g. Authoritativeness

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From the Charter:

Authoritativeness: what are the implications of a ‘thin’ Registry possibly becoming authoritative for registrant Whois data following the transition from a thin-registry model to a thick-registry model. The Working Group should consider the term “authoritative” in both the technical (the repository of the authoritative data) and policy (who has authority over the data) meanings of the word when considering this issue.

Information relevant to this subject that will assist the WG to make a determination whether for this particular topic 'thick' Whois would be beneficial or not: