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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">NCAP DG – Please see some initial questions and reply from Kim Davies at IANA. We hope to have Kim or an IANA person available for discussion next week at the workshop.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Matt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Kim Davies <kim.davies@iana.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, 27 September 2023 at 17:06<br>
<b>To: </b>Suzanne Woolf <swoolf@pir.org><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Jennifer Bryce <jennifer.bryce@icann.org>, Matt Larson <matt.larson@icann.org>, "Thomas, Matthew" <mthomas@verisign.com>, James Mitchell <james.mitchell@iana.org>, Amy Creamer <amy.creamer@iana.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[EXTERNAL] Re: [Ext] Questions from NCAP Discussion Group on IANA RZM procedures<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hi Suzanne, Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">My overall response on the scope of the questions is that I would not assume this concept needs to be strictly modelled into the existing delegation process, where an applicant (in this case TRT) contacts IANA, is evaluated,
and then inserting a delegation in the root zone is a consequence of the successful completion of that evaluation. Rather, from what I gather of this TRT concept, it is part of the evaluation phase leading up to the production delegation of a string. Therefore
I’d be looking to explore implementing a new phase of our existing evaluation workflow where IANA would implement a new sub-process to introduce NS/DS records in the root zone prior to the ultimate delegation to the actual applicant, rather than as two distinct
delegations. I imagine we would distinguish this phase appropriately in all the appropriate records, but I don’t think it would manifest as an evaluation to delegate to the TRT entity itself.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">In response to the questions:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US">There have been no substantial changes to the root zone update process described in the JAS study that are relevant to this discussion.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US">IANA has implemented API access for TLD managers, but that is only designed for existing TLDs, not for new delegations. With that said, I think per the above, we’d
be looking to implement a brand new business procedure for this kind of concept rather than shoe-horn it into the existing concepts. We have internal API integrations between our systems and ICANN’s TLD application processing system that maybe we’d leverage
for exchanging relevant information for such a process. Based on the role of the TRT, I’d imagine they’d have a portal into the TLD application system in order to see and evaluate incoming applications, and perhaps it is through that portal they’d be marking
applications as “high risk”, “ready for pre-delegation” and the like which would trigger the associated workflows with IANA; rather than the TRT interacting with IANA directly itself.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US">I don’t have a confident answer, but if it is an implementation feature of the ultimate application process adopted by the ICANN Board for the next round of applications,
I think that gives us the mandate to implement. In the last round, a number of implementation details were approved at the staff/management level, and this is probably similar in nature apart from the fact that it introduces a new, perhaps surprising, aspect
to the operational community that would need to be clearly communicated and perhaps provide for the opportunity for community review prior to implementation.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Happy to make myself available for a discussion as timing permits.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">kim<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Suzanne Woolf <swoolf@pir.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, September 25, 2023 at 12:37 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Kim Davies <kim.davies@iana.org><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Jennifer Bryce <jennifer.bryce@icann.org>, Matt Larson <matt.larson@icann.org>, "Thomas, Matthew" <mthomas@verisign.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Ext] Questions from NCAP Discussion Group on IANA RZM procedures<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hi Kim, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">As you might recall, the NCAP Discussion Group has been discussing some changes to the 2012 New GTLD Round workflow for capturing and reviewing potential name collision issues for requested strings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">In order to finalize our thinking on the proposed changes, we need some help from IANA staff, in making sure we understand the processes for root zone updates and what additional burdens or risks the proposal could impose
on the RZM system. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We’ve prepared a short description of the issue we’re attempting to resolve, and a couple of specific questions, which is available in Google Docs at: <a href="https://secure-web.cisco.com/1xQRrdG4qJfnoffeeTmOzynDgDAjd2xMCxXpLxVGIo7qgYcdNVX_DeUCyEsYXVlY7ULqF_RpDeoq5jpDRPIaRRdEEIk3iAgxp44inb6lV5ld9i1HLs21-_HGmRsKp0z6LzHwm9bq0MLag37Ec9QAfclZesTi-rZMYr5AfQfq41NXaELaIQYbtusvpKzIi1TdQA2oJy-0HTsEzPwutYXvR1EDMaG1SxH_b-5M-mQzcZTs-IEWeKjiM5EMueYNvLhUNaQid1fjevXVMmZHccJZIs6IN4HoBzvlKhIpSlhBjjaE/https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.com%2Fv3%2F__https%3A%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fdocument%2Fd%2F1RqVYosWB1GNlzRjUwCCVuSEeEazqcncm2jolfDSTojs%2Fedit%3Fpli%3D1__%3B%21%21PtGJab4%219JqjlMlCLbxMHkzbKDB7DrgOJeAgUM5A_qQECqj2GYpCSZGFgPNQq9wxF-uaCfO3aVhyNWIwG_LTxwfCoUSz%24">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RqVYosWB1GNlzRjUwCCVuSEeEazqcncm2jolfDSTojs/edit?pli=1
[docs.google.com]</a> (and also I’ve attached below, if that’s easier). We’d greatly appreciate responses (as brief or as expansive as you’d like) at your earliest convenience.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">It would also be extremely helpful if you or one of your team could be available to talk with the DG about these questions, either at our regular discussion group meeting on Wednesday Sept. 27 at 20:00 UTC, or during
our workshop in Washington DC on Tuesday next week.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">My personal apologies for the short notice on this request, and we’ve tried to keep it brief and straightforward. Many thanks for your consideration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Suzanne<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">NCAP Discussion Group co-chairs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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