<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Dear all,</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="line-height: 1.4rem; ">Participants will learn about the results of the Phase 2 study, which acts as a follow-on to the </span><a href="https://whois.icann.org/sites/default/files/files/whois-ars-phase-1-report-24august2015.pdf" style="line-height: 1.4rem; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; ">Phase 1 report</a><span style="line-height: 1.4rem; "> [PDF, 1.4 MB] published in August 2015. In Phase 2, </span><abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="line-height: 1.4rem; box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; ">ICANN</abbr><span style="line-height: 1.4rem; "> measured both the overall syntax (formatting) and operability accuracy of a sample of </span><abbr title="WHOIS (pronounced "who is"; not an acronym)" style="line-height: 1.4rem; box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; ">WHOIS</abbr><span style="line-height: 1.4rem; "> records in gTLDs. The results include comparisons based on Registrar Accreditation Agreements (2009 </span><abbr title="Registrar Accreditation Agreement" style="line-height: 1.4rem; box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; ">RAA</abbr><span style="line-height: 1.4rem; "> v. 2013 </span><abbr title="Registrar Accreditation Agreement" style="line-height: 1.4rem; box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; ">RAA</abbr><span style="line-height: 1.4rem; ">), top-level domain types (e.g., new or "legacy" gTLDs) and across </span><abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" class="" style="line-height: 1.4rem; box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; ">ICANN</abbr><span style="line-height: 1.4rem; "> regions. Please read more at </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-01-06-en" style="line-height: 1.4rem; ">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-01-06-en</a></p></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">Thanks</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><div>-</div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Yaovi Atohoun</font></font></div><div>Stakeholder Engagement and Operations Manager – Africa</div><div>ICANN – www.icann.org </div><div>Mobile : +229 66015649 / 97891228</div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><div style="font-family: Calibri; "><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>