Thanks Jeff, very helpful! These are the documents we're also referring to. However the focus of SAC 051 and the Roadmap seems primarily protocol-related. Originally you may recall that the Council asked the WHOIS Service Requirements Survey Working Group to consider adding this "feature" as a possible technical "requirement" to be surveyed to determine the degree of community support for that capability as part of a new protocol. The WSWG concluded that WHOIS uptime or "basic availability of and access to WHOIS data" such as an SLA-type approach was not a technical protocol-level issue but rather an operational or policy issue that was not within the WSWG's remit and no specific requirement of uptime is required today. (Recall this email from Compliance reporting on this: http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg10766.html). Thus we do not think that there is much potential overlap with SAC 051 or the Roadmap which is also focusing at the protocol level, except possibly insofar as PDP might result at some point during the Roadmap process. Our access motion is intended to basically assure what you are describing in #3 and #4 below, which is to follow up to include the access capability in an RAA PDP in the event that an SLA doesn't result from the RAA negotiations. This is why the motion is focusing on incorporating this access into a possible PDP if not addressed in negotiations and why we do not necessarily see a connection with the SAC 051 Roadmap. Best regards Wolf-Ulrich ________________________________ Von: Neuman, Jeff [mailto:Jeff.Neuman@neustar.us] Gesendet: Sonntag, 17. Juni 2012 21:25 An: Knoben, Wolf-Ulrich; council@gnso.icann.org Betreff: RE: Motion on WHOIS Access recommendation Wolf, This is key, but also please review: 1. SAC 51: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/ssac/documents/sac-051-en.pdf 2. And the final roadmap to implement SAC 51: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-6-04jun12-en.htm which is currently published and before the board. I do disagree with some things in the road map like the legalistic approach to standards development which is a larger issue of how ICANN sees its own self regulatory model, but nonetheless, they need to be reviewed. 3. Also, don't forget the current discussions with the registrars on the RAA amendments: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-7-04jun12-en.htm which have several sections dealing with WHOIS Access. 4. And finally keep in mind that certain picket fence items not finalized in the RAA discussions, can be addressed in the PDP we approved (which I believe the motion is meant to address). The main point is that the motion came out of a group whose recommendations are 3 years old and do not take into consideration all of the work that is already underway. Given all the work already underway, what is it that the motion adds that is not being done? Thanks. Jeffrey J. Neuman Neustar, Inc. / Vice President, Business Affairs From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of KnobenW@telekom.de Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2012 4:42 AM To: council@gnso.icann.org Subject: [council] Motion on WHOIS Access recommendation All: with regards to the a.m. motion which has been deferred to the Prague meeting I'd like to come back to the "definition of WHOIS Access" which was discussed at the last call. In this context two defining documents should be given attention: the RAP WG Final Report and the WHOIS Policy Review Team Final Report. The RAP WG is pointing to "basic availability of and access to WHOIS data" which implies technical, operational and contractual aspects (see http://gnso.icann.org/issues/rap/rap-wg-final-report-29may10-en.pdf; page 71 ff) In this context it may be helpful to make reference to the definitions in the WHOIS Policy Review Team Final Report on WHOIS Data, WHOIS Protocol and WHOIS Service (see http://www.icann.org/en/about/aoc-review/whois/final-report-11may12-en; page 22 ff) I would appreciate if continuing this discussion on the list could lead to a more common understanding of the item until it comes to voting. Best regards Wolf-Ulrich