[council] Webinar: Update on WHOIS Accuracy Reporting System Phase 2 Cycle 2 Report

[Mary Wong <mary.wong@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Councilors,

We are forwarding the announcement below as the subject of WHOIS accuracy and 
the ongoing work on an Accuracy Reporting System is likely to be of interest to 
many in the GNSO community. The announcement has already been sent to the SO/AC 
leaders, but you may also wish to notify your respective groups.

Thanks and cheers
Mary

[CANN]<http://www.icann.org/>
News Alert

https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2016-06-08-en

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WEBINAR: WHOIS Accuracy Reporting System Phase 2 Cycle 2 Report

8 June 2016

On 8 June 2016, ICANN published the WHOIS Accuracy Reporting System (ARS) Phase 
2 Cycle 2 report. ICANN will hold an interactive webinar on 16 June 2016 UTC to 
review findings of the study and their implications for the community.

The Cycle 2 report acts as a follow-on to the Phase 2 Cycle 1 report published 
in December 2015. In Cycle 2, ICANN measured both the overall accuracy for 
syntax (formatting) and operability (e.g., does an email or telephone call go 
through?) of a sample of WHOIS records in gTLDs. The results include 
comparisons based on:

  *   Registrar Accreditation Agreements (2009 RAA v. 2013 RAA)
  *   Top-level domain types (e.g., new or "legacy" gTLDs)
  *   Trends in data from Cycle 1 to Cycle 2
  *   Regional accuracy differences, including two new sub-analyses: reasons 
for error by region and language script type vs. accuracy

The WHOIS Accuracy Reporting System is an ICANN initiative born out of 
recommendations from the 2012 WHOIS Review Team to improve oversight of the 
WHOIS Program. ICANN committed to proactively identifying potentially 
inaccurate gTLD WHOIS contact data and forwarding potentially inaccurate 
records to gTLD registrars for investigation and follow up. The ARS reports 
provide information on nonconformances (based on the applicable Registrar 
Accreditation Agreement), which ICANN's Compliance team uses for follow-up with 
registrars regarding potentially inaccurate records.

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Webinar Details & How to Attend

Date / Time: 16 June 2016, 14:30 - 15:30 UTC

Use the time zone 
converter<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html> to determine 
when the webinar will occur in your local area.

Join Online: https://icann.adobeconnect.com/gdd

Join the Teleconference: View phone 
numbers<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/whois-ars-webinar-dial-in-numbers-16jun16-en.pdf>
 [PDF, 143 KB] (Passcode: GDD)

The webinar will be conducted in English. Recordings will be published in the 
knowledge center of the WHOIS website at: 
http://whois.icann.org/en/knowledge-center.

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Further Information

  *   Phase 2 Cycle 2 
Report<https://whois.icann.org/sites/default/files/files/whois-ars-phase-2-report-cycle-2-8june16.pdf>
 [PDF, 2.6 MB]
  *   Phase 2 Cycle 1 
Report<https://whois.icann.org/en/file/whois-ars-phase-2-cycle-1-report-syntax-and-operability-accuracy>
  *   Phase 1 
Report<https://whois.icann.org/sites/default/files/files/whois-ars-phase-1-report-24august2015.pdf>
 [PDF, 1.4 MB]
  *   Pilot Study 
Report<http://whois.icann.org/sites/default/files/files/ars-pilot-23dec14-en.pdf>
 [PDF, 1.5 MB]
  *   WHOIS<http://whois.icann.org/en>



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