[NCSG-PC] Fwd: [Public Comments]: Draft Comment on Open Data Initiative Datasets and Metadata

Rafik Dammak rafik.dammak at gmail.com
Fri Jul 27 15:03:50 EEST 2018


Hi,

similar comments were made during the drafting and were dropped. The public
comment is specific on the questions asked: it is consulting regarding the
proposed data bot about the relevance of open data.

Best,

Rafik


Le ven. 27 juil. 2018 à 19:31, Tatiana Tropina <tatiana.tropina at gmail.com>
a écrit :

> Agree, Ayden - as you said, the benefits are known and apparently, we
> don't have to make ICANN committing to making open data. Thank you.
> Cheers,
> Tanya
>
> On 27 July 2018 at 12:28, Ayden Férdeline <ayden at ferdeline.com> wrote:
>
>> Feedback from Raoul for the PC’s consideration.
>>
>> As I wrote on the NCSG-Discuss list, I think these benefits are already
>> known to ICANN.
>>
>> -Ayden
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> *From: *"Raoul Plommer" <plommer at GMAIL.COM>
>> *Subject: **Re: [Public Comments]: Draft Comment on Open Data Initiative
>> Datasets and Metadata*
>> *Date: *27 July 2018 at 12:23:56 CEST
>> *To: *<NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
>> *Reply-To: *"Raoul Plommer" <plommer at GMAIL.COM>
>>
>> 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> 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> 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>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,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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