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

Anriette Esterhuysen anriette at APC.ORG
Fri Jul 27 16:53:48 EEST 2018


Thanks to all who worked on this. Here is a related reading which I
recommend highly:

https://manypossibilities.net/2018/05/open-telecom-data-moving-forward/

Anriette


On 27/07/2018 18:43, Elsa S wrote:
> Super, thanks Ayden! And again, thanks to everyone who gave the draft
> a look, your additions made it as complete as possible given the
> timeframe!
>
> E.
>>
> On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 12:42 PM Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com
> <mailto:icann at ferdeline.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Elsa,
>
>     Just a small clarification, the other changes were made in
>     "suggestion mode." However they were accepted by the Policy
>     Committee Chair already (perhaps before you saw them?), as they
>     also have editing privileges for the document. 
>
>     The deadline for the submission of this comment to ICANN org is
>     23:59 UTC tonight, so it is already with the Policy Committee for
>     review. We have been looking over the document for a few days now
>     and discussing, hence why some edits were already accepted. 
>
>     Best wishes,
>
>     Ayden
>
>     Sent from ProtonMail Mobile
>
>
>     On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 18:13, Elsa S <elsa.saade at GMAIL.COM
>     <mailto:elsa.saade at GMAIL.COM>> wrote:
>>     Hey Ayden,
>>
>>     Thanks! I accepted some of the suggestions earlier today! What I
>>     was referring to was the added parts to the doc which I think are
>>     extremely important to keep an eye out for. Especially the list
>>     of extra data that we need and cannot find in the inventory for
>>     instance. It would have been good for members to check them out
>>     (there’s a small discussion happening on there, if we should add
>>     all the items currently in the list or not). And in the history,
>>     changes can be found most times but the person who made the
>>     changes would almost always be "anonymous". Which would make it
>>     hard to ask for fast clarification. That’s what I was referring to :)
>>
>>     But thanks for offering to help! It’s appreciated.
>>
>>     Best,
>>
>>     Elsa
>>>>
>>     On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 12:09 PM Ayden Férdeline
>>     <icann at ferdeline.com <mailto:icann at ferdeline.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         Hi Elsa,
>>
>>         All of the changes that I made to the document were in
>>         ‘suggestion mode’, but someone else with editing privileges
>>         has already accepted some of them. (I have received
>>         notifications from Google that this has happened.) In the
>>         history tab, however, you can turn them back on to see what
>>         changes have been made to the document and which have been
>>         accepted by other editors. Please let me know off-list if
>>         you’d like me to show you how to see these edits.
>>
>>         Best wishes,
>>
>>         Ayden
>>
>>         Sent from ProtonMail Mobile
>>
>>
>>         On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 18:00, Elsa S <elsa.saade at gmail.com
>>         <mailto:elsa.saade at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>         Hi Ayden,
>>>
>>>         Reviewing the comment and suggestions as we speak. Many of
>>>         the changes were not mapped. Could we for future comments'
>>>         reference, map our changes in order for us to make sure we
>>>         have a good progress report on the google doc? It would be
>>>         best I think.
>>>
>>>         Thank you for your efforts, and thank you all for all the
>>>         comments and engagement. We'll be sending this to the Policy
>>>         Committee for their review by the end of this working day.
>>>
>>>         Best,
>>>
>>>         Elsa
>>>         --
>>>
>>>         On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 6:27 AM, Ayden Férdeline
>>>         <icann at ferdeline.com <mailto:icann at ferdeline.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>             Hi Raoul,
>>>
>>>             I will forward your message to the Policy Committee to
>>>             review.
>>>
>>>             My initial reaction is, I’m not sure why we would need
>>>             to make the case for the benefits of open data, when
>>>             ICANN has already committed to making it available?
>>>
>>>             Best wishes, Ayden
>>>
>>>
>>>>             On 27 Jul 2018, at 12:23, Raoul Plommer
>>>>             <plommer at gmail.com <mailto:plommer at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>             Sorry for being late in returning to this, but could we
>>>>             add a sentence or just a small list on why opening data
>>>>             is commendable?
>>>>
>>>>             Open data offers benefits in many areas and ICANN could
>>>>             gain from:
>>>>
>>>>               * Transparency and democratic control
>>>>               * Participation
>>>>               * Self-empowerment
>>>>               * Improved or new private products and services
>>>>               * Innovation
>>>>               * Improved efficiency of services
>>>>               * Improved effectiveness of services
>>>>               * Impact measurement of policies
>>>>               * New knowledge from combined data sources and
>>>>                 patterns in large data volumes
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>             -Raoul
>>>>
>>>>             On 26 July 2018 at 13:54, Ayden Férdeline
>>>>             <icann at ferdeline.com <mailto:icann at ferdeline.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>                 Hi Sam,
>>>>
>>>>                 I have made some rather substantial (proposed)
>>>>                 edits to this statement now. In response to your
>>>>                 comment, I have cited recommendation 10.5 of the
>>>>                 Accountability and Transparency Review 2, and
>>>>                 called for ICANN to provide non-commercial
>>>>                 stakeholders with the resources required in order
>>>>                 to interrogate and analyse this data.
>>>>
>>>>                 The Policy Committee is looking over this comment
>>>>                 now (hence my last minute edits), but if there are
>>>>                 any additional comments/suggestions that anyone
>>>>                 has, we would still be able to consider them if
>>>>                 they are added to the document today:
>>>>
>>>>                 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZmWcncubvRV572mZyU0pRKTkgD8K7sT4qPXcn01lk0U/edit?usp=sharing
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>                 Best wishes,
>>>>
>>>>                 Ayden Férdeline 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>                 ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
>>>>                 On 23 July 2018 9:02 PM, Sam Lanfranco
>>>>                 <lanfran at YORKU.CA <mailto:lanfran at YORKU.CA>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>                 Colleagues,
>>>>>
>>>>>                 While I fully endorse as much open data access for
>>>>>                 ICANN as is possible, without compromising
>>>>>                 personal privacy, I am sobered by the general view
>>>>>                 that in Open Government Data most of the benefits
>>>>>                 go to the deep pocketed stakeholders (corporate
>>>>>                 entities) that have the financial resources to
>>>>>                 mine the data.
>>>>>
>>>>>                 Giving civil society access, without it having
>>>>>                 research resources, leaves it dependent on those
>>>>>                 few academics who will mine the data in the public
>>>>>                 interest, or when it just occasionally catches
>>>>>                 data outliers that raise concerns.
>>>>>
>>>>>                 Sam L.,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                 On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 11:54 PM, Raphaël
>>>>>>                 Beauregard-Lacroix <rbeauregardlacroix at gmail.com
>>>>>>                 <mailto:rbeauregardlacroix at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                     Hi Elsa, hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                     Thank you and the team for taking the time
>>>>>>                     for drafting the comment. I find that the
>>>>>>                     points raised in the comment are indeed
>>>>>>                     relevant!  From a broader perspective, it is
>>>>>>                     good that ICANN has plans to publish more
>>>>>>                     data - I can see a lot of potential for
>>>>>>                     qualitative and quantitative research here in
>>>>>>                     various fields of social sciences!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                     Best, 
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>         -- 
>>>         -- 
>>>
>>>         Elsa Saade
>>>         Consultant
>>>         Gulf Centre for Human Rights
>>>         Twitter: @Elsa_Saade
>>
>>     -- 
>>     -- 
>>
>>     Elsa Saade
>>     Consultant
>>     Gulf Centre for Human Rights
>>     Twitter: @Elsa_Saade
>
> -- 
> --
>
> Elsa Saade
> Consultant
> Gulf Centre for Human Rights
> Twitter: @Elsa_Saade

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