This document aims at establishing a common understanding about a set of scenarios that can be used as a base for the evaluation of different information?centric networking (ICN) approaches so that they can be tested and compared against each other while showcasing their own advantages. Towards this end@ we review the ICN literature and document scenarios which have been considered in previous performance evaluation studies. We discuss a variety of aspects that an ICN solution can address. This includes general aspects@ such as@ network efficiency@ reduced complexity@ increased scalability and reliability@ mobility support@ multicast and caching performance@ real? ime communication efficiency@ energy consumption frugality@ and disruption and delay tolerance. We detail ICN?specific aspects as well@ such as information security and trust@ persistence@ availability@ provenance@ and location independence. This document is a product of the IRTF Information?Centric Networking Research Group (ICNRG).