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--></style></head><body lang=EN-CA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Hello all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The RrSG members of the Accuracy Scoping team propose the following definition of “accuracy” for domain name registration data, as per our homework assignment:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>"<i>Accuracy shall be strictly defined as syntactical accuracy of the registration data elements provided by the Registered Name Holder as well as the operational accuracy of either the telephone number or the email address.</i>"</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>To be determined to be <b>syntactically accurate</b>, the contact must satisfy all requirements for validity (see </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/approved-with-specs-2013-09-17-en#whois-accuracy"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>Whois Accuracy Program Specification</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> Sections 1b-d). E.g. for email addresses, all characters must be permissible, the “@” symbol is required, there must be characters before the “@” symbol (the “local” component), there must be a valid top-level domain at the end, and there must be a valid domain after the “@” symbol, but before a “.” and the valid top-level domain.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>To be determined to be <b>operably accurate</b>, the contact must be operable as defined in the </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/approved-with-specs-2013-09-17-en#whois-accuracy"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>Whois Accuracy Program Specification</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> Section f; in other words, the email must be deliverable, the telephone number has to connect without an error message such as that the number is invalid or disconnected, and the postal address must be mailable.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The RAA currently requires validation of syntactical accuracy and verification of operational accuracy for either email or phone.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Thank you,</span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><pre><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Sarah Wyld</span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>, CIPP/E<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Policy & Privacy Manager<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Pronouns: she/they<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:swyld@tucows.com">swyld@tucows.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>+1.416 535 0123 Ext. 1392<o:p></o:p></span></pre><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=100 height=22 style='width:1.0416in;height:.2239in' id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image001.png@01D698B1.25CB4480"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>