[gnso-rds-pdp-wg] Fwd: New Registration Data Directory Services Requirements for gTLD Registries, Registrars to Take Effect in February 2017

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[image: ICANN] <http://www.icann.org/> News Alert

https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-07-26-en
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New Registration Data Directory Services Requirements for gTLD Registries,
Registrars to Take Effect in February 2017

26 July 2016

ICANN today announced that gTLD contracted parties must update their
Registration Data Directory Services (RDDS) by 1 February 2017. Registries
and registrars are required to implement the new Registration Data Access
Protocol (RDAP) gTLD Profile <https://www.icann.org/rdap-gtld-profile>.
Registries must also implement the data specifications defined in the
Registry Registration Data Directory Services Consistent Labeling and
Display Policy
<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/rdds-labeling-policy-2016-07-26-en>.

The RDAP gTLD Profile and the RDDS Consistent Labeling and Display Policy
are the products of community efforts to improve the current system used to
discover who controls a domain name. This system comprises data retrieval
protocols – WHOIS and a web-based version of WHOIS – and databases
controlled by registries and registrars that contain domain registration
information.

ICANN has notified contracted parties that they are responsible for
modifying their systems within six months. ICANN consulted these parties
when defining the new requirements and implementation plans.
Background

The Registration Data Access Protocol was developed by the Internet
Engineering Task Force <https://ietf.org/> to eventually replace the WHOIS
protocol. This new protocol is superior to WHOIS in terms of data access
security, support for international characters, extensibility, and in the
standardization of query, response and error messages. The RDAP gTLD
Profile maps ICANN policy and contractual requirements onto technical
requirements in order to standardize directory services across gTLD
contracted parties.

The RDDS Consistent Labeling and Display Policy is a Consensus Policy
developed and adopted in accordance with ICANN Bylaws. The policy is the
result of recommendations adopted by the GNSO Council after the completion
of the Thick WHOIS Policy Development Process. The ICANN board adopted
these recommendations on 7 February 2014.

The goal of the RDDS Consistent Labeling and Display Policy is to align the
way registries and registrars label and display registration data outputs.
The policy uses the output specifications found in the 2013 Registrar
Accreditation Agreement as the standard, thus only registries need to
update their systems. Changes might include renaming or re-ordering fields
and displaying additional data, such as registrar abuse contact information.

For more information on these topics, visit:

   - Registration Data Access Protocol gTLD Profile
   <https://www.icann.org/rdap-gtld-profile>
   - Registry RDDS Consistent Labeling and Display Policy
   <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/rdds-labeling-policy-2016-07-26-en>
   - Thick WHOIS Policy Implementation
   <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/thick-whois-2016-06-27-en>
   - Policy Implementation at ICANN
   <https://www.icann.org/policy/implementation>

About ICANN

*ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure and unified global
Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you have to type an
address into your computer - a name or a number. That address has to be
unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate
and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in
1998 as a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation and a community with
participants from all over the world. ICANN and its community help keep the
Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It also promotes competition and
develops policy for the top-level of the Internet's naming system and
facilitates the use of other unique Internet identifiers. For more
information please visit: www.icann.org <https://www.icann.org/>.*
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