[RDS-WHOIS2-IDNS] Initial letter

[Dmitry Belyavsky]

Hello,

Let’s make an initial discussion of the scope of our subgroup.
I kindly ask Lili and Alan to share their ideas on our duties not later
than December 7.

According to Susan's letter

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Please note that the following actions will need to be achieved by December
12, 2017:

Establish mandate, objectives and timeline for the work

Determine topics for investigation and validate against ICANN Bylaws

Identify briefings/data sources needed

Determine requirements for independent expert(s) and – if necessary –
develop statement of work

Adopt statement of work and associated work plan

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I tried to describe my understanding below, so any feedback is welcome.
After that let's convert it to plan.

As for now, I do not think we need conference calls, especially taking into
account our geographical distribution. I hope we can just use mailing list
for most cases.


I suggest to start from the analysis of the RT1 recommendation and
actions/decisions taken by board according to the materials of Briefing on
WHOIS Recommendations [1], WHOIS Review Executive Summaries [2] and
Detailed Quarterly Implementation Report on WHOIS Improvements[3].


According to [2], p.23, “Implementation plan to be developed” but I have no
idea what it is related to. According to [3] p.6, the implementation plan
should be the part of completing Recommendation 13. Both Recommendations 12
and 13 are described as completed. If it is OK, I do not see what are we to
do with it. According to [1] p.17 there is no recommendations by IRT to be
implemented yet. So I think that we can just mention this situation and it
will be OK.


Regarding Recommendation 14, I think we have a previously-absent
circumstances. I mean Email Address International (EAI). I know that at
least some ccTLDs allow using such email addresses as email addresses of
registrants. I expect that sooner or later EAI will be allowed in EPP
protocol used in gTLDs so we need to say something about it. At least we
must raise the question whether EAI addresses are RDAP-compatible in this
or that way.

According to [3] p.7, “Internationalized registration data (IRD) for WHOIS
Records are being proactively identified in Phase I and Phase II of ARS
reports”. But the EAI case was not covered.

[1] https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/69279139/WH
OIS%20Briefing%20-%2028September2017%20-%20V2.0.pptx?version
=1&modificationDate=1506686336000&api=v2

[2] https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/54691767/WH
OIS%20Recs%201_16%2030Sept2016.pdf

[3] https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/54691767/WH
OIS%20Quarterly%20Summary%2031December2016.pdf


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SY, Dmitry Belyavsky
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