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

["Rosette, Kristina" <krosette@xxxxxxx>]

Definitely agree with listing entries by acronym.
 
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.
 
While we're suggesting terms, I'd add:  domain tasting, fast flux, IPv4,
IPv6, RALO, Nominating Committee
 
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. 

         

        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.