closed Registration Data Request Service Standing Cmte. Report for GNSO Council Review

Outcome

The Registration Data Request Service (RDRS) Standing Committee (SC) Findings Report received eleven (11) Public Comment submissions. The comments received will support the RDRS SC in continuing its deliberations for its updated Findings Report. The RDRS SC will conduct a thorough review of all the comments received and consider whether any changes need to be made to its recommendations.

What We Received Input On

The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) seeks input on the Findings Report of the RDRS Standing Committee, which includes recommendations related to the RDRS pilot and potential next steps for the EPDP Phase 2/Standardized System for Access/Disclosure (SSAD) Recommendations.

Background

In February 2023, the ICANN Board directed the ICANN organization (org) to develop and launch a disclosure system, now called the RDRS, as requested by the GNSO Council.

The RDRS is a “proof of concept” to collect data about system usage to help inform future discussions between the GNSO Council and the ICANN Board on the pending Recommendations 1–18 from the Final Report of the GNSO Expedited Policy Development Process on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data Phase 2. Specifically, the RDRS gathered system usage and demand data, including (without limitation) information about the volume of requests, categories of users, and type of requests submitted, to better understand the demand for such a system.

In November 2023, ICANN org launched the RDRS and began collecting and publishing RDRS-related metrics. In January 2024, ICANN released the first RDRS metrics report. 

The GNSO Council tasked the RDRS Standing Committee to review the RDRS-related metrics and consider:

1. Recommendations to the Council, including how to proceed with the SSAD recommendations;
2. Specific lessons learned that should be factored into the consideration of how to proceed with the SSAD recommendations;
3. Proposed system enhancements;
4. Observed trends during the RDRS pilot;

The objective of this Findings Report is to document both the RDRS Standing Committee’s deliberations on the assignments referenced above and its recommendations to the GNSO Council.