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RE: [council] RE: Pending additions to ICANN glossary -- update on Council request from Mexico City


hi,

i think that is true of the entire ICANN web site.  At least has been
for me ever since it was improved.

a.


On Tue, 2009-04-28 at 21:36 -0400, Rosette, Kristina wrote:
> I stand corrected.  But they still have to find it . .. 
> 
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>         ______________________________________________________________
>         From: Adrian Kinderis [mailto:adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
>         Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 9:35 PM
>         To: Adrian Kinderis; Rosette, Kristina; Council GNSO
>         Subject: RE: [council] RE: Pending additions to ICANN glossary
>         -- update on Council request from Mexico City
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>         
>         From my quick click around it seems to be public to me!
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>         https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?gnso_council_workspace 
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>         
>         Adrian Kinderis
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>         
>         From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>         [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adrian
>         Kinderis
>         Sent: Wednesday, 29 April 2009 11:29 AM
>         To: Rosette, Kristina; Council GNSO
>         Subject: RE: [council] RE: Pending additions to ICANN glossary
>         -- update on Council request from Mexico City
>         
>         
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>         
>         Yes. Didn’t think to address access... although isn’t the GNSO
>         Council wiki public?
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>         
>         Adrian Kinderis
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>         
>         From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>         [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rosette,
>         Kristina
>         Sent: Wednesday, 29 April 2009 11:25 AM
>         To: Council GNSO
>         Subject: RE: [council] RE: Pending additions to ICANN glossary
>         -- update on Council request from Mexico City
>         
>         
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>         
>         Definitely agree with listing entries by acronym.
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>         
>         Would definitely be helpful to have a more informal glossary
>         for Council, but many who can most benefit from the glossary
>         don't have access to the wiki.
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>         
>         While we're suggesting terms, I'd add:  domain tasting, fast
>         flux, IPv4, IPv6, RALO, Nominating Committee
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>         K
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>                 ______________________________________________________
>                 From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>                 [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>                 Adrian Kinderis
>                 Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 9:19 PM
>                 To: Liz Gasster; Council GNSO
>                 Subject: [council] RE: Pending additions to ICANN
>                 glossary -- update on Council request from Mexico City
>                 
>                 Thanks Liz.
>                 
>                  
>                 
>                 Would it be possible to have this glossary in a wiki
>                 format that could be added to and adjusted on the fly?
>                 
>                  
>                 
>                 I understand having it as an ‘official’ ICANN Glossary
>                 in this way may be problematic but maybe a GNSO
>                 Council specific one on our wiki? I note that such
>                 things as IRT, IDN, DNSSEC etc are not there... we
>                 could all pitch in to add definitions if it was a
>                 wiki. Folks in the industry that speak different
>                 languages could provide translations ‘on the fly’.
>                 
>                  
>                 
>                 Just a thought...
>                 
>                  
>                 
>                 Also it would help to list them by acronym not by true
>                 name. So when someone hears the acronym they can find
>                 it easily. 
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>                  
>                 
>                 Adrian Kinderis
>                 
>                  
>                 
>                 
>                  
>                 
>                 From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>                 [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Liz
>                 Gasster
>                 Sent: Wednesday, 29 April 2009 7:29 AM
>                 To: Council GNSO
>                 Subject: [council] Pending additions to ICANN glossary
>                 -- update on Council request from Mexico City
>                 
>                 
>                  
>                 
>                 All,
>                 
>                  
>                 
>                 During our after-action meeting in Mexico City,
>                 several of you suggested that we update the ICANN
>                 glossary to add some basic terms that we refer to
>                 frequently but that are missing currently from that
>                 compendium
>                 http://www.icann.org/en/general/glossary.htm .
>                 Definitions have been developed for the terms that
>                 were identified by Council members (copied below for
>                 your reference, note also an updated definition of
>                 WHOIS has been prepared).  These definitions are
>                 currently being translated and they will be added to
>                 the glossary when the translations are complete.  
>                 
>                  
>                 
>                 ICANN’s Corporate Affairs department will be updating
>                 the glossary more broadly in the upcoming weeks.  
>                 
>                  
>                 
>                 We will also be adding a link to the glossary from the
>                 GNSO home page, http://gnso.icann.org/ .  This was
>                 also suggested in the Mexico meeting. 
>                 
>                  
>                 
>                 Thanks, Liz
>                 
>                  
>                 
>                 
>                 PDP - Policy Development Process 
>                  
>                 
>                 A set of formal steps, as defined in the ICANN bylaws,
>                 to guide the initiation, internal and external review,
>                 timing and approval of policies needed to coordinate
>                 the global Internet’s system of unique identifiers.
>                 
>                  
>                 
>                 
>                 Operations Steering Committee
>                  
>                 
>                 The Operations Steering Committee (OSC) coordinates,
>                 recommends and reviews changes to certain operational
>                 activities of the GNSO and its constituencies with a
>                 view to efficient outcomes.  These operational
>                 activity areas cover GNSO operations, Stakeholder
>                 Group and Constituency operations, and communications
>                 with GNSO and between GNSO and other ICANN structures.
>                 
>                  
>                 
>                 
>                 Policy Process Steering Committee
>                  
>                 
>                 The Policy Process Steering Committee (PPSC) reviews
>                 and recommends processes used within the GNSO for
>                 developing policy, including the use of Working
>                 Groups, and recommending any changes. 
>                 
>                  
>                 
>                 
>                 Registry Services Evaluation Process
>                  
>                 
>                 The Registry Services Evaluation Process (RSEP) is
>                 ICANN’s process for evaluating proposed gTLD registry
>                 services or contractual modifications for security,
>                 stability or competition issues. Further information
>                 on RSEP is available at
>                 http://www.icann.org/en/registries/rsep/.  
>                 
>                  
>                 
>                 
>                 WHOIS
>                  
>                 
>                 WHOIS (pronounced "who is"; not an acronym) An
>                 Internet protocol that is used to query databases to
>                 obtain information about the registration of a domain
>                 name (or IP address).  The WHOIS protocol was
>                 originally specified in RFC 954
>                 <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc954.txt>, published in
>                 1985.  The current specification is documented in RFC
>                 3912 <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3912.txt>.  ICANN's
>                 gTLD agreements require registries and registrars to
>                 offer an interactive web page and a port 43 WHOIS
>                 service providing free public access to data on
>                 registered names. Such data is commonly referred to as
>                 "WHOIS data," and includes elements such as the domain
>                 registration creation and expiration dates,
>                 nameservers, and contact information for the
>                 registrant and designated administrative and technical
>                 contacts.
>                 
>                 WHOIS services are typically used to identify domain
>                 holders for business purposes and to identify parties
>                 who are able to correct technical problems associated
>                 with the registered domain.
>                 




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