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ICANN Seeks Input on Additional Reference LGR and Related Updates

12 May 2026

Today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) opened a Public Comment proceeding to gather input from the ICANN community on the following Label Generation Rules (LGR):

Two new Reference LGR are being released for Public Comment.

  1. Javanese script
  2. Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics script

In addition, six updated Reference LGR are being released for Public Comment.

  1. Arabic script
  2. Inuktitut language
  3. Japanese language
  4. Japanese script
  5. Latin script
  6. Latin script (Full Variant)

For more information, and to participate in this proceeding, please visit this webpage.

Submissions Opening Date: Tuesday, 12 May 2026

Submissions Closing Date: Tuesday, 23 June 2026

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