This file contains a set of Label Generation Rules (LGR) for the Hebrew script for the Root Zone. For more details on this LGR and additional background on the script, see “Proposal for a Hebrew Script Root Zone Label Generation Ruleset (LGR)”, Version 1.3 [Proposal-Hebrew]. This file is one of a set of LGR files that together form an integrated LGR for the DNS Root Zone [RZ-LGR-6]. The format of this file follows [RFC 7940].
According to Section 5, “Repertoire” in [Proposal-Hebrew], the Hebrew LGR contains 27 single code points, 5 of which are variants (final forms) of 5 others. The repertoire supports the Hebrew and Yiddish languages with restrictions appropriate for domain names.
The Hebrew script is written from right to left. More details can be found in Section 3, “Background About the Script and Languages Using it” in [Proposal-Hebrew].
The repertoire is contained in [MSR-6], which is a subset of [Unicode 16.0.0].
As part of the Root Zone, this LGR includes neither decimal digits nor the HYPHEN-MINUS.
Repertoire Listing: Each code point or range is tagged with the script or scripts with which the code point is used. For each repertoire element, one or more references document sufficient justification for inclusion in the repertoire; see the “References” below. Comments provide additional information for some code points.
Code points outside the Hebrew script repertoire that are listed in this file are targets for out-of-repertoire variants and are identified by a reflexive (identity) variant of type “out-of-repertoire-var”. They do not form part of the repertoire.
According to Section 6, “Variants”, in [Proposal-Hebrew], this LGR defines five in-script variants, which are final forms of five in-script letters.
Additional Variants: This LGR inherits additional blocked cross-script variants by integration; they may not be listed here unless they result in in-script variants. However, for consistency, the variant mappings to ASCII code points are listed in full. See the merged, Common LGR [RZ-LGR-6] for details of all applicable cross-script variants, including any not listed here; always use the Common LGR for determining cross-script collisions of labels.
Variant Disposition: All variants are of type “blocked”, making labels that differ only by these variants mutually exclusive: whichever label containing either of these variants is chosen earlier would be delegated, while any other equivalent labels should be blocked. There is no preference among these labels.
This LGR does not define allocatable variants.
The specification of variants in the Root Zone LGR follows the guidelines in [RFC 8228].
The LGR does not define character classes.
The LGR includes the set of required default WLE rules and actions applicable to the Root Zone and defined in [MSR-6]. They are marked with ⍟. The actions compute a label disposition based on WLE rules or variant mapping types.
According to Section 7, “Whole Label Evaluation (WLE) Rules” in [Proposal-Hebrew], the LGR does not define rules specific to the Hebrew script.
The Root Zone LGR for the Hebrew Script was developed by the Hebrew Generation Panel. For details on methodology and contributors, see Sections 4 and 8 in [Proposal-Hebrew], as well as [RZ-LGR-6-Overview].
[IL-IDN] was consulted during the work on this LGR.
As result of integration with additional scripts, this LGR has been updated. This update does not change the set of labels available under this LGR. For the prior version see [RZ-LGR-4-Hebr]. For consistency across RZ-LGRs, imposed variants to ASCII code points, but not to other scripts, are now explicitly listed. Additional cross-script variants for this script exist and are defined in [RZ-LGR-6].
.The following general references are cited in this document:
For references consulted, particularly in designing the repertoire for the Hebrew script for the Root Zone, please see details in the Table of References below. Reference [0] refers to the Unicode Standard version in which the corresponding code points were initially encoded. Reference [101] corresponds to a source given in [Proposal-Hebrew] justifying the inclusion of the corresponding code points. Entries in the table may have multiple source reference values.
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