[gnso-rds-pdp-wg] authoritative

[Gomes, Chuck]

Thanks Sam.  It seems to me that you propose a couple alternative terms: 'Data of Record' or "Data Source'.  Am I correct on that?

Chuck

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From: Sam Lanfranco [mailto:sam at lanfranco.net]
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To: Gomes, Chuck <cgomes at verisign.com>; dave at davecake.net; gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [gnso-rds-pdp-wg] authoritative

Chuck,

I am a big fan of “Keep it Simple” and would go the tradition within data management. There, what here could be called the “Data of Record”
(DOR) comes from a system of record (SOR) or source system of record (SSoR).

That makes a particular information management storage system (Registries? ICANN? Trustee?) the authoritative data source. The data is referred to as the Data of Record (DOR) and is the relevant “gold standard” data whenever there is a conflict, say with cached data. The DOR from the authoritative data source rules.

I note that what is authoritative here is the data source. Should there be errors in the data because of ISP/Registrar errors, or fraud, that is a separate issue and the authoritative data source is not on the hook for errors in the data, unless they caused them.

Sam L.--

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