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=== String Similarity and Exception Mechanisms ===

Another major area of work has been understanding how existing string similarity rules in the new gTLD program, as affirmed by the Subsequent Procedures PDP, would apply to ASCII/diacritic pairs, and what kind of exception or special mechanism might be needed to enable same-entity operation without undermining the goal of minimizing user confusion.<ref name="lsd-final-ir"></ref><ref name="lsd-prelim-ir"></ref>

The WG has looked at the ccTLD precedent for ''.eu''/''.ευ'' (an exception procedure tied to same-entity operation and specific mitigation measures) as one possible model, while recognising that gTLD policy may require a different set of conditions and could not simply copy the ccTLD solution.<ref name="lsd-prelim-ir"></ref>