Again, I think Bruce's insistence on a difference between the purpose of "the Whois service" and the purpose of "the data itself" is confusing. I would propose that he reword as follows: Dr. Milton Mueller Syracuse University School of Information Studies http://www.digital-convergence.org http://www.internetgovernance.org >>> Mawaki Chango <[log in to unmask]> 07/18/06 1:21 AM >>> --- Bruce Tonkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > The GNSO Council notes that the current WHOIS definition is > related to the service that provides public access to some or all of the > data collected, and is not a definition of the purpose of the data > itself. Change to: The GNSO Council notes that the current WHOIS definition is related to the service that provides unrestricted, unaccountable public access to the data collected, and is not a definition of the purpose of all of the data collected by the registrars in the course of registering a domain name for their customers.