This hints and tips page is published on the GNSO website as a part of the GNSO Operating Procedures. Links from the procedures and other work products will provide the author with additional information that may be useful with completing a Data & Metrics request form. This page can be updated as necessary avoiding the formal change process on the Operating Procedures.
Principles when requesting collection of data and use of metrics:
- Should be non-discriminatory among registrars/registries and data providers listed should also be treated as confidential
- Should clearly state the purpose for which the data and/or metrics will be used
- Should maintain the confidentiality of the data and/or metrics unless otherwise agreed
- Should be anonymized and aggregated, unless otherwise agreed
- Provide adequate safeguards to protect against unauthorized access or disclosure, consistent with ICANN's policy development process
- Consider whether the data can be collected directly by ICANN or indirectly (i.e., collected and processed by an independent third-party)
- Retail and wholesale pricing shall not be provided for use in consensus policy development (refer to Registry & Registrar agreements)
- Special care should be taken when Personally Identifiable Information (PII) data is involved
- Data should be stored only so long as required for the specified policy development effort, and should be destroyed upon completion
- Request of data that do not have contractual obligations, data source owners should have a unilateral opt out if they determine that the data is sensitive (mostly applicable to contracted parties)
Data/Metric Assessment Tips:
- Was the data collected using an established reliable system?
- Are the data elements/samples geographically/temporally representative of the study subject, which may be impacted by a policy being developed?
- Was the selection of study subjects (or controls if applicable) biased resulting in an inability to generalize the results?
Possible Data & Metrics Resources:
New gTLDs:
- http://newgtlds.icann.org/en
- http://www.calzone.org/eventcal/calzone-dashboard.php
- https://namestat.org/
- https://ntldstats.com/
ICANN Operations:
- https://www.icann.org/progress
- https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/annual-report-en
- https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/financials-en
- https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/current-en
- https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/historical-2012-02-25-en
- https://www.icann.org/search/#!/?searchText=990
Contractual Compliance:
- https://www.icann.org/resources/compliance-reporting-performance
- https://features.icann.org/compliance/registrars-list
- https://features.icann.org/compliance
Publicly Available Data submitted or about Contracted Parties:
- https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/reports-2014-03-04-en
- https://www.icann.org/registrar-reports/accreditation-qualified-list.html
IANA Sources:
- http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db
- http://www.iana.org/domains/root/servers
- http://www.iana.org/numbers
- https://www.iana.org/protocols
Third Party Sources (free & fee):
- http://www.domaintools.com/
- http://www.registrarstats.com/
- http://www.hosterstats.com/
- http://www.zooknic.com/
- http://www.udrpsearch.com/
- https://publicsuffix.org/list/
- https://www.spamhaus.org/
- https://www.dataprovider.com/
- http://www.statdns.com/
- http://www.w3cook.com/
- https://centr.org/domainwire
- http://domainindex.com/tools#research-tools
- https://www.quantcast.com/top-sites-1
- http://www.alexa.com/
- https://www.compete.com/