GNSO Council invites Recommendations
for Future Studies on WHOIS
Public comments are invited until 15 February 2008
on recommendations
for future studies on the WHOIS system.
Background
At the 31 October meeting in Los Angeles, the
Generic Names Supporting
Organization (GNSO) Council voted to conduct
several studies of the
WHOIS system, concluding that a comprehensive,
objective and
quantifiable understanding of key factual issues
regarding the gTLD
WHOIS system will benefit future GNSO policy
development efforts.
Before defining the details of these studies, the
Council is soliciting
suggestions from the community for specific topics
of study on WHOIS
that community stakeholders recommend be
conducted.
Possible areas of study might include a study of
certain aspects of gTLD
registrants and registrations, a study of certain
uses and misuses of
WHOIS data, a study of the use of proxy
registration services, including
privacy services, or a comparative study of gTLD
and ccTLD WHOIS.
If you would like to offer suggestions about topics
of study on WHOIS,
please do so by completing the online form
available by clicking on the
each study that you recommend should be conducted
and answer all
questions with as much detail as possible. Please limit your online
answers to 1-2 paragraphs per question. Additional detail and any
You are also invited to comment on proposed studies
that have already
been posted. To do so please reference the
specific proposal you are
commenting on. Lastly, you may also provide input
via email, instead of
posting online via the form provided. To do so, please send email
to
More information about policy activities related to
WHOIS can be found
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Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat - ICANN
gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org