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<FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>Dear tech-whois group,<BR>
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Good news. We were able to invite Andy Newton, one of the key engineers behind ARIN’s RESTful Whois implementation ( <a href="https://www.arin.net/resources/whoisrws/index.html">https://www.arin.net/resources/whoisrws/index.html</a>), to give us an overview of RESTful Whois and ARIN’s operational experience with it. Andy was also one of the authors of IETF CRISP requirement (RFC 3707), and the IRIS protocol (RFC 3981, 3982, 3983).<BR>
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We were unable to get a speaker for IRIS, so instead we will moderate a discussion on the reasons behind the lack of adoption for IRIS, and any important lessons we can learn from the development of the IRIS protocol.<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#141414">Lastly, there were discussions on the mailing list about proper process and next steps, ICANN staff will be available to answer questions on that.<BR>
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The session will be on Wed <FONT COLOR="#222222">16 Mar 2011, 16:30 - 18:00.</FONT> Below is a draft agenda. Let us know if you wish to add additional items to the agenda. <BR>
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Warm regards,<BR>
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Steve Sheng<BR>
Senior Technical Analyst<BR>
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ICANN<BR>
Internet Corporation for<BR>
Assigned Names and Numbers<BR>
P: +1 (310) 578 8607<BR>
C: +1 (310) 463 8430<BR>
www.icann.org<BR>
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<B>Introduction: <BR>
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On 9 December 2010, we convened a workshop on this topic at the 39th ICANN meeting in Cartagena, Colombia. Over 40 participants from the ICANN community participated in a lively discussion, and subsequently we set up a mailing list to continue to discussion. <<FONT COLOR="#0000EE"><a href="http://cartagena39.icann.org/node/15423">http://cartagena39.icann.org/node/15423</a></FONT> <<a href="http://cartagena39.icann.org/node/15423">http://cartagena39.icann.org/node/15423</a>> ><BR>
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There is growing interest on this topic and at the request of the community, we are convening a follow up workshop at the 40th ICANN meeting in San Francisco, CA, USA.<BR>
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The follow up session would be about IRIS and RWS, as explained by the experts. We will invite authors and implementers of IRIS and RWS to present.<BR>
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<B>Agenda: <BR>
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- Introduction<BR>
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</B>- Overview of RESTful Whois [presentation by Andy Newton, Chief Engineer, ARIN]<BR>
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- Discussion on the reasons behind the lack of adoption for IRIS, and any important lessons we can learn from the development of the IRIS protocol.<BR>
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- Discussion of next steps and process<BR>
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