[gnso-whoissurvey-dt] FW: R-5 Whois Survey Question

["Berry Cobb" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

WSWG,

 

A few WG members asked for an example of questions completed.  Susan, I hope
you do not mind, but I am forwarding your version out to the WG.

 

Thank you.

 

 

 

 

Berry Cobb

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Email: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Tel: +1 720 839 5735
Skype ID: berry.cobb

 

From: Susan Prosser [mailto:susan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 7:49 PM
To: Berry Cobb
Subject: R-5 Whois Survey Question

 

Hi Berry, 

Below is my suggested survey question for Inventory item R-5:

. Allow users to submit not only domain names as arguments to search
functions but other registration data elements as well [16, 23].

Using the RAA Whois guidelines and various Registry agreements, I documented
the various inputs available on Whois / Domain Name Registration Records.
This is under the assumption that both the policy governing the data and the
technical hurdles to allow such searching are resolved.  It will, at
minimum, uncover if there is a "problem to be solved."  

Survey Question: 

1. Do you need to search Whois records by data elements other than domain
name? 

[  ] Yes (displays 1.a section below)   [  ] NO (ends question, does not
display any additional information) 

1.a YES -> Please indicate below with an [ X ] what data elements are
important to be searchable* 

*understanding without standardized Whois data input format, not all
elements will be supplied or available in standard format equally across all
TLD's.  

Domain Name [  ] YES  [  ] NO

Primary Nameservers [  ] YES  [  ] NO

Secondary Nameservers [  ] YES  [  ] NO

Creation Date  [  ] YES  [  ] NO

Last Updated Date  [  ] YES  [  ] NO

Expiration Date  [  ] YES  [  ] NO

Registrar  [  ] YES  [  ] NO

Status  [  ] YES  [  ] NO

Registrant ID  [  ] YES  [  ] NO

Registrant Name  [  ] YES  [  ] NO

Registrant Street Address 1  [  ] YES  [  ] NO

Registrant Street Address 2  [  ] YES  [  ] NO

Registrant City  [  ] YES  [  ] NO

Registrant State/Province  [  ] YES  [  ] NO

Registrant Country  [  ] YES  [  ] NO

Registrant Telephone Number  [  ] YES  [  ] NO

Registrant Fax Number  [  ] YES  [  ] NO 

Registrant Email  [  ] YES  [  ] NO 

Technical Contact Name  [  ] YES  [  ] NO

Technical Contact Street Address 1  [  ] YES  [  ] NO

Technical Contact Street Address 2  [  ] YES  [  ] NO

Technical Contact City  [  ] YES  [  ] NO

Technical Contact State/Province  [  ] YES  [  ] NO

Technical Contact Country  [  ] YES  [  ] NO

Technical Contact Telephone Number  [  ] YES  [  ] NO

Technical Contact Fax Number  [  ] YES  [  ] NO 

Technical Contact Email  [  ] YES  [  ] NO 

Administrative Contact Name  [  ] YES  [  ] NO

Administrative Contact Street Address 1  [  ] YES  [  ] NO

Administrative Contact Street Address 2  [  ] YES  [  ] NO

Administrative Contact City  [  ] YES  [  ] NO

Administrative Contact State/Province  [  ] YES  [  ] NO

Administrative Contact Country  [  ] YES  [  ] NO

Administrative Contact Telephone Number  [  ] YES  [  ] NO

Administrative Contact Fax Number  [  ] YES  [  ] NO

Administrative Contact Email  [  ] YES  [  ] NO  

 

There are other factors to consider in opening up this search option.  From
here, we could go into further questions about type of search options 

2. Do you need Include and Exclude search parameter options?  [  ] YES  [  ]
NO

3. Do you need the ability to search by wild card?  [  ] YES  [  ] NO

4. Do you need the ability to search in non-ascii format?  [  ]  YES  [  ]
NO

 

Also, if allowed to search by a non-domain name input, the results will be
many, not singular.  For instance if someone inputs XYZ Street, Anywhere
they will receive 10+ results, not just 1.  How will that data be reported?
Are the RySG or RrSG able to support this? It really does open up a much
larger issue.  Do we need to tackle this point in this question?  Or first
discover the need and then determine technical solution?   Please let me
know.  I can dig deeper into the questions if you feel we should consider
that level detail.  

Thanks Berry. 

-Susan

~~~~~  
Susan Prosser
VP, Marketing
DomainTools, LLC

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