The DNS Abuse Institute (DNSAI) is currently developing a Centralized Abuse Reporting Tool (CART).  This tool is intended to provide a single platform to report DNS Abuse by outlining the evidence requirements for each abuse type, properly formatting and enriching the request details provided, and then forwarding it to the appropriate registry or registrar.  The goal is to standardize reliable processes to improve both the act of reporting abuse and the abuse reports that registrars and registries receive.

As part of it's requirements gathering, the DNSAI researched the reporting processes of the largest registries and registrars in order to better understand how they accept reports of abuse.  Publicly available information from registry and registrar websites was collected to obtain data on their abuse reporting implementations and processes.  In an attempt to mimic the experience of an abuse reporter without prior knowledge of the registry or registrar, the search for information always started on each registrar or registry homepage, followed by more extensive site navigation when required, or a separate google search if insufficient information was found on the website.