<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57095"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57096">Regional
Internet Registries (RIRs) and Domain Name Registries (DNRs)<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57097"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57098"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57099">have
historically maintained a lookup service to permit public access<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57100"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57101"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57102">to some
portion of the registry database. Most registries offer the<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57103"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57104"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57105">service
via the WHOIS protocol [</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Courier;mso-bidi-font-family:Courier;color:blue" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57106">RFC3912</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57107">], with additional
services<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57108"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57109"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57110">being
offered via World Wide Web pages, bulk downloads, and other<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57111"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57112"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57113">services,
such as Routing Policy Specification Language (RPSL)<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57114"></o:p></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57041">
</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57115"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Courier;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57116">[</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Courier;mso-bidi-font-family:Courier;color:blue" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57117">RFC2622</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Courier;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57118">].<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57119"></o:p></span><span style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 10pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57193">This
document records an inventory of registry data objects to</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57194"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57195">facilitate
discussions of registration data objects. The<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57196"></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57197"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57198">Registration
Data Access Protocol (RDAP) ([</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Courier;mso-bidi-font-family:Courier;color:blue" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57199">RFC7480</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57200">], [</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Courier;mso-bidi-font-family:Courier;color:blue" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57201">RFC7482</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57202">],<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57203"></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57204"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57205">[</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Courier;mso-bidi-font-family:Courier;color:blue" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57206">RFC7483</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57207">], and [</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Courier;mso-bidi-font-family:Courier;color:blue" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57208">RFC7484</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57209">]) was developed using this inventory
as<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57210"></o:p></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57211"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Courier;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57212">input.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57211"><span style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 10pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58828">=> Some data elements were not supported by all</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58829"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58830">RIRs, and
some were given different labels by different RIRs. Also,<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58831"></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58832"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58833">there were
identical labels used for different data elements by<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58834"></o:p></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58839"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Courier;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58838">different RIRs. </span></div><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57009"> </div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58948"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58949">o All of
the 124 domain registries have the object names in their<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58950"></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58951"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58952">responses,
although they are in various formats.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58953"></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58954"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58955">o Of the
118 WHOIS services contacted, 65 registries show their<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58956"></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58957"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58958">registrant
contact. About half of the registries (60 registries)<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58959"></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58960"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58961">support
admin contact information. There are 47 registries, which<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58962"></o:p></span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58963"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Courier;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58964">is about one third of the
total number, that have technical and </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Courier;mso-bidi-font-family:Courier" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58965">billing
contact information. Only seven of the 124 registries give their abuse email in
a "remarks" section. No explicit abuse contact information is
provided.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58966"></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58967"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Courier;mso-bidi-font-family:Courier" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58968">o There are mainly two
presentation formats. One is key-value; the<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58969"></o:p></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58970"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Courier;mso-bidi-font-family:Courier" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58971">other is data block format.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58972"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_59028"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Courier;mso-bidi-font-family:Courier"><br></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_59028"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Courier;mso-bidi-font-family:Courier" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_59029">Most of the
domain-related WHOIS information is included in the top<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_59030"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_59031"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Courier;mso-bidi-font-family:Courier" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_59032">10 data elements.
Other information like name server and registrar<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_59033"></o:p></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_58970">
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by most registries.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_59036"></o:p></span></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57002"><br></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460730173247_57002">Nathalie Coupet </div></div></body></html>