[npoc] Evaluating gTLD applications

[Eduardo Monge <eduardo.monge@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear NPOC Colleagues,
Find below a link to a blog entry by Werner Staub, an Executive Committee 
Member of the CORE<http://icannwiki.com/index.php/CORE> (Internet Council of 
Registrars), on the gTLD application process currently underway at ICANN.  It 
was published on August 15, 2012 at CircleiD.  I hope you find it interesting.

Similarity of gTLD Applications: Required Reading for Evaluators
http://t.co/hGAti7kQ

"ICANN's evaluators should look at data published on this 
site<http://gtld-similarity.info>. This sort of data helps dramatically reduce 
time and expense for the evaluation of new gTLD applications while increasing 
quality. The principle is simple: find the similarities between the 1930 
applications.
It is a proof-of-concept project by Arnoldo Mueller-Molina, a young Costa Rican 
researcher with a doctorate in computational analytics. The analysis is work in 
progress, but what it shows is striking: identical answers are ubiquitous, even 
for the most TLD-specific questions"
            ...
http://www.circleid.com/

Regards,

Eduardo Monge
NPOC Communications Committee Chair