SSAC Report on Domain Name WHOIS Terminology and Structure (R1)

Date IssuedDocumentReference IDCurrent Phase

  

SSAC Report on Domain Name WHOIS Terminology and Structure (R1)SAC051

CLOSED



  1. Phase 1 Receive
  2. Phase 2 Understand
  3. Phase 3 Evaluate
  4. Phase 4 Implement
  5. Phase 5 Close
  6. Closed



Description:

The ICANN community should adopt the terminology outlined in this report in documents and discussions, in particular:

Domain Name Registration Data (DNRD). The data that domain name registrants provide when registering a domain name and that registrars or registries collects.

Domain Name Registration Data Access Protocol (DNRD-AP). The components of a (standard) communications exchange - queries and responses - that specify the access to DNRD.

Domain Name Registration Data Directory Service (DNRD-DS). The service(s) offered by domain name registries and registrars to implement the DNRD-AP and to provide access to DNRD-DSD.

Additional terminology includes "DNRDe," "DNRD Policy," "DNRD-DS Policy," "Internationalized DNRD," and "Localized DNRD." The term "WHOIS" should only be used when referring to the protocol as currently specified in RFC 3912.


STATUS UPDATES

DatePhaseTypeStatus Updates

 

ClosedPhase ChangeThis Advice Item is now Closed

 

Phase 5Board Update

This item has been processed as much as is relevant and is considered complete; no work is outstanding from the perspective of Board Advice (note that related implementation work may have been integrated into ICANN’s ongoing operations or other initiatives).

Status provided in 19 October 2016 letter from ICANN Board Chair to SSAC Chair (https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/crocker-to-faltstrom-19oct16-en.pdf).

On 8 November 2012, the ICANN Board approved resolution directing that work begin related to the development of new directory service policy and that it incorporate the language used by the SSAC: https://www.icann.org/resources/boardmaterial/resolutions-2011-10-28-en#5. Both the New gTLD Base Registry Agreement and the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement incorporate the SSAC's terminology: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/registries/registriesagreements-en, https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/approved-withspecs-2013-09-17-en.

 

Phase 5Phase ChangeNow in Phase 5: Close Request

 

Phase 1Phase UpdateSSAC published SAC051: SSAC Report on WHOIS Terminology and Structure: https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/sac-051-en.pdf.