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The '''First Registration Directory Service Review''' (RDS1), also known as the first WHOIS Review, was conducted between 2010 and 2012, with implementation of improvements continuing through December 2016.<ref>[https://community.icann.org/display/WHO/WHOIS+Review+Implementation+Home?preview=/54691767/66082444/WHOIS%20Quarterly%20Summary%2031December2016.pdf WHOIS Review - Implementation Report], December 2016</ref> <ref name="dashboard" ICANN.org - RDS1 Dashboard]</ref>
The '''First Registration Directory Service Review''' (RDS1), also known as the first WHOIS Review, was conducted between 2010 and 2012, with implementation of improvements continuing through December 2016.<ref name="impreport">[https://community.icann.org/display/WHO/WHOIS+Review+Implementation+Home?preview=/54691767/66082444/WHOIS%20Quarterly%20Summary%2031December2016.pdf WHOIS Review - Implementation Report], December 2016</ref> <ref name="dashboard" [ICANN.org - RDS1 Dashboard]</ref>
==Background==
==Background==
**overhaul [[InterNIC]] to improve usability.
**overhaul [[InterNIC]] to improve usability.
*ICANN should implement changes to WHOIS to accommodate [[Internationalized Domain Name|internationalized]] domain names.
*ICANN should implement changes to WHOIS to accommodate [[Internationalized Domain Name|internationalized]] domain names.
The [[ICANN Board]] acknowledged receipt of the report on June 23, 2012, and instructed the ICANN org to make recommendations regarding implementation of the recommendations.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2012-06-23-en#5 Resolution of the Board], June 23, 2012</ref> Public comment on the report was largely positive.<ref>[https://forum.icann.org/lists/whois-rt-final-report/ ICANN.org Listserv Archive - WHOIS Final Report]</ref> In November 2012, the Board acted on the final report by requesting an [[Issue Report|issue report]] on "the purpose of collecting and maintaining gTLD registration data, and on solutions to improve accuracy and access to gTLD registration data," with the intention of initiating a [[GNSO]] [[Policy Development Process|PDP]] on the topic.<ref name="boardres">[https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2012-11-08-en Resolution of the Board], November 8, 2012</ref> At the time, the GNSO was already engaged with its [[Policy Development Process for Thick WHOIS|"thick WHOIS"]] policy development process. The board also reaffirmed its commitment to enforcement and compliance efforts around registration data.<ref name="boardres" /> The board provided a summary of proposed actions on the recommendations of the report; in most cases, ICANN staff were directed to implement recommendations related to the improvement of existing policies and the continued negotiation of terms in the context of the [[New gTLD Program]] and other initiatives.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/bm/briefing-materials-1-08nov12-en.pdf Board Submission No. 2012-11-08-01 - WHOIS Review Team Recommendations], November 8, 2012 (PDF)</ref>
The final implementation report of RDS1 was issued in December 2016, marking implementation of all recommendations as complete.<ref name="impreport" />