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− | '''[[IDN]] variant labels''' are domain labels that certain script communities have been identified as technically distinct, but visually indistinguishable. | + | '''[[IDN]] variant labels''' are domain labels that certain script communities have been identified as technically distinct, but visually indistinguishable. |
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| + | ==Types of IDN Variant Labels== |
| + | There are two types of variant labels: within-script and cross-script. |
| + | ===Within-script=== |
| + | There are various reasons that particular script communities consider certain strings as variant labels. |
| + | *In Chinese, the traditional and simplified characters share meaning, but contain slight variations in the characters. |
| + | **Example, the word for China: 中國 (traditional) and 中国 (simplified) |