[registrars] Discussion of EPP 1.0 Transition Issues

[Tim Ruiz]

All,

The following are issues that apply specifically to the implementation
of EPP 1.0. There may be others that have been raised that I missed, so
please let me know. We should discuss these on the list and develop a
position on each sooner than later since the registries are already in
implementaiton mode. These positions could be presented and discussed
with the registries in Cape Town, but I would suggest we request a
conference call with the registries prior to Cape Town if possible to
present and discuss our positions.

1. The UTC time format must be the mandatory time format for all dates
and timestamps generated in and through the EPP System.

2. Use of unique client and server transaction ids must be possible.

3. The output for not owned objects must be restricted if the request is
not authenticated by the auth-info code. The data to be displayed
without authendification must still be determined.

4. The same unified object status must be available to all objects
across all registries.

5. The ISO-3166/1 standard must be used to reflect countries in objects
where a country is used.

6. The registrar id of the registrar who initiated a transfer must be
known at time of the transfer.

7. A change to the EPP <poll> command response calls for it to return
the ID of the *next message* on the queue instead of the ID of the
message that is being acknowledged. Regardless of the EPP 1.0 spec,
does this really make any sense?

8. External Hosts are described in RFC 3731. Although not required by
the RFC, it would seem to make sense that a Registry provide a method
of notification of Host name changes so that a registrar may propagate
that change within its own system as well as with other registries that
it may have registered it as an External Host. It has been suggested
that this might be done through the <poll> command.

Tim