<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><h1 style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px 0px 1rem;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(207,207,207)"><font color="#333333" face="Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-weight:500"><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-08-12-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-08-12-en</a></span></font><br></h1><h1 style="font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1.31rem;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px 0px 1rem;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(207,207,207);font-weight:500!important">WEBINAR: <abbr title="WHOIS (pronounced &quot;who is&quot;; not an acronym)" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">WHOIS</abbr> Accuracy Reporting System Phase I Report</h1><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style u-text-xxxl" style="font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:1.62rem;margin-bottom:30px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a class="addthis_button_linkedin u-linkClean u-colorGrey" style="color:rgb(102,102,102);margin-right:1%;background:transparent"><span class="fa fa-linkedin" style="display:inline-block;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:1.2rem"></span></a><a class="addthis_button_facebook u-linkClean u-colorGrey" style="color:rgb(102,102,102);margin-right:1%;background:transparent"><span class="fa fa-facebook" style="display:inline-block;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:1.2rem"></span></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter u-linkClean u-colorGrey" style="color:rgb(102,102,102);margin-right:1%;background:transparent"><span class="fa fa-twitter" style="display:inline-block;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:1.2rem"></span></a><a class="addthis_button_sinaweibo u-linkClean u-colorGrey" style="color:rgb(102,102,102);margin-right:1%;background:transparent"><span class="fa fa-weibo" style="display:inline-block;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:1.2rem"></span></a><a class="addthis_button_email u-linkClean u-colorGrey" style="color:rgb(102,102,102);margin-right:1%;background:transparent"><span class="fa fa-envelope-o" style="display:inline-block;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:1.2rem"></span></a><a class="addthis_button_compact u-linkClean u-colorGrey" style="color:rgb(102,102,102);margin:0px;background:transparent"><span class="fa fa-plus" style="display:inline-block;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:1.2rem"></span></a></div><div class="EmbeddedHTML" style="font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:16px"><p style="line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem"><abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr> plans to publish the <abbr title="WHOIS (pronounced &quot;who is&quot;; not an acronym)" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">WHOIS</abbr> Accuracy Reporting System Phase I report in the coming weeks. This webinar, scheduled for 26 August 2015, will focus on the findings of the report and its implications for the community.</p><p style="line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem">Participants will learn about the results of the Phase 1 Syntactical Validation Study, which measured the overall syntactical (formatting) accuracy of <abbr title="WHOIS (pronounced &quot;who is&quot;; not an acronym)" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">WHOIS</abbr> records. The results will include comparisons based on Registrar Accreditation Agreements (2009 <abbr title="Registrar Accreditation Agreement" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">RAA</abbr> v. 2013 <abbr title="Registrar Accreditation Agreement" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">RAA</abbr>), top-level domain types (e.g., new or &quot;legacy&quot; gTLDs) and across <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr> regions.</p><p style="line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem">The <abbr title="WHOIS (pronounced &quot;who is&quot;; not an acronym)" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">WHOIS</abbr> Accuracy Reporting System is an <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr> initiative born out of recommendations from the 2012 <abbr title="WHOIS (pronounced &quot;who is&quot;; not an acronym)" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">WHOIS</abbr> Review to improve oversight of the <abbr title="WHOIS (pronounced &quot;who is&quot;; not an acronym)" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">WHOIS</abbr> Program. <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr> committed to proactively identifying potentially inaccurate <abbr title="generic Top Level Domain" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">gTLD</abbr> <abbr title="WHOIS (pronounced &quot;who is&quot;; not an acronym)" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">WHOIS</abbr> contact data and forwarding potentially inaccurate records to <abbr title="generic Top Level Domain" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">gTLD</abbr> registrars for investigation and follow up. A pilot study conducted in 2014, which acted as a proof of concept of this system, was designed with the intention of testing its key components so the framework could be leveraged to develop repeatable processes to produce assessments. Phase 1 takes lessons learned from the pilot study and operationalizes the Accuracy Reporting System. The Phase 1 report will provide information to the community on overall <abbr title="WHOIS (pronounced &quot;who is&quot;; not an acronym)" class="" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">WHOIS</abbr> accuracy, leading types of nonconformances (based on the applicable Registrar Accreditation Agreement), and data that <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr>&#39;s Compliance team will be required to follow up on with registrars regarding potentially inaccurate records.</p><hr style="height:1px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(238,238,238);margin:20px 0px;padding:0px"><h3 style="font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1.31rem;padding:0.75rem 0px 0.5rem;margin:0px;font-weight:500!important"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Webinar Details &amp; How to Attend</em></h3><p style="line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Date / Time: 26 August 2015, 15:00 - 16:00 UTC</strong> (<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html" style="color:rgb(0,136,204);text-decoration:none;background:transparent">time zone converter</a>)</p><p style="line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Join Online:</strong> <a href="https://icann.adobeconnect.com/gdd" style="color:rgb(0,136,204);text-decoration:none;background:transparent">https://icann.adobeconnect.com/gdd</a></p><p style="line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Join the Teleconference:</strong> <a href="http://whois.icann.org/sites/default/files/files/whois-ars-dial-in-numbers-26aug15-en.pdf" style="color:rgb(0,136,204);text-decoration:none;background:transparent">Download numbers now</a> [PDF, 124 KB] (<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Passcode</span>: GDD)</p><p style="line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem">This webinar will be conducted in English. Recordings will be published in the knowledge center of<abbr title="WHOIS (pronounced &quot;who is&quot;; not an acronym)" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">WHOIS</abbr> website at: <a href="http://whois.icann.org/en/knowledge-center" style="color:rgb(0,136,204);text-decoration:none;background:transparent">http://whois.icann.org/en/knowledge-center</a>.</p><hr style="height:1px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(238,238,238);margin:20px 0px;padding:0px"><h3 style="font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1.31rem;padding:0.75rem 0px 0.5rem;margin:0px;font-weight:500!important"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Further information</em></h3><ul style="padding:0px;line-height:1.4rem;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem 20px"><li style="line-height:1.4rem;margin:0px 0px 15px 20px"><a href="http://whois.icann.org/sites/default/files/files/ars-pilot-23dec14-en.pdf" style="color:rgb(0,136,204);text-decoration:none;clear:both;background:transparent">Pilot Study Report</a> [PDF, 1.5 MB]</li><li style="line-height:1.4rem;margin:0px 0px 15px 20px"><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/whois-ars-pilot-2014-12-23-en" style="color:rgb(0,136,204);text-decoration:none;clear:both;background:transparent"><abbr title="WHOIS (pronounced &quot;who is&quot;; not an acronym)" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">WHOIS</abbr> ARS Pilot Study Public Comment</a></li><li style="line-height:1.4rem;margin:0px 0px 15px 20px">General information on <a href="http://whois.icann.org/en" style="color:rgb(0,136,204);text-decoration:none;clear:both;background:transparent"><abbr title="WHOIS (pronounced &quot;who is&quot;; not an acronym)" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">WHOIS</abbr></a></li></ul></div></div></div>