Re: Some ideas on the future direction of the RIPE TLD-WG

["Kurt Jaeger" <]

Hi!

> > Well, then ask yourself: how much different is your workflow, e.g.
> > from the one from .at 8-) ?

> What exactly is your point ?

The RIPE TLD-WG might try to get a standards discussion started for
all technical interfaces into DNS registration:

- whois query interface
- template syntax
- syntax checks on fields
- Validity checks
- Change/Modify interface

in short, for every aspect required to automate as many tasks as possible
for domain delegation.

Here's an example:

whois -h whois.nic.nl erco.nl gives:

   Rights restricted by copyright. See
   http://www.domain-registry.nl/dbcopyright.html

   Domain name:
      erco.nl

   Organisation:
      Erco Lighting Nederland B.V.
      Gooimeer 13
      1411 DE Naarden

   Administrative Contact:
      R. Pieterman
      Phone: +31 35 6949900
      E-mail: postmaster@localhost

   Technical Contact:
      Henry Moes
      Phone: +31 20 4952727
      E-mail: domain-admin@localhost
[...]

The same query for erco.ch gives:


domainname:  erco.ch
domaintype:  A
nserver:     ns2.lf.net [212.9.160.1]
nserver:     ns2.pcom.de [194.25.152.9]
nserver:     ns.oberon.net [195.206.130.8]
ownertype:   O
registered:  980828
changed:     990804
applicant:   "Michael Schenk" mschenk@localhost
org-name:    ERCO Leuchten GmbH
org-address: Brockhauser Weg 80-82
org-zipcode: D-58507
org-city:    Luedenscheid
org-country: Germany
serialno:    00102139
source:      CHDOMREG
[...]

Now the same query in the UK gives:

   Domain Name: ERCO.CO.UK

   Registered For: Erco Lighting Ltd

   Domain Registered By: WWS

   Registered on 27-Oct-1997.

   Record last updated on 27-Oct-1997 by simonh@localhost.


The same goes for templates for new/changed domains, billing formats,
billing information ("hey, your domain is up for renewal") etc.

While it might be interesting for you to write interfaces into
those many different formats, it is not for me.

If
- this is not relevant to the TLD-WG,
- or the discussion in the past showed this problem unsolvable,
- or this should be handled by CENTR

no problem with that, I'm just asking whether this might be interesting
for TLD-WG, because @RIPE, ISPs are mostly presented and they have
most of the problems with TLD-NICs.

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