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The WHOIS Accuracy Program Specification of the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement requires registrars to validate and verify defined data fields, such as phone number, email and postal address.Included in the validation requirements of the Specification is the Across Field Validation requirement. This is a open requirement for registrars to validate the registrant’s postal address fields, and confirm consistency across fields e.g. street exists in city, city exists in state/province, city matches postal code.

The 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement requires ICANN to review these requirements in consultation with the Registrar WHOIS Validation Working Group to identify a set of tools that will enable accredited registrars to complete these validation actions.These actions should contribute to increased accuracy rating of physical address information associated with the registered name holder.

ICANN has identified a set of commercial providers offering global address validation tool-sets. If the Registrar WHOIS Validation Working Group and ICANN are able to mutually agree upon a solution(s) that is technically and commercially feasible all applicable documentation will be published accordingly.

The intent of the Strawman Proposal is to gather feedback upon review and reach a consensus regarding next steps between ICANN and the Registrar WHOIS Validation Working Group. Ultimately, the objective of ICANN is to come to a mutual agreement that will result in a minimum of two-thirds (2/3) vote in support of the defined solution(s) by the ICANN Accredited Registrars.

The Registrar WHOIS Validation Working Group and ICANN will mutually agree upon and approve a designated of Address Validation Service Providers . Registrars shall choose a provider(s) and implement the address validation tool-set(s) based on the obligation within the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement.

Read the Strawman Proposal  AFAV Strawman Proposal .pdf

ICANN 57 Address Cross Field Validation Presentation

Working Group Members:

• Darcy Southwell, Endurance International (Domain . com)
• Eric Rokobauer, Endurance International (Domain  .com)

• Gregory DiBiase, Amazon
• Heath Dixon, Amazon

• Theo Geurts, RealTimeRegister

• Iliya Bazlyankov, Corenic

• Sara Bockey, GoDaddy
• Jody Kolker, GoDaddy
• James Bladel, GoDaddy

• Chris Pelling, NetEarth

• Ted Gray, #1 Internet Services International, Inc. dba 1ISI
• Thomas Keller, 1&1 Internet SE
• Neal McPherson, 1&1 Internet SE
• Feng Min, 22net, Inc.
• Frei Leufven, AB Name ISP
• Cecilia Moreano, Acens Technologies
• Rick Wesson, Alice's Registry, Inc.
• Heath Dixon, Amazon
• Gregory DiBiase, Amazon
• Paul Andersen, Arctic Names, Inc.
• Rob Golding, Astutium Limited
• Jacques Blanc, BDL Systemes SAS dba ProDomaines
• Michele Neylon, Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd.
• Jeff Yeh, Brandma.co Limited
• Aleksandr Loboda, Center of Ukrainian Internet Names (UKRNAMES)
• Gerardo Aristizabal, Central Comercializadora De Internet SAS (CCI SAS)
• Anna An, Chengdu West Dimension Digital Technology Co., Ltd.
• Iliya Bazlyankov, Core Association
• Gordon Dick, Demys Limited
• Michael Ward, DNC Holdings, Inc.
• Frank Michlick, Domain Guardians, Inc.
• Vlad  Vlad Dinculescu, Domain Name Services (Pty) Ltd

• Rieke Poppe, One.com

• Michele Neylon, Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd.

• James Grimes, Dominion Domains, LLC
• Tom Barrett, EnCirca, Inc.
• Darcy Southwell, Endurance International (Domain.com)
• Aman Masjiide, Endurance International (Domain.com)
• Eric Rokobauer, Powered by Domain.com LLC (Domain.com)
• Richard Pham, Enetica Pty Ltd
• Jordi Genesca, Entorno Digital, S.A.
• Inigo de las Heras, Entorno Digital, S.A.
• Baldo Martinez Marti, Entorno Digital, S.A.Tobias Sattler, united-domains AG
• Luc Seufer, EuroDNS S.A.

• Jeff Yeh, Brandma.co

• Jennifer Suarez, Namecheap.com
• Hillan Klein, Namecheap.com

• Feng Min, 22net, Inc.

• Angelo Giuffrida, Synergy Wholesale Pty Ltd

• Lindsay Hamilton-Reid, Fasthosts Internet Ltd and 1&1 UK Ltd
• Sara Bockey, GoDaddy.com
• Roger Carney, GoDaddy.com
• Jody Kolker, GoDaddy.com
• James Bladel, GoDaddy.com
• Stephanie Duchesneau,   Google Inc. d/b/a Google Domains.
• Zheng Wang, GuangDong NaiSiNiKe Information Technology Co Ltd.
• Lin XiaoFeng, Guangzhou Domains, Inc.
• Lisa Mason, Internetters Limited
• Volker Greimann, Key-Systems GmbHCecilia Moreano, Acens Technologies
• Kristian Ørmen, Larsen Data ApS

• Thomas Keller, 1&1 Internet SE
• Neal McPherson, 1&1 Internet SE

• Limei Liu, SDC-SCOPSR

• Richard Pham, Enetica

• Jimmy Grimes, Dominion Domains

• Rémi Loiseau, OVH Group

• Patrick Moroney, Name.com

• Matt Serlin, MarkMonitor Inc.
• Kartic Srinivasan, Melbourne IT Ltd
• Ewout de Graaf, Mijndomein.nl BV
• Rob Hall, Momentous Group
• Patrick Moroney, Name.com, inc.
• Jeff Eckhaus, Name106, Inc.
• Jennifer Suarez, NameCheap, Inc.
• Hillan Klein, NameCheap, Inc.
• Jay Weissman, NamePal.com, LLC
• Vincent Hsu, Net-Chinese Co., Ltd.
• David Liu, Net-Chinese Co., Ltd.
• Chris Pelling, NetEarth One Inc. d/b/a NetEarth
• Burkay Gokhan Yapagcioglu, Nics Telekom
• Juliette Dalitz, Nominet Registrar Services Limited
• Benny Samuelsen, Nordreg AB
• Rieke Poppe, One.com A/S
• Rémi Loiseau, OVH sas
• Thomas Moroder, Own Identity, Inc.
• Dan Rodgers, Paragon Internet Group Ltd t/a Paragon Names
• Theo Geurts, Realtime Register B.V.
• Tatiana Khramtsova, Regional Network Information Center, JSC dba RU-CENTER
• Limei Liu, Service Development Center of the State Commission Office for Public Sector Reform
• Enbao Li, Service Development Center of the State Commission Office for Public Sector
• Angelo Giuffrida, Synergy Wholesale Pty Ltd
• Marc McCutcheon, TLD Registrar Solutions Ltd.
• Graeme Bunton, Tucows Domains Inc.
• Tobias Sattler, united-domains AG
• Jimmy Chin, Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc

• AZ.pl, Inc.
• Domain Registration Services, Inc. dba dotEarth.com
• Hetzner Online GmbH
• HiChina Zhicheng Technology LimitedTatiana Khramtsova, RU-CENTER
  Jacques Blanc, PRODOMAINES