[gnso-rds-pdp-wg] For your review - updated RDS Statement of Purpose

Volker Greimann vgreimann at key-systems.net
Tue Oct 11 08:48:29 UTC 2016


Hi Greg,

I wish it were so, but at ICANN, both are the same. Incorrectly 
formatted whois is incorrect whois in the books of ICANN compliance.

And yes, I agree, that the terminology should be changed and used as a 
basis for our discussions.

Best,

Volker


Am 10.10.2016 um 18:51 schrieb Greg Aaron:
>
> In the post below, Volker is talking about data FORMATTING, not 
> ACCURACY.  Formatting and accuracy are distinct concepts.  They can 
> have a relationship, but they are not one and the same.  It is very 
> important to understand the difference.
>
> Formatting is the way in which something is arranged or set out.  For 
> example, do you format country name in the written-out form 
> ("Canada"), or do you use the two-letter abbreviation ("CA")?  Either 
> way the data is accurate; you know the contact is in Canada.
>
> The formatting of many registration data fields is specified in the 
> EPP RFCs, which registries and registrars have been required to follow 
> for years.  For example, RFC5733 says registries and registrars must 
> use certain standard conventions for timestamps, use email address 
> syntax as per RFC5322, use two-character country codes per ISO 
> standards, and must format contact telephone numbers a certain way 
> derived from international standards.
>
> The benefits of standardized data formatting are obvious, and RFCs are 
> designed to bring those benefits to the Internet.  In the case of EPP, 
> registries and registrars can store and trade data easily and 
> accurately.  As the SSAC has noted, these standards make it easier for 
> people and applications to understand and use registration data (SAC051).
>
> The 2013 RAA requires that registrars validate that certain data 
> fields are FORMATTED CORRECTLY as per the standards. In SAC058, the 
> SSAC described it this way: "Syntactic Validation refers to the 
> assessment of data with the intent to ensure that they satisfy 
> specified syntactic constraints, conform to specified data standards, 
> and are transformed and formatted properly for their intended use."
>
> Validating that the data is ACCURATE -- that it's truthful, or that an 
> address is deliverable, or is suitable for operational purposes, or 
> however you want to say it -- is a different concept.  Validation of 
> accuracy has different procedures and can have different standards.  
> For more about that, please see the sections about Operational 
> Validation and Identity Validation in SAC058. 
> https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/sac-058-en.pdf The 2013 
> contains an operational validation requirement.
>
> Recommendation 1 from SAC058 was: “The SSAC recommends that the ICANN 
> community should consider adopting the terminology outlined in this 
> report in documents and discussions.” The RDS WG should discuss that.
>
> We have protocol standards so that things will work, and RFCs should 
> be adhered to.  Hopefully that is uncontroversial.
>
> With best wishes,
>
> --Greg
>
> *From:*gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces at icann.org 
> [mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces at icann.org] *On Behalf Of *Volker Greimann
> *Sent:* Monday, October 10, 2016 4:42 AM
> *To:* gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org
> *Subject:* Re: [gnso-rds-pdp-wg] For your review - updated RDS 
> Statement of Purpose
>
> I still do not agree: A phone n umber may be technically incorrect but 
> still functional.
>
> Consider these examples:
>
> 0049-1234-56789
> +49-123456789
> +49.0123456789
> 0049(0)123456789
>
> and variations thereof.
>
> All of these numbers will be readily usabla for anyone with half a 
> brain cell, yet each and every one of these numbers is inaccurate 
> under wcurrent whois policies.
> For reference, this would be the "correct" number:
>
> +49.123456789
>
> So what does this tell us? It tells me that on the march to accuracy, 
> we will create more issues than we will solve.
>
> I have seen mail delivered to horribly spelled addresses, yet otoh, I 
> have also seen time and again that mail sent to perfectly correct 
> addresses was not delivered, because the postman could not find it 
> (for example because the entrance to a building in one street actually 
> was located around the corner in another street) and the mail was 
> returned undelivered.
>
> Best,
>
> Volker
>
> Am 09.10.2016 um 19:09 schrieb Richard Leaning:
>
>     Michele,
>
>     I don't disagree with you. There will always be scenarios where
>     common sense prevails.
>
>     But if you want to phone me you will need the accurate number -
>     not something that looks like my number.
>
>     If you want to respond to me about these comments, you will need
>     the accurate email address not something that is sort of my email
>     address.
>
>     All am saying is we should strive for accuracy knowing that we may
>     not achieve it but at least let's try.
>
>     Cheers
>
>     Dick
>
>     Richard Leaning
>
>     RIPE NCC
>
>     External Relations
>
>     (Sent by iPhone)
>
>
>     On 9 Oct 2016, at 13:41, Michele Neylon - Blacknight
>     <michele at blacknight.com <mailto:michele at blacknight.com>> wrote:
>
>         Dick
>
>         Sorry, but that’s absolutely untrue. So I agree with Greg.
>
>         I have been getting postal mail for more than 30 years and
>         over that period my name, my gender and my address have been
>         listed inaccurately hundreds of times.
>
>         Yet the postal services in the various countries that I’ve
>         lived in have been able to get the mail to me.
>
>         There is a very big difference between “functional” and
>         “accurate”.
>
>         As others have pointed out, it’s often impossible to provide
>         100% accurate addresses on web forms etc., Try updating your
>         ESTA for a visit to the US and you’ll find 9 times out of 10
>         that the address form doesn’t allow enough space for the hotel
>         name and address. But if you provide the hotel name the
>         authorities will know exactly where you are without the full
>         address.
>
>         Our office address, for example, lists us as being in Carlow.
>         If you actually looked at a map you’d see that we aren’t in
>         Carlow, but in Laois.
>
>         Regards
>
>         Michele
>
>         --
>
>         Mr Michele Neylon
>
>         Blacknight Solutions
>
>         Hosting, Colocation & Domains
>
>         http://www.blacknight.host/
>
>         http://blacknight.blog/
>
>         http://ceo.hosting/
>
>         Intl. +353 (0) 59  9183072
>
>         Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090
>
>         -------------------------------
>
>         Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside
>         Business Park,Sleaty
>
>         Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,R93 X265,
>
>         Ireland  Company No.: 370845
>
>         *From: *<gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces at icann.org
>         <mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces at icann.org>> on behalf of
>         Richard Leaning <rleaning at ripe.net <mailto:rleaning at ripe.net>>
>         *Date: *Friday 7 October 2016 at 19:20
>         *To: *Greg Shatan <gregshatanipc at gmail.com
>         <mailto:gregshatanipc at gmail.com>>
>         *Cc: *gnso-rds-pdp-wg <gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org
>         <mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org>>
>         *Subject: *Re: [gnso-rds-pdp-wg] For your review - updated RDS
>         Statement of Purpose
>
>         Thats Greg for articulating it so well.
>
>         all i was going to say was  -
>
>         'You can’t contact someone if the contact information is
>         inaccurate’
>
>         So i can’t see how you can split the two.
>
>         Richard Leaning
>
>         External Relations
>
>         RIPE NCC
>
>
>
>
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