[gnso-rds-pdp-wg] RDS Statement of Purpose

[James Galvin]

Greg, excellent questions, which I said on the call when you asked them. 
  I believe that all of these questions deserve some discussion so we 
can understand the effect of different answers.

I have added inline some thoughts that I have regarding your questions.  
I am, of course, very interested in what others think.


On 8 Sep 2016, at 15:21, Greg Shatan wrote:

> I expressed a concern about this on the call (it may have been in the
> chat), along the following lines:  What exactly is meant by "the 
> life-cycle
> of a domain name"?

I start with a minimalist view when thinking about this question, 
adapted from SAC054.  A domain name comes in to existence, certain 
events may affect the domain name, and then the domain name expires.  
The data that is collected would only be data necessary to support 
creation, the selected events, and finally the expiration of the domain 
name.

In my model, this much is self-evident, i.e., I think this is the 
minimum definition of a life cycle.  So, I would split your question in 
two: a) is this the absolute minimum?  b) is this sufficient?


>
> Also, is this meant to be a minimum standard (i.e., RDS must, at a 
> minimum,
> support the life-cycle of a domain name), to which other elements can 
> be
> added?
>
> Or is this meant to be a limiting standard (i.e., RDS must not do more 
> than
> support the life-cycle of a domain name), to which other elements can 
> be
> added only if they fit within the "life-cycle of a domain name"?

This distinction is something the working group should discuss as it 
considers the question of what is meant by the life cycle of a domain 
name.


>
> Or is this meant to be a "primary purpose" standard, where other 
> elements
> can be added, but they would not be considered a "primary purpose" 
> (which
> has a significant downstream effect, e.g., in certain privacy 
> legislation)?

This distinction is something the working group should discussion.  I 
believe that if we can create a minimalist definition of the life cycle 
of a domain name, then that would likely become the “primary 
purpose”.  This is important because it has downstream effects as you 
say.

In particular, if we agree to a primary purpose, I would say the 
elements in support of that become mandatory for all 
registries/registrars.  Secondary purposes may or may not be required, 
depending on whether that secondary purpose is something that a registry 
is required to support, i.e., if it supports the secondary purpose then 
the additional elements become mandatory, otherwise they are optional.

My point here is that not all existing use cases should be part of the 
primary purpose, in my opinion of course, and thus there may be some 
elements that would no longer need to be collected.



>
> Finally, I would ask which of the use cases that we have on our list 
> fall
> within "the life-cycle of a domain name" and which do not?  (I suppose 
> this
> last question is intertwined with my first question above.

This is a discussion we need to have in this working group.


>
> Depending on what other participants believe the answers to these 
> questions
> should be, and what their effect may be, I may have significant 
> concerns
> about this statement.
>
> Greg
>
> On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 2:52 PM, Gomes, Chuck <cgomes at verisign.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> In our call earlier this week there seemed to be support for one 
>> element
>> of a RDS Statement of Purpose as suggested by Jim Galvin:  “The RDS 
>> should
>> support the life cycle of a domain name.”  No one on the call 
>> disagreed
>> with this; if anyone not on the call has comments on this please
>> communicate so on this list prior to our call next week. Also, if any 
>> one
>> who was on the call has comments that you did not share, please do so
>> before next week’s meeting.
>>
>>
>>
>> Also, it would be helpful if everyone could be thinking about answers 
>> to
>> the following questions:
>>
>> ·         What are the criteria for a statement of purpose?
>>
>> ·         What elements, if any, from the EWG statement of purpose 
>> should
>> be reflected in the statement of purpose?
>>
>> ·         What other elements need to be reflected in the statement 
>> of
>> purpose?
>>
>> We plan to discuss these questions in next week’s meeting but 
>> comments
>> would be appreciated on the list before then.
>>
>>
>>
>> Chuck
>>
>>
>>
>> Here’s the EWG statement of purpose that we discussed in our 
>> meeting
>> earlier this week:
>>
>>
>>
>> To help guide the EWG in its deliberations, the group developed a
>> high-level statement of purpose from which to test its conclusions 
>> and
>> recommendations, as follows:
>>
>> In support of ICANN’s mission to coordinate the global Internet’s 
>> system
>> of unique identifiers, and to ensure the stable and secure operation 
>> of the
>> Internet’s unique identifier system, information about gTLD domain 
>> names is
>> necessary to promote trust and confidence in the Internet for all
>> stakeholders.
>>
>> Accordingly, it is desirable to design a system to support domain 
>> name
>> registration and maintenance which:
>>
>> ·         Provides appropriate access to accurate, reliable, and 
>> uniform
>> registration data
>>
>> ·         Protects the privacy of personal information
>>
>> ·         Enables a reliable mechanism for identifying, establishing 
>> and
>> maintaining the ability to contact Registrants
>>
>> ·         Supports a framework to address issues involving 
>> Registrants,
>> including but not limited to: consumer protection, investigation of
>> cybercrime, and intellectual property protection
>>
>> ·        Provides an infrastructure to address appropriate law
>> enforcement needs
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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