[WHOIS-WG] Fwd: RFP for RESTful WHOIS Server

[Patrick Vande Walle]

 I am especially  happy to see this.
This was a proposal I made when commenting on SAC051 
http://forum.icann.org/lists/sac051-draft-roadmap/msg00002.html  and
that was  further acknowledged in  the report on said comments. To be
honest, the BC also suggested a similar approach.

I think it is important that there is a working implementation by the
time the standard is ready. This will mean little delay in adoption and
deployment. And no more excuses from registries to not implement it.  
 As a reminder, what blocked the deployment of the CRISP standard some
years ago was the lack of an industrial-strength,working server-side
application, that could be used by all registries with a minimum of
implementation effort.

Patrick


On 18/05/12 16:53, Carlton Samuels wrote:
> FYI
> - Carlton
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> Open-Source Reference Implementation of a Domain Name RESTful Whois
> Server ? Request for Proposals
>
> 16 May 2012
>
> ICANN is issuing today a Request for
> Proposal<http://www.icann.org/en/news/rfps/restful-whois-16may12-en.pdf>
> [PDF, 183 KB] to identify a provider capable of providing an open
> source reference implementation of a Domain Name RESTful Whois server.
>
> On 15 May 2012, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) chartered a
> new working
> group<http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/weirds/current/msg01069.html>
> to standardize a RESTful-based Registration Data Access Protocol. In
> order to facilitate the evaluation and adoption of the replacement
> protocol for domain registries and registrars, ICANN is seeking
> proposals for an open source reference implementation.
>
> Whois services, and their effectiveness in the case of
> Internationalized registration data, are important issues for ICANN.
> ICANN has been working to make advances in this area, appreciating the
> technical community's past and present contributions, and committed to
> collaborating with the technical and policy community to improve the
> Whois service.
>
> Beginning in 2002, ICANN's Security and Stability Advisory Committee
> (SSAC) published various advisories describing the needs for
> improvement related to the Whois protocol, service and data schema,
> most recently SAC
> 051<http://www.icann.org/en/groups/ssac/documents/sac-051-en.pdf>
> [PDF, 237 KB]: SSAC Report on Domain Name Whois Terminology and
> Structure. SAC 051 summarizes the previous advisories, and among other
> things, recommends that the ICANN community evaluate and adopt a
> replacement protocol that supports the query and display of
> Internationalized registration data as well as addressing the relevant
> recommendations in past SSAC advisories on this topic.
>
> Respondents are requested to respond to this RFP by replying to:
> rws-opensource at icann.org
> <mailto:rws-opensource at icann.org><mailto:rws-opensource at icann.org
> <mailto:rws-opensource at icann.org>>. The period to submit questions
> about the RFP will close on 5 June 2012. ICANN will provide answers to
> all questions submitted to all respondents by 7 June 2012. The final
> response to the RFP is due on 15 June 2012.
>
>
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