[council] WHOIS Technical Requirements Survey Invitation (Avail Until 31 OCT 2012)

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-17sep12-en.htm
WHOIS Technical Requirements Survey Invitation (Avail Until 31 OCT 2012)
17 September 2012
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The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council's WHOIS Survey Working 
Group (WSWG) invites the Internet community to participate in a survey designed 
around an inventory of WHOIS technical components. The survey aims to measure 
the level of support for various technical requirements outlined in the WHOIS 
Service Requirements 
Report<http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-service-requirements-final-report-29jul10-en.pdf>
 [PDF, 633 KB], as requested of ICANN Staff by the GNSO Council. The survey 
consists of 15 sections around 11 technical requirements, and it will be made 
available until 31 October 2012. Afterwards, the WSWG will produce a final 
report and deliver it to the GNSO Council toward the end of 2012. The report 
will describe the results of the survey and any agreed upon recommendations by 
the WG for the GNSO Council's consideration concerning WHOIS. Survey attributes 
are as follows:

 *   Survey Availability Date: 13 September 2012
 *   Survey Address: https://limesurvey.icann.org/index.php?sid=71483&lang=en
 *   Survey Close Date: 31 October 2012, 23:59 UTC
 *   Survey Language: English only
 *   PDF Preview of Survey: 
http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/whois/whois-technical-requirements-survey-13sep12-en.pdf
 [PDF, 2.99 MB]

The survey is lengthy and therefore the option has been made available to 
create an ID and return to the survey at a later time to complete it. The 
survey tool will save all answers completed from the time the survey was last 
accessed. It is important that if the participant leaves the survey before 
submission or creation of an ID, the session may time-out with increased of 
risk losing answers.

Many sections of this survey will require a high degree of technical skill 
around WHOIS. If the participant feels that they may not understand a question 
or not possess the technical knowledge to answer it appropriately, then the 
participant is welcome to skip the question and move on to the next one. If 
completing the survey for an organization, the participant may wish to engage 
more technical personnel to help complete all sections of the survey.

The WSWG appreciates your participation and the working group looks forward to 
sharing the final results with the community. Please feel free to inform others 
about the availability of this survey to assist the working group with maximum 
participation.

If questions arise about the survey or the tool, please contact the GNSO Policy 
Team at: policy-staff@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:policy-staff@xxxxxxxxx>.


Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://gnso.icann.org