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Registration Directory Service (RDS) Roadmap Update

6 May 2019
By

Isabelle Colas

Sr. Manager, Policy Research & Stakeholder Programs

Isabelle joined ICANN in September 2018 and is responsible for supporting the Policy Research and Stakeholder Programs team within ICANN’s Global Domains and Strategy department.

Her areas of focus include activities related to Registration Data Directory Services such as the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data in addition to drafting papers, conducting research, and assisting in drafting policy to support wide-ranging policy development and implementation projects. She received her Master in International Public Health from the University of Liverpool and her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Saint Louis University. Isabelle also studied Impact Measurement and Management at Oxford Saïd Business School and Women’s Leadership at Yale University. Isabelle is fluent in English, and Haitian Creole speaks proficient French and basic Spanish.

The ICANN organization (org) wants to keep the community informed as the policy and management of registration data is evaluated. New information about ongoing projects related to Registration Directory Service (RDS) has just been published. Updates to this roadmap, published bi-annually, show RDS activities in advance of Board consideration, implementation following Board action, and implementation by contracted parties.

Some of the updates on recent RDS activities detailed in the roadmap include:

  • The Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) Team delivered its Final Report to the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council on 20 February 2019. The Final Report contains 29 policy recommendations to govern gTLD registration data when the Temporary Specification expires on 20 May 2019. The GNSO Council approved all 29 of the policy recommendations. After a review of the public comments on the Final Report, the Board will consider whether to adopt the recommendations as consensus policy as is, or with modifications.
  • The EPDP Team began Phase 2 of its work focusing on a system for standardized access to non-public registration data, issues requiring further community action, and other items deferred from the previous phase. This next phase of the EPDP Team's work starting in May 2019 will be led by new Chair Janis Karklins.
  • ICANN org has notified registries and registrars that they must implement a Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) service by 26 August 2019. RDAP enables users to access registration data and has several advantages over the current protocol (WHOIS), including more secure and differentiated access to registration data. ICANN.org worked with a discussion group of gTLD registries and registrars to develop an RDAP profile that provides technical instructions to how to implement an RDAP service in a consistent way.

The roadmap updates are part of the ICANN org effort to provide the community with visibility into all RDS-related activities. For more detail about these actions please check out the Knowledge Center on our dedicated portal, whois.icann.org.

If you have any further questions, please reach out to me at isabelle.colas@icann.org.

Authors

Isabelle Colas

Sr. Manager, Policy Research & Stakeholder Programs

Isabelle Colas

Sr. Manager, Policy Research & Stakeholder Programs

Isabelle joined ICANN in September 2018 and is responsible for supporting the Policy Research and Stakeholder Programs team within ICANN’s Global Domains and Strategy department.

Her areas of focus include activities related to Registration Data Directory Services such as the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data in addition to drafting papers, conducting research, and assisting in drafting policy to support wide-ranging policy development and implementation projects. She received her Master in International Public Health from the University of Liverpool and her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Saint Louis University. Isabelle also studied Impact Measurement and Management at Oxford Saïd Business School and Women’s Leadership at Yale University. Isabelle is fluent in English, and Haitian Creole speaks proficient French and basic Spanish.

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