[UA-Measurement] Independent evaluation work in LAC starting

[Michael Casadevall]

I like the concept of having a centralized database with the state of
tested sites and their current "pass/fail/other" status.

It may be worth extending this concept to also include incorporation of
a schema for testing of tools, standardized libraries and off-the-shelf
products for EAI/IDN status and where possible, provide an integrated
API where tests can be submitted as these type of evaluations can
generated be automated through a test harness.

As a further note, I have some (IMHO) minor concerns with MongoDB being
used as a back-end as it can make searching the database somewhat more
difficult than a standard relational database plus historic issues
relating to Mongo in regards to replication causing data corruption.

On 7/10/19 7:17 PM, Mark W. Datysgeld wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> an independent IDNs study group was assembled within ALAC-LACRALO. They
> showed excitement for multilingualism when I first presented it at LAC
> DNS Forum last year, and are now moving into working on the subject.
> 
> Their initial aim is to perform regional evaluations for e-mail
> acceptance in top local websites of different LAC countries, like the
> one my team did in Brazil last year (attached).
> 
> My key concern is that, as we galvanize UA, interest in these smaller
> studies will grow, and there is a need to keep all that information
> useful and accessible.
> 
> There are two priorities I am currently working on:
> 
> 1) Creating a 1-page document describing which websites are supposed to
> be tested and how people should do it. We have followed some guidelines
> excluding malware domains but not discriminating websites due to their
> content, for example.
> 
> 2) In anticipation of the global e-mail tests report that I hope will be
> released this week, I think any measurement report moving forward should
> follow an appropriate metadata schema that allows us to aggregate data
> over the years and across all regions. I am including a copy of the one
> we developed attached to this e-mail (it is an excerpt from the full
> report).
> 
> I would appreciate any information on how this collides with any
> preexisting UA documents, as well as people or teams that are
> potentially working in parallel in similar matters, and so on. I think
> it's vital to be proactive at this early stage.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
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