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Re: [gnso-authoritative-thickwhois] RE: Call details / Call of authoritativeness subgroup of thick Whois WG

  • To: Authoritative Thick WHOIS <gnso-authoritative-thickwhois@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: [gnso-authoritative-thickwhois] RE: Call details / Call of authoritativeness subgroup of thick Whois WG
  • From: Volker Greimann <vgreimann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:48:56 +0100

Kicking off on the question of authoritativeness:


I did some (little) research into the use of the term authoritative in the ICANN context and found this policy document from 2001:

http://www.icann.org/en/about/unique-authoritative-root

From that, we can extract the following general interpretations:

- "its core design goals is that it reliably provides the same answers to the same queries from any source"
- "coordination of the (...) function by a single authority"
- "hierarchical structure" that "allows different parts of the naming database to be maintained by different entities"

I also found an unrelated Presentation onWhat Constitutes an /Authoritative Source/? <http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDQQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcsrc.nist.gov%2Fnews_events%2Fprivilege-management-workshop%2Fpresentations%2FRoger_Westman.pdf&ei=k4PUULbmOsfLsgbFkIGIAw&usg=AFQjCNET8ITPGCjxEq8EQ1qcByKkiYjDwA&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.Yms> that may be helpful:
http://csrc.nist.gov/news_events/privilege-management-workshop/presentations/Roger_Westman.pdf

Alternatively, we could hold to the lexical meaning of the word:

/a/ *:* having or proceeding from authority <http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/authority> *:* official <http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/official> </authoritative/ church doctrines>
/b/ *:* clearly accurate or knowledgeable <an /authoritative/ critique>

where I would see option two as the most fitting.

As a strawman, here is one attempt at a definition to start with:

"Authoritative, with respect to provision of whois services, shall be interpreted as to signify the single database within a hierarchical database structure holding the data that is assumed to be the final authority regarding the question which record shall be considered accurate and reliable in case of conflicting records; administered by a single adminstrative [agent] and consisting of data provided by the registrants of record through their registrars."

Finally, I do note that even in thick registries, the registries already provide some part of the whois that can be considered authoritative. Any whois query for a domain name is first conducted on the registry level, which responds with the basic domain data, including the reference which registrar provides the actual whois data. This record is authoritative for the data it contains for even if multiple registrars may think the domain name is registered throughthem, the registries reference of which one actually is is authoritative.

Happy holiday,

Volker

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Authoritativeness subgroup volunteers,

In preparation for our subgroup call tomorrow (Friday) at 1500 UTC (see below for dial-in information), here is the relevant excerpt from our working group charter:

*Authoritativeness*: what are the implications of a 'thin' Registry possibly becoming authoritative for registrant Whois data following the transition from a thin-registry model to a thick-registry model. The Working Group should consider the term "authoritative" in both the technical (the repository of the authoritative data) and policy (who has authority over the data) meanings of the word when considering this issue.

**

*"Authoritativeness" *is not mentioned in either the preliminary or final issue report on thick Whois. This topic was added by the Drafting Team that developed our charter.

Here are a few questions that might kick off our discussions tomorrow:

1. Are we clear on the "technical" and "policy" definitions of "authoritative" as set out in the charter?

2. Are there other relevant perspectives on "authoritativeness" -- for example, the perspective(s) of the Whois data user?

3. What is the "authoritative" Whois data in a thick Whois setting:

(a) for a gTLD registry that is "born thick"?

(b) after a gTLD registry has migrated from thin to thick (e.g., .org)?

4. What is the impact of any change in authoritativeness after a gTLD registry migrates from thin to thick on:

(a)  the registry?

(b)  registrars?

(c)  domain name registrants?

(d)  Whois users?

       (e) Others?

Your suggestions for other questions (or for modifying these) are welcomed!

Finally here is the list of our subgroup volunteers as displayed on our subgroup wiki page:

*Members*

  * Jill Titzer (RrSG)
  * Titi Akinsanmi (ALAC)
  * Amr Elsadr (NCSG)
  * Tim Ruiz (RrSG)
  * Jeff Neuman (RySG)
  * Steve Metalitz (IPC) - lead
  * Marc Anderson (RySG)
  * Volker Greimann (RrSG)
  * Ray Fassett (RySG)

Talk to you tomorrow!

Steve Metalitz

*From:*owner-gnso-authoritative-thickwhois@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-gnso-authoritative-thickwhois@xxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Gisella Gruber
*Sent:* Tuesday, December 18, 2012 4:35 AM
*To:* Authoritative Thick WHOIS
*Cc:* GNSO Secretariats
*Subject:* [gnso-authoritative-thickwhois] Call details / Call of authoritativeness subgroup of thick Whois WG

Dear All,

The call of A*uthoritativeness subgroup of Thick Whois WG* is scheduled on *Friday 21 December 2012 at 1500 UTC:*

/0700 PST, 1000 EST, 1500 UTC/

Conference ID: *7308*

*Dial in numbers:*

USA:toll free: 1 800 550 6865 / toll +1 213 233 3193

For all other numbers:

http://www.adigo.com/icann

If you require a dial-out, please email gnso-secs@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:gnso-secs@xxxxxxxxx> with your preferred number.

Thank you!

Kind regards,

Gisella

On 17/12/2012 20:13, "Metalitz, Steven" <met@xxxxxxx <mailto:met@xxxxxxx>> wrote:

    Thanks Tim.

    It looks like Friday, 12/21 at 10 am EST (1500 UTC) works for at
    least several folks so please mark that date/time on your calendar
    for a call of our subgroup.

    I will not be able to attend tomorrow's full working group call
    but I assume that some other subgroup members will and if so I
    hope they will share with us on Friday whatever pearls of wisdom
    are dispensed then that would help to guide us in the subgroup.

    Steve Metalitz

    -----Original Message-----

    From: Tim Ruiz [mailto:tim@xxxxxxxxxxx]

    Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 8:44 AM

    To: Metalitz, Steven; 'gnso-authoritative-thickwhois@xxxxxxxxx
    <mailto:%27gnso-authoritative-thickwhois@xxxxxxxxx>'

    Subject: RE: [gnso-authoritative-thickwhois] RE: Doodle poll re
    call of authoritativeness subgroup of thick Whois WG

    Steve,

    Completed the poll with some dates that I "might" be able to make
    a call, but the likelihood is that family/holiday activities will
    conflict.

    Best,

    Tim

    -------- Original Message --------

    Subject: [gnso-authoritative-thickwhois] RE: Doodle poll re call
    of authoritativeness subgroup of thick Whois WG

    From: "Metalitz, Steven" <met@xxxxxxx <mailto:met@xxxxxxx>>

    Date: Fri, December 14, 2012 12:27 pm

    To: "Metalitz, Steven" <met@xxxxxxx
    <mailto:met@xxxxxxx>>,        "'gnso-authoritative-thickwhois@xxxxxxxxx
    <mailto:%27gnso-authoritative-thickwhois@xxxxxxxxx>'"
    <gnso-authoritative-thickwhois@xxxxxxxxx
    <mailto:gnso-authoritative-thickwhois@xxxxxxxxx>>

    We got few responses, perhaps because there ended up being so
    little lead time before the proposed meeting dates/times.

    We have now refreshed the Doodle poll with some options later in
    next week.  Please visit (or revisit)
    http://www.doodle.com/xg4gav95k36yazv3 ASAP to indicate your
    availability.  Thanks!

    Steve Metalitz

    From: owner-gnso-authoritative-thickwhois@xxxxxxxxx
    <mailto:owner-gnso-authoritative-thickwhois@xxxxxxxxx>
    [mailto:owner-gnso-authoritative-thickwhois@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
    Of Metalitz, Steven

    Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 10:40 AM

    To: 'gnso-authoritative-thickwhois@xxxxxxxxx
    <mailto:%27gnso-authoritative-thickwhois@xxxxxxxxx>'

    Subject: [gnso-authoritative-thickwhois] Doodle poll re call of
    authoritativeness subgroup of thick Whois WG

    Subgroup volunteers,

    Sorry, it seems to have taken 48 hours to get the mailing list up
    and running, but if you can visit the link at :
    http://www.doodle.com/xg4gav95k36yazv3 today, we can try to get a
    call scheduled tomorrow or Monday.  Thank you!

    Steve Metalitz.



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