<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">This initiative is a welcome one and a watershed development. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">IMHO, done right and conscientiously, this initiative will probably do more for transparency than any single other ICANN action.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">-Carlton</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br>==============================<br><i><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">Carlton A Samuels</font></i><br><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><i>Mobile: 876-818-1799<br><font color="#33CC00">Strategy, Process, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround</font></i></font><br>=============================</div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><u></u>








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    <h2>News Alert</h2>
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    <p style="margin:15px 0px 0px 0px">11 June 2018</p>
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    <td class="m_-5265853394092613761light"><strong>Open Date:</strong></td>
    <td>11 June 2018</td>
    <td class="m_-5265853394092613761light"><strong>Close Date:</strong></td>
    <td>27 July 2018</td>
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    <td colspan="3">Office of the CTO</td>
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    <td colspan="3">Open data</td>
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    <td class="m_-5265853394092613761light"><strong>Brief Overview:</strong></td>
    <td colspan="3">Much of the preparatory work for the first phase of the Open Data Initiative is now complete, in particular the creation of a Data Asset Inventory, which provides a preliminary list of the datasets that ICANN holds. The next major stage is a lengthy process of publishing datasets on ICANN's upcoming open data platform. This public comment shares details of the Data Asset Inventory, the associated metadata specification and requests feedback that will be used to determine the priorities for dataset publication.</td>
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    <td colspan="3"><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/odi-datasets-metadata-2018-06-11-en" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/odi-datasets-metadata-2018-06-11-en</a></td>
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