GAC Principles and Guidelines

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GAC document ICANN document best-practice recommendations policy framework

GAC Principles and Guidelines are a set of policy frameworks and best-practice recommendations developed to guide governments’ participation and advice on public policy issues related to the global Domain Name System within ICANN.

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Label	Occurrences
GAC Operating Principles	2
GAC Principles and Guidelines canonical	1

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Target entity: GAC Principles and Guidelines
Context triple: [Governmental Advisory Committee, produces, GAC Principles and Guidelines]

A. ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148
ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148 is an international standard that defines best practices and processes for engineering and managing system and software requirements.
B. Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines
Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines are W3C recommendations that define how software used to create web content should support accessibility both in their user interfaces and in the content they produce.
C. NIST SP 800-56A
NIST SP 800-56A is a NIST Special Publication that specifies approved methods for public-key establishment, including Diffie–Hellman–based key agreement schemes, for use in U.S. federal cryptographic systems.
D. Latimer House Principles
The Latimer House Principles are a set of guidelines adopted by Commonwealth nations to safeguard good governance through the separation of powers, judicial independence, and accountability of the three branches of government.
E. ACM bylaws
The ACM bylaws are the formal governing rules and procedures that define the structure, responsibilities, and operations of the Association for Computing Machinery and its organizational units.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: GAC Principles and Guidelines
Target entity description: GAC Principles and Guidelines are a set of policy frameworks and best-practice recommendations developed to guide governments’ participation and advice on public policy issues related to the global Domain Name System within ICANN.

A. ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148
ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148 is an international standard that defines best practices and processes for engineering and managing system and software requirements.
B. Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines
Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines are W3C recommendations that define how software used to create web content should support accessibility both in their user interfaces and in the content they produce.
C. NIST SP 800-56A
NIST SP 800-56A is a NIST Special Publication that specifies approved methods for public-key establishment, including Diffie–Hellman–based key agreement schemes, for use in U.S. federal cryptographic systems.
D. Latimer House Principles
The Latimer House Principles are a set of guidelines adopted by Commonwealth nations to safeguard good governance through the separation of powers, judicial independence, and accountability of the three branches of government.
E. ACM bylaws
The ACM bylaws are the formal governing rules and procedures that define the structure, responsibilities, and operations of the Association for Computing Machinery and its organizational units.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	GAC document ⓘ ICANN document ⓘ best-practice recommendations ⓘ policy framework ⓘ
about	GAC advice to the ICANN Board ⓘ global Domain Name System governance ⓘ governments’ participation in ICANN ⓘ public policy issues related to the Domain Name System ⓘ
aimsTo	enhance predictability of governmental input into ICANN ⓘ ensure that governmental perspectives are reflected in ICANN decisions ⓘ provide a structured basis for GAC advice ⓘ support the stability and security of the DNS from a public policy perspective ⓘ
appliesTo	GAC members ⓘ governments ⓘ public authorities ⓘ
concerns	DNS policy issues with public policy implications ⓘ the role of governments in ICANN’s multistakeholder model ⓘ
developedBy	GAC ⓘ Governmental Advisory Committee ⓘ
followsPrinciple	accountability of governmental participation ⓘ multistakeholder cooperation ⓘ protection of the public interest ⓘ respect for national sovereignty ⓘ transparency in governmental advice to ICANN ⓘ
governs	how GAC formulates advice to the ICANN Board ⓘ interaction between governments and ICANN on DNS public policy issues ⓘ
hasFormat	written guidelines ⓘ
hasScope	GAC working methods ⓘ ICANN policy development processes ⓘ global Domain Name System ⓘ
implementedBy	GAC members in their participation in ICANN ⓘ
implementedIn	GAC working methods and procedures ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
partOf	ICANN policy framework ⓘ
publisher	Governmental Advisory Committee ⓘ Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ⓘ surface form: ICANN
relatedTo	GAC Advice to the ICANN Board ⓘ GAC Principles and Guidelines self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: GAC Operating Principles ICANN Bylaws ⓘ ICANN policy development process ⓘ
targetAudience	intergovernmental organizations ⓘ national governments ⓘ public policy officials involved in ICANN ⓘ
usedFor	guiding governments’ participation in ICANN processes ⓘ promoting consistent governmental input into ICANN ⓘ structuring GAC advice on public policy issues ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Governmental Advisory Committee → produces → GAC Principles and Guidelines ⓘ

GAC Communiqués → relatedTo → GAC Principles and Guidelines ⓘ

this entity surface form: GAC Operating Principles

GAC Principles and Guidelines → relatedTo → GAC Principles and Guidelines self-linksurface differs ⓘ