this might be to keep asking ourselves, how do people communicate in preference to emails? How do people find things in preference to typing in URLs? Then investigating those methods for Universal Acceptance as well. 'In Anglo-centric countries such as the UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, email retains the etiquette of an analogue age. The “Dear X” greetings and formal sign-offs – “Best regards” – and so on, reveal vestigial ties to letter writing.' As I do in this email message. Best regards, —Jim DeLaHunt, software engineer, Vancouver, Canada -- . --Jim DeLaHunt, jdlh(a)jdlh.com http://blog.jdlh.com/ (http://jdlh.com/) multilingual websites consultant 355-1027 Davie St, Vancouver BC V6E 4L2, Canada Canada mobile +1-604-376-8953

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RFC 8398 "Internationalized Email Addresses in X.509 Certificates" implementation
by Dmitry Belyavsky Aug. 28, 2020

Aug. 28, 2020

Hi all, Coordination Center for TLD .RU/.РФ is happy to announce a draft implementation of RFC 8398 "Internationalized Email Addresses in X.509 Certificates" for OpenSSL: https://cctld.ru/en/news/news_detail.php?ID=21240 The implementation and some test examples are available for download here: https://cctld.ru/files/books/EAI.pdf (in Russian) Direct links: Draft implementation - https://cctld.ru/files/eai/rfc8398.diff Test examples - https://cctld.ru/files/eai/root.tar.gz Instructions - https://cctld.ru/files/eai/README.8398 The implementation covers the following cases: - Displaying the EAI in X.509 certificates - Verifying NameConstraints in X.509 certificate chains of trust - Matching EAIs in X.509 with provided EAI. Feel free to test the patch and send feedback to pr(a)cctld.ru or to me directly. -- SY, Dmitry Belyavsky

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Regular Expression To Validate EAI Addresses
by Abdelmeniem Tharwat Aug. 15, 2020

Aug. 15, 2020

Dear colleagues, I hope that you are doing well, since along time I tried to use regex to validate EAI addresses for many project I have related to UA, I used the tool here<https://rubular.com/> and used this Regex "^[\p{L}.%+-]+(a)[\p{L}.-]+\.[\p{L}]{2,}$" to validate some EAI addresses and it works well like the below screenshot. [cid:image010.png@01D67260.F5721690] Thanks a lot. All the Best, Abdalmonem Tharwat Galila Deputy Manager, Dot Masr Registry, Operation Sector. [NTRA Logo 2016] National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority [Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: 1365523405_telephone] Office Tel.: +2 02 35341582<tel:02%2035341582> - +2 02 35341300<tel:02%2035341300> [Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Mobile] Mobile: +2 010 00049068<tel:010%2000049068> [Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: ICON] Fax : +2 02 35370537<tel:02%2035370537> [Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: oNLINE] Website : http:\\www.mcit.gov.eg<http://www.mcit.gov.eg/> : http:\\www.tra.gov.eg<http://www.mcit.gov.eg/> [Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: 1365523294_email] E-mail : agalila(a)mcit.gov.eg<mailto:agalila@mcit.gov.eg> : atharwat(a)tra.gov.eg<mailto:atharwat@tra.gov.eg> [Description: 1447802547_skype] Skype : abdalmonem.galila [Description: static_qr_code_without_logo] [Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: 1365523469_error]DISCLAIMER This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify your system support manager. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) . Finally, the recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The NTRA accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email.

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Webinar Invitation: Universal Acceptance (UA) Financial Year 2021 Action Plan” on Thursday 20 August at 14:00
by Mohamed Elbashir Aug. 14, 2020

Aug. 14, 2020

Dear All, On behalf of Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) we would like to invite you to join the webinar “Universal Acceptance (UA) Financial Year 2021 Action Plan” on Thursday 20 August at 14:00 UTC for 60 minutes, For other time zones options check here: https://go.icann.org/2CriZ3W The webinar Speakers and Agenda: * An overview of UA F21 Action Plan – Dr.Ajay Data, Chair of UASG * Update on the UA Working Groups FY21 Activities – UA WG Chairs * Q&A A brief description of the Webinar Universal Acceptance Steering Group, or UASG is a community initiative supported by ICANN and formed in February 2015. It is tasked with undertaking activities that will target Universal Acceptance of all domain names and email addresses. Universal Acceptance (UA) is a foundational requirement for a truly multilingual Internet, one in which users around the world can navigate entirely in local languages. It is also the key to unlocking the potential of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) to foster competition, consumer choice and innovation in the domain name industry. To achieve Universal Acceptance, Internet applications and systems must treat all TLDs in a consistent manner, including new gTLDs and internationalized TLDs. Specifically, they must accept, validate, store, process and display all domain names. The UASG will present its FY2021 action plan which includes the different projects and activities to advance and promote UA and Email Address Internationalization (EAI). More details can be found on UASG.tech<http://uasg.tech/> website. The webinar registration link: https://icann.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_E13Ub-9pQnW8Xic-r3nmoA [icann.zoom.us]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/icann.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_E13Ub-…> After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Thank you Kind regards, Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) Website: http://UASG.tech Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uasgtech/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/UASGTech LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/uasgtech/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsZQcTPv4Q2TRdx4w7V1ouw

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Statement of Work: Test Plan and Pilot Study of Universal Acceptance in Content Management Systems, 2020
by Mohamed Elbashir Aug. 10, 2020

Aug. 10, 2020

Dear All, The Universal Acceptance (UA) Steering Group (UASG) through its measurement working group (WG) is inviting qualified contractors to apply for the statement of work (SOW) for the test plan and pilot study of UA in the content management systems and website builders. The SOW document is available at https://community.icann.org/display/TUA/UA+Statements+of+Work Kindly share the SOW with your network and relevant mailing lists. Proposals should be submitted to UAProgram(a)icann.org<mailto:UAProgram@icann.org> before 23:00 UTC on 24th August 2020. Thank you Best Regards, Mohamed (Mo) Elbashir Universal Acceptance (UA) Program Manager The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) One World, One Internet [id:image001.png@01D356F4.3F3911B0]

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