<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>Donna,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Actually, I see what has been asked from some registries in this round as blatantly excessive, like EPP and data escrow for exclusive-use registries. But I don't see that as more of a compliance challenge for ICANN than it's already... not counting legacy gTLDs, sponsored TLDs and 2001-round gTLDs, restricting to only what was used in the 2012 round there are a good number of variations:</div><div class="">- Some registries use host-objects and other use host-attributes&nbsp;</div><div class="">- Some registries are exclusive-use, others are brands, others are community, others are generic; (Geos are either community or generic in this context)</div><div class="">- Some registries are based out of dedicated or virtualized registry systems, some are shared registry systems serving a number of TLDs</div><div class="">- Some registries are allowed to use 2-char domains and/or country names, with a list varying by TLD</div><div class="">- WHOIS output was not defined and have a multitude of formats</div><div class="">- Some registries allowed out-of-band communication of Sunrise SMDs, some didn't</div><div class="">- Some registries are 2nd-level, some are 3rd level</div><div class="">- Some don't support IDN, some support IDN but have no variants, some support IDN and have variants</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Even if some changes are made to registry agreement, I don't see them adding a new order of magnitude to this complexity. It might grow up, but it will grow up anyways as differences from the 2012 bunch are realized and some new services are introduced thru RSEP into them. And if one of the goals is to add diversity, not forcing some specific "vanilla" models is essential.&nbsp;</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Rubens</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Em 11/05/2015, à(s) 16:08:000, Donna Austin &lt;<a href="mailto:Donna.Austin@ariservices.com" class="">Donna.Austin@ariservices.com</a>&gt; escreveu:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">

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 other reviews that are being undertaken, will any consideration be given to the disparity that may result between registry operators from this round and future rounds?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US" class="">&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US" class="">I raise this question mostly in the context of the Registry Agreement. I would envisage a number of challenges in terms
 of compliance and for ICANN more generally in managing clients on different platforms in the event of a significantly revised Registry Agreement.
<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US" class="">&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US" class="">This issue may have already been discussed by this group and I apologise if I missed it, but I would welcome thoughts
 of others about whether they foresee any problems or how this meta issue will be addressed in the reviews and other work moving forward.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US" class="">&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D" class="">&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D" class="">Thanks,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D" class="">&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D" class="">Donna<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
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