Dear T/T IRT, As you’re aware, implementation of the T/T PDP recommendations has been on hold pending deployment of RDAP. Over the summer, we worked to assess the T/T Working Group’s recommendations in terms of RDAP, as well as the new recommendations stemming from Phase 1 of the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data Expedited Policy Development Process<https://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/active/gtld-registration-data-epdp>(EPDP). We identified the EPDP Team’s Recommendation 27 as pertinent to the T/T implementation: The EPDP Team recommends that, as part of the implementation of [its] policy recommendations, updates are made to the following existing policies / procedures, and any others that may have been omitted [emphasis added], to ensure consistency with these policy recommendations as, for example, a number of these refer to administrative and/or technical contact which will no longer be required data elements: • Registry Registration Data Directory Services Consistent Labeling and Display Policy • Thick WHOIS Transition Policy for .COM, .NET, .JOBS • Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy • WHOIS Data Reminder Policy • Transfer Policy • Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS) Rules • Transfer Dispute Resolution Policy Given the implementation’s relationship to the evolution of registration data policies and procedures, we propose that the T/T recommendations be added to this list to ensure policy and implementation consistency across the many work streams in this area. This proposal is part practical, and part mandate. The mandate stems from T/T Recommendation 7, which states that implementation of the policy recommendations be “coordinated with other WHOIS modifications where necessary and…implemented and/or applied as soon as a WHOIS replacement system that can receive, store and display non-ASCII characters, becomes operational.” As a practical matter, assessing the T/T recommendations in the context of Recommendation 27 would provide insight into any potential conflicts and/or dependencies as they relate to the EPDP Team’s work. It would also allow for an assessment of whether the T/T recommendations could be “bundled” into the broader implementation work likely to emerge as a result of EPDP recommendations. Please let us know if you have any input on this plan (I’ll be in Montreal if you’d like to catch up in-person). Otherwise, we’ll begin work on assessing the T/T recommendations per Recommendation 27, and will follow up as it progresses. Thank you all very much for your continued support and participation. Brian -- Brian Aitchison, PhD Lead Researcher Operations and Policy Research Global Domains Division Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Los Angeles, CA p. 424 353 9041 e. brian.aitchison@icann.org<mailto:brian.aitchison@icann.org> Sk. brian.aitchison.icann