[NCAP-Discuss] regarding definition of name collision - discussion group task

[James Galvin]

In our meeting of 6 May 2020, we had an extended discussion about the 
definition of name collision as used in the Study 1 Work Product.  In 
particular, without going in to a lot of detail here, re-registrations 
are included in the definition of name collisions as used in the 
aforementioned work product.

It is important to note that the definition of name collisions was 
developed by this discussion group about a year ago, declared to be 
stable (i.e., it could be revisited later if some analysis made that 
necessary), and was thus given to OCTO to include as the basis for the 
research done to produce the Study 1 Work Product.

It is clear from the discussion on the mailing list and in the meeting 
discussion today (please check the recording and the transcript for 
details) that there is support for revisiting the current definition of 
name collisions.  The concern is that re-registrations, as defined by 
Item 4 in the discussion group definition and by Items B.b and B.c in 
the Study 1 Work Product, may not be a name collision and thus should 
not be in scope.  There are certainly risks with this type of 
registration but we need to reconsider whether or not this scenario 
rises to being a name collision.

With this message, this is an important topic and the co-Chairs want to 
call out of the meeting the group’s decision to open and revisit the 
definition and address this question as soon as possible.

Jim