[council] RE: Pending additions to ICANN glossary -- update on Council request from Mexico City

[Stéphane Van Gelder]

Also agree with listings by acronym or glossary term.

I¹d also suggest we add terms that can be considered regularly used ³GNSO
Council jargon², such as picket fence or bicameral structure. If we¹re
trying to help people who aren¹t familiar with our processes understand
them, then those kind of explanations will be needed.

We might also want to add things like RAA...

Stéphane


Le 29/04/09 03:25, « Rosette, Kristina » <krosette at cov.com> a écrit :

> Definitely agree with listing entries by acronym.
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> Would definitely be helpful to have a more informal glossary for Council, but
> many who can most benefit from the glossary don't have access to the wiki.
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> While we're suggesting terms, I'd add:  domain tasting, fast flux, IPv4, IPv6,
> RALO, Nominating Committee
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>>  From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org  [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org] On
>> Behalf Of Adrian  Kinderis
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 9:19 PM
>> To: Liz  Gasster; Council GNSO
>> Subject: [council] RE: Pending additions to  ICANN glossary -- update on
>> Council request from Mexico  City
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>> Thanks  Liz.
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>> Would it be possible to have  this glossary in a wiki format that could be
>> added to and adjusted on the  fly?
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>> I understand having it as an  Œofficial¹ ICANN Glossary in this way may be
>> problematic but maybe a GNSO  Council specific one on our wiki? I note that
>> such things as IRT, IDN, DNSSEC  etc are not there... we could all pitch in
>> to add definitions if it was a  wiki. Folks in the industry that speak
>> different languages could provide  translations Œon the fly¹.
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>> Also it would help to list  them by acronym not by true name. So when someone
>> hears the acronym they can  find it easily.
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>> From:  owner-council at gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org] On
>> Behalf Of Liz Gasster
>> Sent: Wednesday, 29 April 2009 7:29  AM
>> To: Council GNSO
>> Subject: [council] Pending additions  to ICANN glossary -- update on Council
>> request from Mexico  City
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>> All,
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>> During our after-action meeting in Mexico  City, several of you suggested
>> that we update the ICANN glossary to add some  basic terms that we refer to
>> frequently but that are missing currently from  that compendium
>> http://www.icann.org/en/general/glossary.htm  .  Definitions have been
>> developed for the terms that were identified by  Council members (copied
>> below for your reference, note also an updated  definition of WHOIS has been
>> prepared).  These definitions are currently  being translated and they will
>> be added to the glossary when the translations  are complete.
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>> ICANN¹s Corporate Affairs department will  be updating the glossary more
>> broadly in the upcoming weeks.
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>> We will also be adding a link to the  glossary from the GNSO home page,
>> http://gnso.icann.org/ .  This was also  suggested in the Mexico meeting.
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>> Thanks, Liz
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>> PDP - Policy  Development Process
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>> A set of formal steps, as defined in the  ICANN bylaws, to guide the
>> initiation, internal and external review, timing  and approval of policies
>> needed to coordinate the global Internet¹s system of  unique identifiers.
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>> Operations  Steering Committee
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>> The Operations Steering Committee (OSC)  coordinates, recommends and reviews
>> changes to certain operational activities  of the GNSO and its constituencies
>> with a view to efficient  outcomes.  These operational activity areas cover
>> GNSO operations, Stakeholder Group and Constituency operations, and
>> communications with GNSO and between GNSO and other ICANN  structures.
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>> Policy Process  Steering Committee
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>> The Policy Process Steering Committee  (PPSC) reviews and recommends
>> processes used within  the GNSO for developing policy, including the use of
>> Working Groups, and  recommending any changes.
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>> Registry Services  Evaluation Process
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>> The Registry Services  Evaluation Process (RSEP) is ICANN¹s process for
>> evaluating proposed gTLD  registry services or contractual modifications for
>> security, stability or  competition issues. Further information on RSEP is
>> available at http://www.icann.org/en/registries/rsep/.
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>> WHOIS
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>> WHOIS  (pronounced "who is"; not an acronym) An Internet  protocol that is
>> used to query databases to obtain information about the  registration of a
>> domain name (or IP address).  The WHOIS protocol was  originally specified in
>> RFC 954 <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc954.txt>,  published in 1985.  The
>> current specification is documented in RFC 3912
>> <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3912.txt>.   ICANN's gTLD agreements require
>> registries and registrars to offer an  interactive web page and a port 43
>> WHOIS service providing free public access  to data on registered names. Such
>> data is commonly referred to as "WHOIS  data," and includes elements such as
>> the domain registration creation and  expiration dates, nameservers, and
>> contact information for the registrant and  designated administrative and
>> technical contacts.
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>> WHOIS services are typically used to  identify domain holders for business
>> purposes and to identify parties who are  able to correct technical problems
>> associated with the registered  domain.
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