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Name: Jim DeLaHunt
Date:23 Jul 2024
Affiliation: Independent end user
Summary of Submission

As an independent end user, who desires domain names which are useful in all languages, but who has no intention of registering domain names affected by this proposal, it seems to be common sense to make rules which allow a single entity to operate top-level domains both for an accented Latin script string and for the non-accented simplification of that same string. Done right, this will be much more convenient and less confusing for users and domain name registrants alike. The underlying problem seems to be that the Latin Script label generation rules define variants only in the context of a correct orthography in all its accented richness. The rules do not account for the context of a decades-long tradition of simplified Latin script orthographies, which strip out accents to compensate for technical limitations of Latin script implementations. These limitations were imposed by the Domain Name System, telegraphs, typewriters, and previous technologies. It seems like a good idea to patch this underlying problem with rules which acknowledge the tradition of existing Latin script workarounds. It is seems like a good idea to avoid introducing new user confusion and new workarounds.