On the 24th October 2018, the GNSO Council voted in favour of the motion to terminate the Next-Generation gTLD Registration Directory Service (RDS) to replace WHOIS Policy Development Process.


For historical purposes, listed below are WG work plans developed prior to RDS PDP termination.


based on

Next-Gen gTLD RDS to replace WHOIS PDP Mind Map (draft, as of 9 February, input to Phase 1 Work Plan)

RDS-PDP-Phase1-ProposedWorkPlanChanges (ongoing, as of 16 March, input to Phase 1 Work Plan)

RDS-PDP-Phase1-FundamentalQs-SubQs-MindMap-2May 2016.pdf (draft, as of 2 May, input to Phase 1 Work Plan)

ICANN57-Slide10-MindMap-3Questions.pdf (extract from above, used to start deliberations at ICANN57)

Possible approach to consensus v13 clean - 18 Jul 16.docx (agreed refinements to Phase 1 Work Plan)

RDSPDP-Task12-Revised-24June2017.pdf (revised approach to Phase 1 Task 12, applied to 24 June work plan update)



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