[council] WHOIS Technical Requirements Survey - Draft

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/draft-whois-requirements-survey-30may12-en.htm
WHOIS Technical Requirements Survey - Draft
Comment/Reply Periods (*)

Important Information Links

Comment Open:

30 May 2012

Comment Close:

20 June 2012

Close Time (UTC):

23:59

Public Comment 
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Reply Open:

20 June 2012

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Reply Close:

16 July 2012

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Report of Public Comments

Brief Overview

Originating Organization:

GNSO Council - WHOIS Survey Working Group

Categories/Tags:

Policy Processes

Purpose (Brief):

The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council's WHOIS Survey Working 
Group (WSWG) requests community input on the draft WHOIS Technical Requirements 
Survey. The Working Group is soliciting input from experts on technical 
requirements for a new WHOIS protocol, in particular people knowledgeable about 
technical aspects of WHOIS who can help assess if the survey asks the right 
questions and in the right style to elicit technical feedback. The Working 
Group seeks specific suggestions on changes to language and questions that will 
make it clearer for experts to complete.

Current Status:

This Public Comment solicitation represents an opportunity for the community to 
share perspectives on the proposed draft WHOIS Technical Requirements Survey. 
In parallel, the WSWG will conduct a Webinar to promote the survey and solicit 
additional feedback.

Next Steps:

The WSWG will consider the comments received as part of their deliberations and 
creation of the final version of the WHOIS Requirements Survey. Upon submission 
to the GNSO Council, the survey will be announced and released for community 
participation. The survey will be available for 30 days. Afterwards, the WSWG 
will compile, analyze and report on the survey results to produce a final 
report outlining possible WHOIS Technical requirements.

Staff Contact:

Liz Gasster

Email:

policy.staff@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:policy.staff@xxxxxxxxx?subject=More%20information%20on%20the%20WHOIS%20Technical%20Requirements%20Survey%20-%20Draft%20public%20comment%20period>

Detailed Information

Section I: Description, Explanation, and Purpose


The WHOIS Survey Working Group produced a draft survey of WHOIS Technical 
Requirements at the request of the GNSO Council Resolution 
(http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions#20111006-1). The Working Group is seeking 
community feedback on the draft, which will be considered by GNSO Council and 
later released to the community for participation in the WHOIS survey.

The Survey can be accessed here: http://icann.isoc.ug/whoissurvey/?sid=71483

The Working Group will accept community feedback via the public comment forum. 
Additionally, users of the survey will see a free-form text dialogue box at the 
bottom of each section of the survey. Users may use this space to provide 
specific feedback with respect to the questions loaded for that section. If you 
use this feature, be sure to include your identity so that we may relate your 
response to the public comment review process.

Section II: Background

The Working Group aims to draft, implement, and analyze the results of a survey 
measuring the level of support for various technical requirements outlined in 
the GNSO WHOIS Service Requirement Report 
(http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-service-requirements-final-report-29jul10-en.pdf
 [PDF, 633 KB]). The WHOIS Survey Working Group will produce a Report to be 
delivered to the GNSO Council describing the results of the survey and 
recommendations for next steps for the GNSO Council's consideration concerning 
the WHOIS service requirements.

Section III: Document and Resource Links


 1.  WHOIS Requirements Survey - http://icann.isoc.ug/whoissurvey/?sid=71483
 2.  PDF of WHOIS Requirements Survey - 
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/draft-whois-survey-31may12-en.pdf [PDF, 121 
KB]
 3.  WSWG Charter - 
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/charter-wswg-06oct11-en.pdf [PDF, 476 KB]
 4.  WSWG Wiki - 
https://community.icann.org/display/WSDT/WHOIS+Survey+Working+Group+-+Home
 5.  GNSO WHOIS Service Requirement Report - 
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-service-requirements-final-report-29jul10-en.pdf
 [PDF, 633 KB]

Section IV: Additional Information

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be considered in any final summary, analysis, reporting, or decision-making 
that takes place once this period lapses.


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