[Public Comments]: Draft Comment on Open Data Initiative Datasets and Metadata

[Ayden Férdeline]

Hi Juan, thanks for flagging this and welcome to the NCSG! Your explanation sounds very sensible. (And it is perfectly acceptable to make comments about the substance of our statements that are in the process of being drafted on this mailing list.)

Hi Elsa et al, thanks for starting this effort and drafting this comment. I have made a few suggested edits to the document now.

Best wishes, Ayden

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On 19 July 2018 8:56 PM, Juan Alejo Peirano <juan.alejo.peirano at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Hi all,
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> First of all, thank you for having me in this great group. Hope that my comments would be of value, to address the interests of the group in the best way possible.
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> A quick question first, do we need to comment on the shared document or by email?
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> Giving that this is my first comment, I would prefer to do it by email, sorry for that :)
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> My comment is regarding the point 3 of the doc section "Errors and omissions".
> The restricted files appear to be related with configuration files (particularly TLDs zone files and root zone servers files) and for security reason, it is sensible for them not to be available as Open Data. Configurations zone files could be use for cyberattacks, especially if the attacker knows how the DNS zone is defined on the server.
> I'm totally in favor of asking for clarification why the term restricted is used on the spreadsheet, but I would not push for access of such files, it would be a risk for the integrity of the DNS zones. Also, I would not classify that as an "error" on the document, from a technical perspective the classification "restricted" makes sense.
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> Please let me know if I'm off topic at any point of this comment. Being this my first, I could be totally wrong and out of  scope from the interests of the group.
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> Thank you!
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> Juan Alejo Peirano
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> El jue., 19 jul. 2018 a las 18:58, Elsa S (<elsa.saade at gmail.com>) escribió:
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>> Hi all,
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>> It is our pleasure to share with you the draft public comment on the Open Data Initiative (ODI) which Yazid, Antonella, Shahul, Akinremi and myself worked on over the past week, with the help of Rafik!
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>> Comments on the [ODI Datasets and Metadata](https://www.icann.org/public-comments/odi-datasets-metadata-2018-06-11-en) opened in June this year, where ICANN asked the community for advice as to which datasets in their shared inventory should be published first. The publishing chronology would be based on the comments ICANN receives, and the aim of sharing the data according to what the [CEO's Blog post](https://www.icann.org/news/blog/icann-org-s-open-data-strategy) mentioned, would be to increase evidence-based policy development.
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>> The dataset inventory includes 232 elements on all sorts of topics, SGs and Cs. We went through them as carefully as we could on [this spreadsheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-8L98u7lz73g6a04Hhp673CqEj_4e1ltYd0f43Qs2wQ/edit?usp=sharing) which you could also take a look at, and our conclusions were drafted in [this google doc](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZmWcncubvRV572mZyU0pRKTkgD8K7sT4qPXcn01lk0U/edit?usp=sharing). At this point, we need your input keeping in mind NCSG's priorities. We thank everyone who contributed, and any member who will contribute to make this comment more fit to submit. Note that the closing date is in a week's time, so the sooner the contributions, the better for us all! :)
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>> Our suggestion for most efficiency would be for you to read the google doc first, check the spreadsheet, then add any comments or suggestions to the comment accordingly.
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>> Please do let us know if there is anything that needs further elaboration, and happy reading!
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>> Best,
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>> Elsa
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>> Elsa Saade
>> Consultant
>> Gulf Centre for Human Rights
>> Twitter: @Elsa_Saade
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> Juan Alejo Peirano
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