Domain Name Supporting Organization

Draft Final Report

of the Names Council’s

WHOIS Task Force

to be presented at

The ICANN Meeting In Romania (Bucharest)

June 24-28, 2002

NOTE: THIS VERSION OF THE DOCUMENT IS A WORKING FINAL DRAFT AND IS SUBJECT TO FURTHER EDITORIAL CHANGES.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents................................................................................................................................................ 2

I Introduction............................................................................................................................................. 3

A Preface........................................................................................................................................................... 3

B History and Mission.............................................................................................................................. 6

C Participation in the Survey.............................................................................................................. 9

D Statistical Considerations........................................................................................................... 18

E Method of Evaluation of Free-Form Questions................................................................ 19

II User Expectation and Experience (qq. 5-10)......................................................................... 21

A Questions Asked..................................................................................................................................... 21

B Methodology of Evaluation......................................................................................................... 25

C Results of Evaluation....................................................................................................................... 26

III Uniformity and Centralization (qq. 11-15)......................................................................... 40

A Summary..................................................................................................................................................... 40

B Questions Asked............................