[gtld-tech] RDAP requirement for registrars sponsoring "thick" gTLDs only?

theo geurts gtheo at xs4all.nl
Mon Aug 8 19:43:58 UTC 2016


That is my interpretation also.

Theo


On 8-8-2016 21:03, Roger D Carney wrote:
>
> Good Afternoon,
>
> Thomas, your interpretation is correct, that is the intent of the 
> wording in section 3.1.1: Registrars are not required to have RDAP 
> server services if all their gTLD registrations are thick 
> registrations (Registrars are still required to provide WHOIS lookups 
> for com/net/jobs via port-43 and this implementation will be 
> redefined/honed by the Thick WHOIS IRT).
>
> Thanks
>
> Roger
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Thomas Corte
> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2016 8:16 AM
> To: gtld-tech at icann.org
> Subject: [gtld-tech] RDAP requirement for registrars sponsoring 
> "thick" gTLDs only?
>
> Hello Francisco,
>
> On 22/07/2016 02:00, Francisco Arias wrote:
>
> > Dear colleagues,
>
> >
>
> > I’ve attached release candidate 2 (i.e., draft final 2) of the gTLD 
> RDAP profile in Office Open XML format. This version is a redline vs 
> release candidate 1 (last version shared here on 30-June). We plan to 
> publish the final version by early next week.
>
> >
>
> > Leaving aside minor wording and format edits, the main changes are 
> as follows:
>
> > 3. Section 3.1.1: clarified footnote regarding expected requirement 
> for registrations under .com, .jobs, and .net.
>
> I've got a question regarding this section, as it is currently 
> published at
>
> https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/rdap-operational-profile-2016-07-26-en:
>
> It says:
>
> "3.1.1. For all gTLDs, with the exception of .com, .jobs and .net, 
> Registrars are REQUIRED to provide an RDAP service for domain names 
> for which the Registrar is the Sponsoring Registrar, and the 
> registration data stored in the Registry is "thin". Registrars MAY 
> offer an RDAP service for domain names registered under any gTLD."
>
> So, if a registrar *exclusively* sponsors domains in gTLDs with "thick"
>
> registries (and, possibly, also offers .com, .jobs and .net domains), 
> does this effectively mean that there is *no* requirement to operate a 
> registrar RDAP server at all?
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong or if this is not the intended interpretation, 
> yet it would actually make a lot of sense to lift the RDDS operation 
> requirements for registrars in this fashion, given that they have 
> little to add to the information already available from a thick 
> registry's RDDS systems.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Thomas Corte
>
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