Comment on ICANN's Initial Report from the Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services (R-4)

Date IssuedDocumentReference IDCurrent Phase

  

SSAC Comment on ICANN’s Initial Report from the Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services (R-4)SAC061

CLOSED



  1. Phase 1 Receive
  2. Phase 2 Understand
  3. Phase 3 Evaluate
  4. Phase 4 Implement
  5. Phase 5 Close
  6. Closed



Description:

The SSAC suggests that the EWG address this recommendation from SAC058: "SSAC Report on Domain Name Registration Data Validation": As the ICANN community discusses validating contact information, the SSAC recommends that the following meta-questions regarding the costs and benefits of registration data validation should be answered:

  • What data elements need to be added or validated to comply with requirements or expectations of different stakeholders?
  • Is additional registration processing overhead and delay an acceptable cost for improving accuracy and quality of registration data?
  • Is higher cost an acceptable outcome for improving accuracy and quality?
  • Would accuracy improve if the registration process were to provide natural persons with privacy protection upon completion of multi-factored validation?


STATUS UPDATES

DatePhaseTypeStatus Updates

 

ClosedPhase ChangeThis Advice Item is now Closed

 

Phase 5Board UpdateThis item has been processed as much as is relevant and is considered complete; no work is outstanding from the perspective of Board Advice (note that related implementation work may have been integrated into ICANN’s ongoing operations or other initiatives). Status provided in 19 October 2016 letter from ICANN Board Chair to SSAC Chair (https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/crocker-to-faltstrom-19oct16-en.pdf). This statement was considered as part of a public comment period on the initial report (http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/input-toewg/2013/thread.html). A Final Report was published in June 2014 (https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/final-report06jun14-en.pdf).

 

Phase 5Phase ChangeNow in Phase 5: Close

 

Phase 1Phase UpdateSSAC published SAC061: Comment on ICANN's Initial Report from the Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services: https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/sac-061-en.pdf.