WHOIS1 Rec #2: Single WHOIS Policy

Objective

Consistent with ICANN’s mission and Bylaws, Section 4.6(e)(iv), the Review Team will (a) evaluate the extent to which ICANN Org has implemented each prior Directory Service Review recommendation (noting differences if any between recommended and implemented steps), (b) assess to the degree practical the extent to which implementation of each recommendation was effective in addressing the issue identified by the prior RT or generated additional information useful to management and evolution of WHOIS (RDS), and (c) determine if any specific measurable steps should be recommended to enhance results achieved through the prior RT’s recommendations. This includes developing a framework to measure and assess the effectiveness of recommendations, and applying that approach to all areas of WHOIS originally assessed by the prior RT (as applicable).
RT1 Recommendations to be assessed by this subgroup:
Recommendation #2 - Single WHOIS Policy

Leader/Rapporteur: Carlton Samuels

Members: Carlton Samuels, Cathrin Bauer-Bulst, Thomas Walden

Mailing-list archives: http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/rds-whois2-whoispolicy/

Conference calls: see here

Review Team Templates: see here

Subgroup Documents

Date

Document (Versions in Red are latest)

File

09 Feb 2018

17 Jan 2018

02 Jan 2018

06 Dec 2017

Planning Questions

v1

First Pass Document

v3

v2

v1

PPT

DOCX

Background Documents

WHOIS1 Implementation Briefings on Recommendations 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 15, 16: PPT, PDF
Answers to RDS-WHOIS2 Questions on Implementation Briefings
WHOIS Review Team (WHOIS1) Final Report (2012) and Action Plan
WHOIS Review Team (WHOIS1) Implementation Reports, including
- Executive Summary of Implementation Report
- Detailed implementation Report
Documents cited in briefing on Recommendation 2 include
- ICANN web page on WHOIS Policies
- Next Generation RDS to replace WHOIS PDP
SAC055 WHOIS: Blind Men And An Elephant
Additional links specific to Recommendation 2 may be added here

Further background documents may be found on the Review Team's overall Background Materials page.

ICANN org Briefings/Answers

Recommendation 2 - Written Briefing

Open Actions/Requests

*To be provided once reasonable date is determined by appropriate subject-matter expert

Item #	Source of Request	Date of Request	Action Item Request	Action Owner	Anticipated Completion Date*	Progress Notes
1	#1	06 Mar 2018	Carlton to write up these findings and the proposed subgroup conclusion	Carlton
3	#1	06 Mar 2018	Interview RT1 members to understand intended benefits of rec 2 and consider providing those as input to the RDS PDP	Subgroup

Completed Actions/Requests

*To be provided once reasonable date is determined by appropriate subject-matter expert

Item #	Source of Request	Date of Request	Action Item Request	Action Owner	Anticipated Completion Date*	Progress Notes	Completed Response	Completion Date
2	#1	06 Mar 2018	ICANN org to identify members of WHOIS1 Review Team (still active at ICANN) that worked on recommendation 2	ICANN org	06 Mar 2018			06 Mar 2018

Decisions Reached

Date	Decision
06 Mar 2018	Not useful to assess whether it would have been useful to develop a single WHOIS policy, since that was infeasible. Instead, assess what was done to create a consolidated policy document
06 Mar 2018	Look to GNSO RDS PDP for a future single WHOIS (RDS) policy

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