<div dir="auto">Agree with John. The consensus policy is not controversal at all regarding the definition of optional.<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br><br>Regards<br>@__f_f__<br><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/farellf">https://www.linkedin.com/in/farellf</a><br>________________________________<br>Mail sent from my mobile phone. Excuse for brievety.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">Le 2 sept. 2017 17:10, "John Bambenek via gnso-rds-pdp-wg" <<a href="mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg@icann.org">gnso-rds-pdp-wg@icann.org</a>> a écrit :<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I think the point is optional to collect, mandatory to display if present.<br>
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So there are two sets of requirements.<br>
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1- what information domain registrants give<br>
2- what information RDS displays<br>
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John Bambenek<br>
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> On Sep 2, 2017, at 10:11, Andrew Sullivan <<a href="mailto:ajs@anvilwalrusden.com">ajs@anvilwalrusden.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
>> On Fri, Sep 01, 2017 at 04:50:41PM -0700, jonathan matkowsky wrote:<br>
>> It may be important to note from the April 27 advisory<br>
>> <<a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/registry-agreement-raa-rdds-2015-04-27-en" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/<wbr>resources/pages/registry-<wbr>agreement-raa-rdds-2015-04-27-<wbr>en</a>><br>
>> on that Consensus Policy that if data exists for a given optional field,<br>
>> the data MUST be shown. So I would suggest we define optional in that way.<br>
><br>
> That is a pretty unnatural definition of "optional", and certainly not<br>
> one that I expect will be understood by any implementer. Such a<br>
> redefinition away from the plain English meaning of the word is just<br>
> asking for bugs. "Optional" means "you don't have to fill it in", not<br>
> "someone might not have collected this".<br>
><br>
> A<br>
><br>
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> Andrew Sullivan<br>
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