Internet Engineering Task Force                                  L. Zhou
Internet-Draft                                                   N. Kong
Intended status: Informational                                   S. Shen
Expires: March 24, 2015                                            CNNIC
                                                                S. Sheng
                                                                   ICANN
                                                               A. Servin
                                                                  LACNIC
                                                      September 20, 2014


      Registration Data Access Protocol Object Inventory Analysis
                 draft-ietf-weirds-object-inventory-04

Abstract

   WHOIS output objects from registries (including both Regional
   Internet Registries (RIRs) and Domain Name Registries (DNRs)) were
   collected and analyzed.  This document describes the statistical
   analysis process and result of existing WHOIS information.  The
   purpose of this document is to build an object inventory to
   facilitate discussions of data objects included in Registration Data
   Access Protocol (RDAP) responses.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   3.  Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   4.  RIR Objects Analysis  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     4.1.  WHOIS Data for Organizations Holding a Resource . . . . .   5
     4.2.  WHOIS Data for Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     4.3.  WHOIS data for IP Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     4.4.  WHOIS data for ASNs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     4.5.  Conclusion  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   5.  DNR Objects Analysis  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
     5.1.  Overview  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
     5.2.  Public Objects  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
       5.2.1.  WHOIS Data for Domains  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
       5.2.2.  WHOIS Data for Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
         5.2.2.1.  Registrant  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
         5.2.2.2.  Admin Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
         5.2.2.3.  Tech Contact  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
         5.2.2.4.  Billing Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
       5.2.3.  WHOIS Data for Nameservers  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
       5.2.4.  WHOIS Data for Registrars . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
     5.3.  Other Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
     5.4.  Conclusion  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
       5.4.1.  Preliminary Statistics  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
       5.4.2.  Data Elements Analysis  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
       5.4.3.  Labels Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
       5.4.4.  Other Objects Analysis  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25



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     5.5.  Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
   6.  Reference Extension Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
     6.1.  RIR Reference Extension Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
     6.2.  DNR Reference Extension Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
   7.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
   8.  Security considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
   9.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
   10. References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
     10.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28
     10.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28
   Appendix A.  Change Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29

1.  Introduction

   RIRs and DNRs have historically maintained a lookup service to permit
   public access to some portion of the registry database.  Most
   registries offer the service via the WHOIS protocol [RFC3912], with
   additional services being offered via world wide web pages, bulk
   downloads, and other services, such as Routing Policy Specification
   Language (RPSL) [RFC2622].

   Although the WHOIS protocol is widely adopted and supported, it has
   several shortcomings that limit its usefulness to the evolving needs
   of the Internet community.  Specifically,

   o  It has no query and response format.

   o  It does not support user authentication, access control for
      differentiated access.

   o  It has not been internationalized and thus does not consistently
      support Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs, described in
      [RFC5890]).

   This document records an inventory of registry data objects to
   facilitate discussions of registration data objects.  The
   Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) was developed using this
   inventory as input.

   In number space, there are altogether five RIRs.  Although all RIRs
   provide information about IP addresses, Autonomous System Number
   (ASNs) and contacts, the data model used is different for each RIR.
   In domain name space, there are over 200 country code Top-Level
   Domains (ccTLDs) and over 400 generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) when
   the document is published.  Different domain name registries may have
   different WHOIS response objects and formats.  A common understanding
   of all these data formats is critical.



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   This document describes the WHOIS data collection procedures and
   gives a data object inventory analysis based on the collected data
   from five RIRs and 106 ccTLDs and 18 gTLDs from DNRs.  The RIR data
   objects are classified into IP address, ASN, person or contact and
   the organization that held the resource.  The DNR data objects are
   classified into domain, contact, nameserver and registrar related
   objects.  Other objects that do not belong to above categories are
   viewed as private designed objects.  In this document, there is no
   intent to analyze all the query and response types existed in RIRs
   and DNRs.  The most common query objects are discussed, but other
   objects such as RPSL data structures used by Internet Routing
   Registries (IRRs) can be documented later if the community feels it
   is necessary.

2.  Terminology

   o  Data element -- The name of specific response object.

   o  Label -- The name given to a particular data element, which may
      vary between registries.

   o  Most popular label -- The label which is most supported by the
      registries.

   o  Number of labels -- The number of different labels.

   o  Total count -- The number of registries that support a certain
      data element.

3.  Methodology

   WHOIS information, including port 43 response and web response data,
   was collected following the procedures described below.

   RIR objects collection process:

   (1)  The process of RIR data collection was relatively easy.  There
        are altogether five RIRs which are AFRINIC, APNIC, ARIN, LACNIC
        and RIPE NCC.  All the RIRs provide information of IPs, ASNs and
        contacts.  First, find the five RIR WHOIS servers.

   (2)  Query the corresponding IPs, ASNs, contacts and organizations
        registered in five RIRs and make a comparative analysis of the
        responses data.

   (3)  Data elements with the same meaning, but using different labels,
        were grouped together.




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   DNR objects collections process:

   (1)  A programming script was applied to collect port 43 response
        data from 294 ccTLDs. "nic.ccTLD" is used as the query string,
        which is usually registered in a domain registry.  Responses of
        106 ccTLDs were received. 18 gTLDs' port 43 response data was
        collected from their contracts with ICANN.  Thus, the sample
        size of port 43 WHOIS response data is 124 registries in total.

   (2)  WHOIS data from web was collected manually from the 124
        registries that have port 43 WHOIS responses.

   (3)  Some of the responses which were collected by program did not
        seem to be correct, so data of the top 10 ccTLD registries, like
        .de, .eu and .uk etc., was re-verified by querying domain names
        other than "nic.ccTLD".

   (4)  In accordance with the specification 4 of new gTLD applicant
        guide book [ICANN.AGB-201206] and the Extensible Provisioning
        Protocol (EPP) ([RFC5730], [RFC5731], [RFC5732] and [RFC5733]),
        the response data objects are classified into public and other
        data objects.  Public data objects are those which are defined
        in the above references.  Other objects are those which are self
        designed data elements or objects in different registries.

   (5)  Data elements with the same meaning, but using different labels,
        were grouped together.  The numbers of registries that support
        the data elements are shown in the total count column.

4.  RIR Objects Analysis

4.1.  WHOIS Data for Organizations Holding a Resource

   The following table shows the organization objects of five RIRs.

 +--------------+------------+-----+----------+-----------+------------+
 |     RIR      |  AFRINIC   |APNIC|    ARIN  |   LACNIC  |  RIPE NCC  |
 |   Objects    |            |     |          |           |            |
 +--------------+------------+-----+----------+-----------+------------+
 | Organization |organisation|  NA |    Name  |   Owner   |  org-name  |
 |     name     |            |     |          |           |            |
 +--------------+------------+-----+----------+-----------+------------+
 | Organization |  org-name  |  NA |   Handle |  owner-id |organisation|
 |     ID       |            |     |          |           |            |
 +--------------+------------+-----+----------+-----------+------------+
 |   Company    |     NA     |  NA |  Company |     NA    |     NA     |
 +--------------+------------+-----+----------+-----------+------------+
 |   Name of    |     NA     |  NA |     NA   |responsible|     NA     |



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 |    person    |            |     |          |           |            |
 |  responsible |            |     |          |           |            |
 +--------------+------------+-----+----------+-----------+------------+
 |    Type of   |  org-type  |  NA |     NA   |     NA    |  org-type  |
 | organization |            |     |          |           |            |
 +--------------+------------+-----+----------+-----------+------------+
 |   Country    |  country   |  NA |  country |  country  |  country   |
 +--------------+------------+-----+----------+-----------+------------+
 |    Postal    |  address   |  NA |  address |  address  |  address   |
 |   Address    |            |     |          |           |            |
 +--------------+------------+-----+----------+-----------+------------+
 |     City     |     NA     |  NA |    city  |     NA    |  address   |
 +--------------+------------+-----+----------+-----------+------------+
 |    State     |     NA     |  NA | StateProv|     NA    |  address   |
 +--------------+------------+-----+----------+-----------+------------+
 |    Postal    |     NA     |  NA |PostalCode|     NA    |  address   |
 |     Code     |            |     |          |           |            |
 +--------------+------------+-----+----------+-----------+------------+
 |    Phone     |   phone    |  NA |   NA     |   phone   |   phone    |
 +--------------+------------+-----+----------+-----------+------------+
 |  Fax Number  |   fax-no   |  NA |   NA     |     NA    |   fax-no   |
 +--------------+------------+-----+----------+-----------+------------+
 |    ID of     |  admin-c   |  NA |   Admin  |  owner-c  |  admin-c   |
 |administrative|            |     |    POC   |           | (multiple) |
 |   contact    |            |     |          |           |            |
 +--------------+------------+-----+----------+-----------+------------+
 |    ID of     |   tech-c   |  NA | Tech POC |   tech-c  |   tech-c   |
 |  technical   |            |     |          |           | (multiple) |
 |   contact    |            |     |          |           |            |
 +--------------+------------+-----+----------+-----------+------------+
 |  Maintainer  |  mnt-ref   |  NA |  NOC POC |     NA    |  mnt-ref   |
 | organization |            |     |          |           |            |
 +--------------+------------+-----+----------+-----------+------------+
 |  Maintainer  |   mnt-by   |  NA |   Abuse  |     NA    |   mnt-by   |
 |   object     |            |     |    POC   |           |            |
 +--------------+------------+-----+----------+-----------+------------+
 |   Remarks    |  remarks   |  NA |     NA   |     NA    |  remarks   |
 +--------------+------------+-----+----------+-----------+------------+
 |   Date of    |  Changed   |  NA |  RegDate |  created  |  Changed   |
 |    record    |            |     |          |           |            |
 |   creation   |            |     |          |           |            |
 +--------------+------------+-----+----------+-----------+------------+
 |   Date of    |  changed   |  NA |  Updated |  changed  |  changed   |
 |    record    |            |     |          |           |            |
 |   changed    |            |     |          |           |            |
 +--------------+------------+-----+----------+-----------+------------+
 |   List of    |     NA     |  NA |     NA   |  list of  |     NA     |
 |  resources   |            |     |          | resources |            |



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 +--------------+------------+-----+----------+-----------+------------+
 |    Source    |   source   |  NA |     NA   |     NA    |   source   |
 +--------------+------------+-----+----------+-----------+------------+
 |  Reference   |     NA     |  NA |    Ref   |     NA    |     NA     |
 +--------------+------------+-----+----------+-----------+------------+

              WHOIS Data for Organizations Holding a Resource

4.2.  WHOIS Data for Contacts

   The following table shows the contact objects of five RIRs.








































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   +--------------+---------+---------+------------+---------+---------+
   | RIR Objects  | AFRINIC |  APNIC  |    ARIN    |  LACNIC |   RIPE  |
   |              |         |         |            |         |   NCC   |
   +--------------+---------+---------+------------+---------+---------+
   |     Name     |  person |  person |    Name    |  person |  person |
   +--------------+---------+---------+------------+---------+---------+
   |   Company    |    NA   |    NA   |  Company   |    NA   |    NA   |
   +--------------+---------+---------+------------+---------+---------+
   |    Postal    | address | address |  Address   | address | address |
   |   Address    |         |         |            |         |         |
   +--------------+---------+---------+------------+---------+---------+
   |     City     |    NA   |    NA   |    City    |    NA   | address |
   +--------------+---------+---------+------------+---------+---------+
   |    State     |    NA   |    NA   | StateProv  |    NA   | address |
   +--------------+---------+---------+------------+---------+---------+
   | Postal Code  |    NA   |    NA   | PostalCode |    NA   | address |
   +--------------+---------+---------+------------+---------+---------+
   |   Country    |    NA   | country |  Country   | country |    NA   |
   +--------------+---------+---------+------------+---------+---------+
   |    Phone     |  phone  |  phone  |   Mobile   |  phone  |  phone  |
   +--------------+---------+---------+------------+---------+---------+
   |  Fax Number  |  fax-no |  fax-no |    Fax     |    NA   |  fax-no |
   +--------------+---------+---------+------------+---------+---------+
   |    Email     |  e-mail |  e-mail |   Email    |  e-mail |    NA   |
   +--------------+---------+---------+------------+---------+---------+
   |      ID      | nic-hdl | nic-hdl |   Handle   | nic-hdl | nic-hdl |
   +--------------+---------+---------+------------+---------+---------+
   |   Remarks    | remarks | remarks |  Remarks   |    NA   | remarks |
   +--------------+---------+---------+------------+---------+---------+
   |    Notify    |  notify |  notify |     NA     |    NA   |  notify |
   +--------------+---------+---------+------------+---------+---------+
   |    ID of     |  mnt-by |  mnt-by |     NA     |    NA   |  mnt-by |
   |  maintainer  |         |         |            |         |         |
   +--------------+---------+---------+------------+---------+---------+
   | Registration | changed |    NA   |  RegDate   | created | changed |
   |     Date     |         |         |            |         |         |
   +--------------+---------+---------+------------+---------+---------+
   | Registration | changed | changed |  Updated   | changed | changed |
   |    update    |         |         |            |         |         |
   +--------------+---------+---------+------------+---------+---------+
   |    Source    |  source |  source |     NA     |    NA   |  source |
   +--------------+---------+---------+------------+---------+---------+
   |  Reference   |    NA   |    NA   |    Ref     |    NA   |    NA   |
   +--------------+---------+---------+------------+---------+---------+

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4.3.  WHOIS data for IP Addresses

   The following table shows the IP address objects of five RIRs.

+--------------+---------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+
|      RIR     | AFRINIC |  APNIC   |     ARIN     | LACNIC |   RIPE NCC  |
|    Objects   |         |          |              |        |             |
+--------------+---------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+
|       IP     | inetnum | inetnum  |   NetRange   |   NA   |   inetnum   |
|    address   |         |          |              |        |             |
|     range    |         |          |              |        |             |
+--------------+---------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+
|      IPV6    | inet6num|inet6num/ |     CIDR     |inetnum | inet6num/   |
|    address   |         | inetnum  |              |        |  inetnum    |
|     range    |         |          |              |        |             |
+--------------+---------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+
|  Description | descr   |  descr   |   NetName    |   NA   |    descr    |
|              |         |          |              |        |             |
+--------------+---------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+
|    Remarks   | remarks | remarks  |      NA      |   NA   |   remarks   |
|              |         |          |              |        |             |
+--------------+---------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+
|   Origin AS  |   NA    |origin (on|   OriginAS   |OriginAS|  origin (on |
|              |         | route/6) |              |(future)|   route/6)  |
+--------------+---------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+
|    Network   | netname | netname  |  NetHandle   |inetrev |   netname   |
|    name/ID   |         |          |              |        |             |
+--------------+---------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+
|  Maintainer  | mnt-by  |    NA    |      NA      |   NA   |    mnt-by   |
+--------------+---------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+
|  Maintainer  |mnt-lower|    NA    |      NA      |   NA   |      NA     |
|              |         |          |              |        |             |
+--------------+---------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+
|Administrative| admin-c | admin-c  |    OrgId     | ownerid|   admin-c   |
|     contact  |         |          |              |        |             |
+--------------+---------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+
|     Parent   | parent  |    NA    |    Parent    |   NA   |      NA     |
|     range    |         |          |              |        |             |
+--------------+---------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+
|     Status   | status  |  status  |   NetType    | status |    status   |
+--------------+---------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+
| Registration | changed |    NA    |   RegDate    | created|   changed   |
|    Date      |         |          |              |        |             |
+--------------+---------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+
| Registration | changed | changed  |   Updated    | changed|   changed   |
|    update    |         |(multiple)|              |        |             |
+--------------+---------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+
|   Reference  |   NA    |    NA    |     Ref      |   NA   |      NA     |



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+--------------+---------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+
|       ID     |  org    |    NA    |    OrgId     | owner  |organisation |
| organization |         |          |              |        |             |
| holding  the |         |          |              |        |             |
|    resource  |         |          |              |        |             |
+--------------+---------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+
|    Referral  |   NA    |    NA    |ReferralServer|   NA   |      NA     |
|     server   |         |          |              |        |             |
+--------------+---------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+
|   Technical  | tech-c  |  tech-c  |OrgTechHandle | tech-c |    tech-c   |
|    contact   |         |          |              |        |  (multiple) |
+--------------+---------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+
|     Abuse    |   NA    |    NA    |OrgAbuseHandle| abuse-c|abuse-mailbox|
|    contact   |         |          |              |        |             |
+--------------+---------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+
|    Referral  |   NA    |    NA    | RTechHandle  |   NA   |      NA     |
|   technical  |         |          |              |        |             |
|    contact   |         |          |              |        |             |
+--------------+---------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+
|    Referral  | mnt-irt | mnt-irt  | RAbuseHandle |   NA   |      NA     |
|     abuse    |         |          |              |        |             |
|    contact   |         |          |              |        |             |
+--------------+---------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+
|    Referral  |   NA    |    NA    |  RNOCHandle  |   NA   |      NA     |
|      NOC     |         |          |              |        |             |
|    contact   |         |          |              |        |             |
+--------------+---------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+
|      Name    |   NA    |    NA    |      NA      | nserver|      NA     |
|     server   |         |          |              |        |             |
+--------------+---------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+

                        WHOIS Data for IP Addresses

4.4.  WHOIS data for ASNs

















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+--------------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+------------+
|    RIR       | AFRINIC |  APNIC   |     ARIN    |  LACNIC |   RIPE NCC |
|  Objects     |         |          |             |         |            |
+--------------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+------------+
|     ID       | aut-num | aut-num  |   ASNumber  | aut-num |   aut-num  |
|              |         |          |             |         |            |
+--------------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+------------+
| Description  | descr   |  descr   |      NA     |    NA   |    descr   |
|              |         |          |             |         |            |
+--------------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+------------+
|Organization  |  org    |    NA    |    OrgId    |  owner  |     org    |
|              |         |          |             |         |            |
+--------------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+------------+
|  Comment     | remarks |    NA    |   Comment   |    NA   |   remarks  |
+--------------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+------------+
|Administrative| admin-c | admin-c  |   ASHandle  |owner-id |   admin-c  |
|   contact ID |         |          |             |         |            |
+--------------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+------------+
| Technical    | tech-c  |  tech-c  |OrgTechHandle|routing-c|    tech-c  |
| contact ID   |         |          |             |         |  (multiple)|
+--------------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+------------+
| Organization |   NA    | nic-hdl  |      NA     | owner-c |organisation|
|     ID       |         |          |             |         |            |
+--------------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+------------+
|  Notify      | notify  |  notify  |      NA     |    NA   |      NA    |
+--------------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+------------+
|  Abuse       |   NA    |    NA    |   OrgAbuse  | abuse-c |      NA    |
|  contact     |         |          |    Handle   |         |            |
+--------------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+------------+
| Maintainer   | mnt-by  |  mnt-by  |      NA     |    NA   |    mnt-by  |
+--------------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+------------+
| Maintainer   |mnt-lower| mnt-lower|      NA     |    NA   |  mnt-lower |
|              |         |          |             |         |            |
+--------------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+------------+
| Maintainer   |   NA    |    NA    |      NA     |    NA   |   mnt-ref  |
+--------------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+------------+
|Registration  | changed |    NA    |   RegDate   | created |      NA    |
|    Date      |         |          |             |         |            |
+--------------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+------------+
|Registration  | changed | changed  |   Updated   | changed |      NA    |
|   update     |         |(multiple)|             |         |            |
+--------------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+------------+
|   Source     | source  |  source  |      NA     |    NA   |    source  |
+--------------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+------------+

                            WHOIS Data for ASNs





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4.5.  Conclusion

   As it can be observed, for each object (Organization, Contact Person,
   Net-num and ASN) there are fields that are unique to only one or a
   set of RIRs and there are fields that have the same meaning but are
   labeled differently for each RIR.  In order to construct a single
   data model for each object, a selection of the most common and useful
   fields was made.  That initial selection was the starting point for
   [I-D.ietf-weirds-json-response].

5.  DNR Objects Analysis

5.1.  Overview

   WHOIS data was collected from 124 registries, including 106 ccTLDs
   and 18 gTLDs.  All the 124 registries support domain queries.  Among
   124 registries, eight ccTLDs and 15 gTLDs support queries for
   specific contact persons or roles. 10 ccTLDs and 18 gTLDs support
   queries by nameserver.  four ccTLDs and 18 gTLDs support registrar
   queries.  Domain WHOIS data contain 68 data elements that use a total
   of 550 labels.  There is a total of 392 other objects for domain
   WHOIS data.  The raw data can be accessed at WHOIS Statistics Data
   File [Stat-Data-File].

5.2.  Public Objects

   As mentioned above, public objects are those data elements selected
   according to the new gTLD applicant guide book and EPP protocols.
   They are generally classified into four categories: domain, contact,
   nameserver and registrar related information.

5.2.1.  WHOIS Data for Domains

   WHOIS replies about domains include "Domain Name", "Creation Date",
   "Domain Status", "Expiration Date", "Updated Date", "Domain ID",
   "DNSSEC" and "Last Transferred Date".  The following table gives the
   element name, most popular label and corresponding numbers of TLDs
   and labels.













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   +-------------------+-------------------+------------+--------------+
   |    Data Element   |    Most Popular   |   No. of   |    No. of    |
   |                   |       Label       |    TLDs    |    Labels    |
   +-------------------+-------------------+------------+--------------+
   |    Domain Name    |    Domain Name    |    118     |      6       |
   +-------------------+-------------------+------------+--------------+
   |   Creation Date   |      Created      |    106     |      24      |
   +-------------------+-------------------+------------+--------------+
   |   Domain Status   |       Status      |     95     |      8       |
   +-------------------+-------------------+------------+--------------+
   |  Expiration Date  |  Expiration Date  |     81     |      21      |
   +-------------------+-------------------+------------+--------------+
   |    Updated Date   |      Modified     |     70     |      20      |
   +-------------------+-------------------+------------+--------------+
   |     Domain ID     |     Domain ID     |     34     |      5       |
   +-------------------+-------------------+------------+--------------+
   |       DNSSEC      |       DNSSEC      |     14     |      4       |
   +-------------------+-------------------+------------+--------------+
   |  Last Transferred |  Last Transferred |     4      |      3       |
   |        Date       |        Date       |            |              |
   +-------------------+-------------------+------------+--------------+

                          WHOIS Data for Domains

   Several statistical conclusion that obtained from above data include:

   o  About 95.16% of the 124 registries support a "Domain Name" data
      element.

   o  Nearly 85.48% of the 124 registries support a "Creation Date" data
      element.

   o  Almost 76.61% of the 124 registries support a "Domain Status" data
      element

   o  On the other hand, some elements such as "DNSSEC" and "Last
      Transferred Date" are only supported by 11.29% and 3.23% of all
      the registries seperately.

5.2.2.  WHOIS Data for Contacts

   In domain name space, contacts are typically divided into registrant,
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5.2.2.1.  Registrant

   The following table shows all the contact information for a
   registrant. 14 data elements are listed below.

   +--------------------+---------------------+-----------+------------+
   |    Data Element    |  Most Popular Label |   No. of  |   No. of   |
   |                    |                     |    TLDs   |   Labels   |
   +--------------------+---------------------+-----------+------------+
   |  Registrant Name   |         Name        |     65    |     7      |
   +--------------------+---------------------+-----------+------------+
   |  Registrant Email  |   Registrant Email  |     59    |     7      |
   +--------------------+---------------------+-----------+------------+
   |   Registrant ID    |    Registrant ID    |     50    |     12     |
   +--------------------+---------------------+-----------+------------+
   |  Registrant Phone  |   Registrant Phone  |     48    |     6      |
   +--------------------+---------------------+-----------+------------+
   |   Registrant Fax   |    Registrant Fax   |     44    |     6      |
   +--------------------+---------------------+-----------+------------+
   |     Registrant     |      Registrant     |     42    |     4      |
   |    Organization    |     Organization    |           |            |
   +--------------------+---------------------+-----------+------------+
   | Registrant Country |       Country       |     42    |     6      |
   |        Code        |                     |           |            |
   +--------------------+---------------------+-----------+------------+
   |  Registrant City   |   Registrant City   |     38    |     4      |
   +--------------------+---------------------+-----------+------------+
   | Registrant Postal  |  Registrant Postal  |     37    |     5      |
   |        Code        |         Code        |           |            |
   +--------------------+---------------------+-----------+------------+
   |     Registrant     |      Registrant     |     32    |     4      |
   |   State/Province   |    State/Province   |           |            |
   +--------------------+---------------------+-----------+------------+
   | Registrant Street  |  Registrant Street1 |     31    |     16     |
   +--------------------+---------------------+-----------+------------+
   | Registrant Country |  Registrant Country |     19    |     4      |
   +--------------------+---------------------+-----------+------------+
   |  Registrant Phone  |   Registrant Phone  |     18    |     2      |
   |        Ext.        |         Ext.        |           |            |
   +--------------------+---------------------+-----------+------------+
   | Registrant Fax Ext |  Registrant Fax Ext |     17    |     2      |
   +--------------------+---------------------+-----------+------------+

                                Registrant

   Among all the data elements, "Registrant Name", "Registrant Email"
   and "Registrant ID" are the top three data elements.




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5.2.2.2.  Admin Contact

   The following table shows all the contact information for an
   administrative contact. 14 data elements are listed below.

   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |    Data Element    | Most Popular Label |   No. of  |    No. of   |
   |                    |                    |    TLDs   |    Labels   |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |    Admin Street    |      Address       |     64    |      19     |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |     Admin Name     |     Admin Name     |     60    |      9      |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |    Admin Email     |    Admin Email     |     54    |      12     |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |      Admin ID      |      Admin ID      |     52    |      16     |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |     Admin Fax      |     Admin Fax      |     44    |      8      |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |    Admin Phone     |    Admin Phone     |     43    |      9      |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   | Admin Organization | Admin Organization |     42    |      9      |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   | Admin Country Code |      Country       |     42    |      7      |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |     Admin City     |     Admin City     |     35    |      5      |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   | Admin Postal Code  | Admin Postal Code  |     35    |      7      |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |       Admin        |       Admin        |     28    |      5      |
   |   State/Province   |   State/Province   |           |             |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |   Admin Country    |   Admin Country    |     17    |      5      |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |  Admin Phone Ext.  |  Admin Phone Ext.  |     17    |      3      |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |   Admin Fax Ext.   |   Admin Fax Ext.   |     17    |      3      |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+

                               Admin Contact

   Among all the data elements, "Admin Street", "Admin Name" and "Admin
   Email" are the top three data elements.








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5.2.2.3.  Tech Contact

   The following table shows all the information for a domain name
   technical contact. 14 data elements are listed below.

   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |    Data Element    | Most Popular Label |   No. of  |    No. of   |
   |                    |                    |    TLDs   |    Labels   |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |     Tech Email     |     Tech Email     |     59    |      9      |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |      Tech ID       |      Tech ID       |     55    |      16     |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |     Tech Name      |     Tech Name      |     47    |      6      |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |      Tech Fax      |      Tech Fax      |     45    |      9      |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |     Tech Phone     |     Tech Phone     |     45    |      10     |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   | Tech Country Code  |      Country       |     43    |      9      |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   | Tech Organization  | Tech Organization  |     39    |      7      |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |     Tech City      |     Tech City      |     36    |      4      |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |  Tech Postal Code  |  Tech Postal Code  |     36    |      7      |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |        Tech        |        Tech        |     30    |      4      |
   |   State/Province   |   State/Province   |           |             |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |    Tech Street     |    Tech Street1    |     27    |      16     |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |    Tech Country    |    Tech Country    |     18    |      5      |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |    Tech Fax Ext    |    Tech Fax Ext    |     18    |      3      |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |  Tech Phone Ext.   |  Tech Phone Ext.   |     13    |      3      |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+

                               Tech Contact

   Among all the data elements, "Tech Email", "Tech ID" and "Tech Name"
   are the top three data elements.








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5.2.2.4.  Billing Contact

   The following table shows all the information for a domain name
   billing contact. 14 data elements are listed below.

   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |    Data Element    | Most Popular Label |   No. of  |    No. of   |
   |                    |                    |    TLDs   |    Labels   |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |    Billing Name    |        Name        |     47    |      5      |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |    Billing Fax     |        Fax         |     43    |      6      |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |   Billing Email    |   Email Address    |     42    |      7      |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |  Billing Country   |      Country       |     38    |      4      |
   |        Code        |                    |           |             |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |   Billing Phone    |    Phone Number    |     34    |      6      |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |     Billing ID     |     Billing ID     |     28    |      9      |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |    Billing City    |    Billing City    |     28    |      4      |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |      Billing       |      Billing       |     28    |      5      |
   |    Organization    |    Organization    |           |             |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |   Billing Postal   |   Billing Postal   |     27    |      4      |
   |        Code        |        Code        |           |             |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |      Billing       |      Billing       |     21    |      4      |
   |   State/Province   |   State/Province   |           |             |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |   Billing Street   |  Billing Street1   |     19    |      13     |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |  Billing Country   |  Billing Country   |     13    |      5      |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   | Billing Phone Ext. | Billing Phone Ext. |     10    |      2      |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |  Billing Fax Ext   |  Billing Fax Ext   |     10    |      2      |
   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+

                              Billing Contact

   Among all the data elements, "Billing Name", "Tech Fax" and "Billing
   Email" are the top three data elements.





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5.2.3.  WHOIS Data for Nameservers

   114 registries (about 92% of all the 124 registries) have the
   "nameserver" data element in their WHOIS responses.  However, there
   are 63 different labels for this element.  The top three labels for
   this element are "Name Server" which is supported by 25% of all the
   registries, "Name Servers" which is supported by 16% of all the
   registries and "nserver" which is supported by 12% of all the
   registries.

    +--------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------+
    | Data Element | Most Popular Label | No. of TLDs | No. of Labels |
    +--------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------+
    |  NameServer  |    Name Server     |     114     |       63      |
    +--------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------+

                        WHOIS Data for Nameservers

   Some registries have nameserver elements such like "nameserver 1",
   "nameserver 2" till "nameserver n".  Thus, there are more labels than
   of other data elements.

5.2.4.  WHOIS Data for Registrars

   There are three data elements about registrar information.

   +-------------------+---------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |    Data Element   |  Most Popular Label |   No. of  |    No. of   |
   |                   |                     |    TLDs   |    Labels   |
   +-------------------+---------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |     Sponsoring    |      Registrar      |     84    |      6      |
   |     Registrar     |                     |           |             |
   +-------------------+---------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |     Created by    |      Created by     |     14    |      3      |
   |     Registrar     |                     |           |             |
   +-------------------+---------------------+-----------+-------------+
   |     Updated by    |   Last Updated by   |     11    |      3      |
   |     Registrar     |      Registrar      |           |             |
   +-------------------+---------------------+-----------+-------------+

                         WHOIS Data for Registrars

   67.7% of the registries have "Sponsoring Registrar" data element.
   Elements such as "Created by Registrar" and "Updated by Registrar"
   are supported by 11.3% and 8.9% of the registries.






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5.3.  Other Objects

   So-called "other objects" are those data elements that are self-
   designed or are difficult to be classified.  There are 392 other
   objects altogether.  The following tables lists the top 50 other
   objects according to the data collection result.

            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |              Data Element              | No. of TLDs |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |               Registrant               |      41     |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |                 Phone                  |      32     |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |           Technical contact            |      26     |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |         Administrative contact         |      15     |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |                 source                 |      14     |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |                 fax-no                 |      13     |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |                nic-hdl                 |      13     |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |            Billing Contact             |      12     |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |              referral url              |      11     |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |                 e-mail                 |      10     |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |              WHOIS server              |      9      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |             Admin Contact              |      9      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |                  Type                  |      9      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |                Website                 |      9      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |                 zone-c                 |      8      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |                remarks                 |      7      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |            Registration URL            |      6      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |               anonymous                |      6      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |              anniversary               |      6      |
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            |                  hold                  |      6      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |                 nsl-id                 |      6      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |               obsoleted                |      6      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |        Customer Service Contact        |      5      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |         Customer Service Email         |      4      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |              Registrar ID              |      4      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |                  org                   |      4      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |                 person                 |      4      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |               Maintainer               |      4      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |                 Nombre                 |      3      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |      Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID      |      3      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |            Trademark Number            |      3      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |           Trademark Country            |      3      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |                 descr                  |      3      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |                  url                   |      3      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |             Postal address             |      3      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |             Registrar URL              |      3      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |           International Name           |      3      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |         International Address          |      3      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |             Admin Contacts             |      2      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |          Contractual Language          |      2      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |       Date Trademark Registered        |      2      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |       Date Trademark Applied For       |      2      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |               IP Address               |      2      |
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            |                  Keys                  |      2      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |                Language                |      2      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |               NIC handle               |      2      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |          Record maintained by          |      2      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |     Registration Service Provider      |      2      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            |    Registration Service Provided By    |      2      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+
            | Registrar URL (registration services)  |      2      |
            +----------------------------------------+-------------+

                         The Top 50 Other Objects

   Some registries returned things that looked like labels, but were
   not.  For example, in this reply:


         Registrant:
           Name:
           Email:
           ...


   "Name" and "Email" appeared to be data elements, but "Registrant" was
   not.  The inventory work proceeded on that assumption, i.e., there
   were two data elements to be recorded in this example.

   Some other data elements, like "Remarks", "anniversary" and "Customer
   service Contact" etc., are designed particularly for their own
   purpose by different registries.

5.4.  Conclusion

5.4.1.  Preliminary Statistics

   Some preliminary conclusions could be drawn from the raw data.

   o  All of the 124 domain registries have the object names in their
      responses although they are in various formats.

   o  Of the 118 WHOIS services contacted, 65 registries show their
      registrant contact.  About half of the registries (60 registries)
      support admin contact information.  There are 47 registries, which
      is about one third of the total number, have technical and billing



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      contact information.  Only seven of all the 124 registries give
      their abuse email in a "remarks" section.  No explicit abuse
      contact information is provided.

   o  There are mainly two presentation formats.  One is key:value, the
      other is data block format.  Example of key-value format:


   Domain Information
   Query: na-nic.com.na
   Status: Delegated
   Created: 17 Apr 2004
   Modified: 14 Nov 2010
   Expires: 31 Dec 9999
   Name Servers: oshikoko.omadhina.net
   ns1.na.afrisp.net
   ns2.na.afrisp.net
   ...


      Example of data block format:






























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   WHOIS database
   domain nic.vg

   Domain Name nic.vg
   Registered 1998-09-02
   Expiry 2012-09-02

   Resource Records

   a   195.153.6.27
   mx 10 terpsichore.william.org
   www a   195.153.6.27


   Contact details

   Registrant,
   Technical Contact,
   Billing Contact,
   Admin. Contact AdamsNames Reserved Domains (i)
   These domains are not available for registration
   United Kingdom
   Identifier: neams048s

   Servidor WHOIS de NIC-Venezuela (.VE)

   Este servidor contiene informacion autoritativa exclusivamente
   de dominios .VE Cualquier consulta sobre este servicio, puede
   hacerla al correo electronico whois@nic.ve

   Titular:
   Jhonny Valera (nic.ve-dom) jhovalera@conatel.gob.ve
   Comision Nacional de Telecomunicaciones
   Av. Veracruz con calle Cali, Edif Aguila, Urb. Las Mercedes
   Caracas, Distrito Capital VE
   0212-9090493 (FAX) +582127718599


   o  11 registries give local script responses.  The WHOIS information
      of other registries are all represented in English.

5.4.2.  Data Elements Analysis

   The top 10 data elements are as follows:







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                     +----------------------+-------------+
                     |     Data Element     | No. of TLDs |
                     +----------------------+-------------+
                     |     Domain Name      |     118     |
                     +----------------------+-------------+
                     |     Name Server      |     114     |
                     +----------------------+-------------+
                     |    Creation Date     |     106     |
                     +----------------------+-------------+
                     |    Domain Status     |      95     |
                     +----------------------+-------------+
                     | Sponsoring Registrar |      84     |
                     +----------------------+-------------+
                     |   Expiration Date    |      81     |
                     +----------------------+-------------+
                     |     Updated Date     |      70     |
                     +----------------------+-------------+
                     |   Registrant Name    |      65     |
                     +----------------------+-------------+
                     |     Admin Street     |      64     |
                     +----------------------+-------------+
                     |      Admin Name      |      60     |
                     +----------------------+-------------+

                         The Top 10 Data Elements

   Most of the domain related WHOIS information is included in the top
   10 data elements.  Other information like name server and registrar
   name are also supported by most registries.

   A cumulative distribution analysis of all the data elements was done.

   (1)  About 5% of the data elements discovered by the inventory work
        are supported by over 111 (90%) registries.

   (2)  About 30% of the data elements discovered by the inventory work
        are supported by over 44 (35%) registries.

   (3)  About 60% of the data elements discovered by the inventory work
        are supported by over 32 (26%) registries.

   (4)  About 90% of the data elements discovered by the inventory work
        are supported by over 14 (11%) registries.

   From the above result, it is clear that only a few registries support
   all the public objects, most of the registries support just parts of
   all the objects.




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5.4.3.  Labels Analysis

   The top 10 labels of different data elements include:

                      +-------------------+---------------+
                      |       Labels      | No. of Labels |
                      +-------------------+---------------+
                      |    Name Server    |       63      |
                      +-------------------+---------------+
                      |   Creation Date   |       24      |
                      +-------------------+---------------+
                      |  Expiration Date  |       21      |
                      +-------------------+---------------+
                      |    Updated Date   |       20      |
                      +-------------------+---------------+
                      |    Admin Street   |       19      |
                      +-------------------+---------------+
                      |      Tech ID      |       18      |
                      +-------------------+---------------+
                      | Registrant Street |       16      |
                      +-------------------+---------------+
                      |      Admin ID     |       16      |
                      +-------------------+---------------+
                      |    Tech Street    |       16      |
                      +-------------------+---------------+
                      |   Billing Street  |       13      |
                      +-------------------+---------------+

                             The Top 10 Labels

   As explained above, the "Name Server" label is a unique example that
   many registries define the name server elements from "nameserver 1"
   till "nameserver n".  Thus, the count of labels for name servers is
   much higher than other elements.  Data elements representing dates
   and street addresses were also common.

   A cumulative distribution analysis of label numbers was done.  About
   90% of data elements have more than two labels.  It is therefore
   necessary to specify a standard and unified format for object names
   in a WHOIS response.

5.4.4.  Other Objects Analysis

   The results indicate that there are 392 other data objects in total
   that are not easy to be classified or are privately defined by
   various registries.  The top 50 other objects are listed in the table
   in section 4.3.  It is clear that various different objects are
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   of JSON names used in the RDAP service, establishment of an IANA
   registry is advised.

5.5.  Limitations

   This section enumerates limitations of the survey and some
   assumptions that were made in the execution of this work.

   o  The input "nic.ccTLD" maybe is not a good choice.

   o  11 registries did not provide responses in English.  The
      classification of data elements within their responses may not be
      accurate.

   o  The extension data elements are used randomly by different
      registries.  It is difficult to do statistical analysis.

   o  Sample sizes of contact, name server and registrar queries are
      small.

      *  Only WHOIS queries for contact ID, nameserver and registrar
         were used.

      *  Some registries may not support contact, name server or
         registrar queries.

      *  Some may not support query contact by ID.

      *  Contact information of some registries may be protected.

6.  Reference Extension Objects

   There are some objects that are included in the existing WHOIS system
   but not mentioned in [I-D.ietf-weirds-json-response].  This document
   is intended to give a list of reference extension objects for
   discussion.

6.1.  RIR Reference Extension Objects

   o  company -- the company name registered by the registrant.

   o  maintainer -- authentication information that identifies who can
      modify the contents of this object.

   o  list of resources -- include a list of all the Internet resources
      assigned to this organization.

   o  referral NOC contact -- the Network Operation Center contact.



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6.2.  DNR Reference Extension Objects

   The following objects are selected from the top 50 other objects in
   section 5.3 that are supported by more than five registries.  These
   objects are considered as possible extension objects.

   o  zone-c -- The handle of a 'role' object with authority over a
      zone.

   o  maintainer -- authentication information that identifies who can
      modify the contents of this object.

   o  Registration URL -- typically the website address of a registry.

   o  anonymous -- whether the registration information is anonymous or
      not.

   o  hold -- whether the domain is "on hold" or not.

   o  nsl-id -- nameserver list ID.

   o  obsoleted -- whether a domain is obsoleted or not.

   o  Customer Service Contact -- a kind of contact.

7.  IANA Considerations

   This document does not specify any IANA actions.  [RFC Editor: Please
   delete this section prior to publication.]

8.  Security considerations

   This document does not provide any other security services or
   introduce any additional considerations.

9.  Acknowledgements

   This document has been reviewed and improved by the WEIRDS working
   group.  The authors especially thank the following individuals who
   gave their suggestions and contributions to this document: Guangqing
   Deng, Frederico A C Neves, Ray Bellis, Edward Shryane, Kaveh Ranjbar,
   Murray Kucherawy and Edward Lewis.

10.  References







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10.1.  Normative References

   [I-D.ietf-weirds-json-response]
              Newton, A. and S. Hollenbeck, "JSON Responses for the
              Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)", draft-ietf-
              weirds-json-response-08 (work in progress), August 2014.

   [RFC2622]  Alaettinoglu, C., Villamizar, C., Gerich, E., Kessens, D.,
              Meyer, D., Bates, T., Karrenberg, D., and M. Terpstra,
              "Routing Policy Specification Language (RPSL)", RFC 2622,
              June 1999.

   [RFC3912]  Daigle, L., "WHOIS Protocol Specification", RFC 3912,
              September 2004.

   [RFC5730]  Hollenbeck, S., "Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP)",
              STD 69, RFC 5730, August 2009.

   [RFC5731]  Hollenbeck, S., "Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP)
              Domain Name Mapping", STD 69, RFC 5731, August 2009.

   [RFC5732]  Hollenbeck, S., "Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP)
              Host Mapping", STD 69, RFC 5732, August 2009.

   [RFC5733]  Hollenbeck, S., "Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP)
              Contact Mapping", STD 69, RFC 5733, August 2009.

   [RFC5890]  Klensin, J., "Internationalized Domain Names for
              Applications (IDNA): Definitions and Document Framework",
              RFC 5890, August 2010.

10.2.  Informative References

   [ICANN.AGB-201206]
              ICANN, "gTLD Applicant Guidebook", June 2012,
              <http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb/
              guidebook-full-04jun12-en.pdf>.

   [Stat-Data-File]
              Kong, N., Zhou, L., and G. Deng, "WHOIS Statistics Data
              File", July 2012, <https://docs.google.com/
              open?id=0B96TtoK8a--MTTRuVUt3UHZMdEk>.

Appendix A.  Change Log

   Initial -00:  Adopted as working group document.

   -01:



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      *  Added Change Log section.

      *  Added RIR data objects.

      *  Exchanged section 2 and section 3.

   -02:

      *  Modified some object names in the section of RIR Objects
         Analysis.

      *  Added reference extension objects.

   -03:

      *  Updated to the keep-alive version.  Changed the expiry dates
         and the draft number.

   -04:

      *  Updated based on Murray's and Edward's comments during the WG
         last call.

Authors' Addresses

   Linlin Zhou
   CNNIC
   4 South 4th Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District
   Beijing, Beijing  100190
   China

   Phone: +86 10 5881 2677
   Email: zhoulinlin@cnnic.cn


   Ning Kong
   CNNIC
   4 South 4th Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District
   Beijing, Beijing  100190
   China

   Phone: +86 10 5881 3147
   Email: nkong@cnnic.cn








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   Sean Shen
   CNNIC
   4 South 4th Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District
   Beijing, Beijing  100190
   China

   Phone: +86 10 5881 3038
   Email: shenshuo@cnnic.cn


   Steve Sheng
   ICANN
   12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300
   Los Angeles, CA  90094-2536
   USA

   Phone: +1 310 301 5800
   Email: steve.sheng@icann.org


   Arturo Servin
   LACNIC
   Rambla Mexico 6125
   Montevideo, Montevideo  11400
   Uruguay

   Phone: +598-2604-2222
   Email: aservin@lacnic.net























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