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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                           L. ZhouRequest for Comments: 7485                                       N. KongCategory: Informational                                          S. ShenISSN: 2070-1721                                                    CNNIC                                                                S. Sheng                                                                   ICANN                                                               A. Servin                                                                  LACNIC                                                              March 2015Inventory and Analysis of WHOIS Registration ObjectsAbstract   WHOIS output objects from registries, including both Regional   Internet Registries (RIRs) and Domain Name Registries (DNRs), were   collected and analyzed.  This document describes the process and   results of the statistical analysis 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.Status of This Memo   This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is   published for informational purposes.   This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force   (IETF).  It represents the consensus of the IETF community.  It has   received public review and has been approved for publication by the   Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG).  Not all documents   approved by the IESG are a candidate for any level of Internet   Standard; seeSection 2 of RFC 5741.   Information about the current status of this document, any errata,   and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained athttp://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7485.Zhou, et al.                  Informational                     [Page 1]

RFC 7485             Inventory of WHOIS Reg. Objects          March 2015Copyright Notice   Copyright (c) 2015 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the   document authors.  All rights reserved.   This document is subject toBCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal   Provisions Relating to IETF Documents   (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of   publication of this document.  Please review these documents   carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect   to this document.  Code Components extracted from this document must   include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of   the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as   described in the Simplified BSD License.Zhou, et al.                  Informational                     [Page 2]

RFC 7485             Inventory of WHOIS Reg. Objects          March 2015Table of Contents1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53.  Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54.  RIR Objects Analysis  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74.1.  WHOIS Data for Organizations Holding a Resource . . . . .74.2.  WHOIS Data for Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94.3.  WHOIS Data for IP Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104.4.  WHOIS Data for ASNs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124.5.  Conclusion  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135.  DNR Object Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145.1.  Overview  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145.2.  Public Objects  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145.2.1.  WHOIS Data for Domains  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155.2.2.  WHOIS Data for Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165.2.2.1.  Registrant  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165.2.2.2.  Admin Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185.2.2.3.  Tech Contact  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195.2.2.4.  Billing Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205.2.3.  WHOIS Data for Nameservers  . . . . . . . . . . . . .215.2.4.  WHOIS Data for Registrars . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215.3.  Other Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225.4.  Conclusion  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245.4.1.  Preliminary Statistics  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245.4.2.  Data Element Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265.4.3.  Label Analysis  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285.4.4.  Analysis of Other Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285.5.  Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .296.  Reference Extension Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306.1.  RIR Reference Extension Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . .306.2.  DNR Reference Extension Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . .307.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31   Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32Zhou, et al.                  Informational                     [Page 3]

RFC 7485             Inventory of WHOIS Reg. Objects          March 20151.  Introduction   Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) and Domain Name Registries (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 or access control for      differentiated access.   o  It has not been internationalized and thus does not consistently      support Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) as 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) ([RFC7480], [RFC7482],   [RFC7483], and [RFC7484]) was developed using this inventory as   input.   In the number space, there were altogether five RIRs.  Although all   RIRs provided information about IP addresses, Autonomous System   Numbers (ASNs), and contacts, the data model used was different for   each RIR.  In the domain name space, there were over 200 country code   Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs) and over 400 generic Top-Level Domains   (gTLDs) when this document was published.  Different Domain Name   Registries may have different WHOIS response objects and formats.  A   common understanding of all these data formats was critical to   construct a single data model for each object.   This document describes the WHOIS data collection procedures and   gives an inventory analysis of data objects based on the collected   data from the five RIRs, 106 ccTLDs, and 18 gTLDs from DNRs.  The RIR   data objects are classified by the five RIRs into IP address, ASN,   person or contact, and the organization that held the resource.   According to SPECIFICATION 4 ("SPECIFICATION FOR REGISTRATION DATA   PUBLICATION SERVICES") of the new gTLD applicant guidebook   [ICANN.AGB-201206] and the Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP)   ([RFC5730], [RFC5731], [RFC5732], and [RFC5733]), the DNR dataZhou, et al.                  Informational                     [Page 4]

RFC 7485             Inventory of WHOIS Reg. Objects          March 2015   objects are classified by whether they relate to the domain, contact,   nameserver, or registrar.  Objects that do not belong to the   categories above are viewed as privately specified objects.  In this   document, there is no intent to analyze all the query and response   types that exist 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 a specific response object.   o  Label - The name given to a particular data element; it may vary      between registries.   o  Most popular label - The label that is most supported by the      registries.   o  Number of labels - The number of different labels.   o  No. of TLDs - The number of registries that support a certain data      element.3.  Methodology   WHOIS information, including port 43 response and web response data,   was collected between July 9, 2012, and July 20, 2012, following the   procedures described below.   (1)  First, find the RIR WHOIS servers of the five RIRs, which are        AFRINIC, APNIC, ARIN, LACNIC, and RIPE NCC.  All the RIRs        provide information about IP addresses, ASNs, and contacts.   (2)  Query the corresponding IP addresses, ASNs, contacts, and        organizations registered in the five RIRs.  Then, make a        comparative analysis of the response data.   (3)  Group together the data elements that have the same meaning but        use different labels.Zhou, et al.                  Informational                     [Page 5]

RFC 7485             Inventory of WHOIS Reg. Objects          March 2015   DNR object collection process:   (1)  A programming script was applied to collect port 43 response        data from 294 ccTLDs. "nic.ccTLD" was used as the query string,        which is usually registered in a domain registry.  Responses for        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 the web was collected manually from the 124        registries that send port 43 WHOIS responses.   (3)  Some of the response that which were collected by the program        did not seem to be correct, so data for the top 10 ccTLD        registries, like .de, .eu, and .uk, was re-verified by querying        domain names other than "nic.ccTLD".   (4)  In accordance with SPECIFICATION 4 of the new gTLD applicant        guidebook [ICANN.AGB-201206] and EPP ([RFC5730], [RFC5731],        [RFC5732] and [RFC5733]), the response data objects are        classified into public and other data objects.  Public data        objects are those that are defined in the above references.        Other objects are those that are privately specified data        elements or objects in different registries.   (5)  Data elements with the same meaning, but using different labels,        were grouped together.  The number of registries that support        each data element is shown in the "No. of TLDs" column.Zhou, et al.                  Informational                     [Page 6]

RFC 7485             Inventory of WHOIS Reg. Objects          March 20154.  RIR Objects Analysis4.1.  WHOIS Data for Organizations Holding a Resource   Table 1 shows the organization objects of the 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     | |    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   |           |            | |   contact    |            |     |          |           |            | +--------------+------------+-----+----------+-----------+------------+ |    ID of     |   tech-c   |  NA | Tech POC |   tech-c  |   tech-c   | |  technical   |            |     |          |           |            | |   contact    |            |     |          |           |            |Zhou, et al.                  Informational                     [Page 7]

RFC 7485             Inventory of WHOIS Reg. Objects          March 2015 +--------------+------------+-----+----------+-----------+------------+ |  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 |            | +--------------+------------+-----+----------+-----------+------------+ |    Source    |   source   |  NA |     NA   |     NA    |   source   | +--------------+------------+-----+----------+-----------+------------+ |  Reference   |     NA     |  NA |    Ref   |     NA    |     NA     | +--------------+------------+-----+----------+-----------+------------+         Table 1.  WHOIS Data for Organizations Holding a ResourceZhou, et al.                  Informational                     [Page 8]

RFC 7485             Inventory of WHOIS Reg. Objects          March 20154.2.  WHOIS Data for Contacts   Table 2 shows the contact objects of the five RIRs.   +--------------+---------+---------+------------+---------+---------+   | Data Element | 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 |Zhou, et al.                  Informational                     [Page 9]

RFC 7485             Inventory of WHOIS Reg. Objects          March 2015   +--------------+---------+---------+------------+---------+---------+   |  Reference   |    NA   |    NA   |    Ref     |    NA   |    NA   |   +--------------+---------+---------+------------+---------+---------+                     Table 2.  WHOIS Data for Contacts4.3.  WHOIS Data for IP Addresses   Table 4 shows the IP address objects of the five RIRs.   Note: Due to the 72-character limit on line length, strings in some   cells of the table are split into two or more parts, which are placed   on separate lines within the same cell.  A hyphen in the final   position of a string indicates that the string has been split due to   the length limit.                      +----------+----------+----------+                      | Adminis- |          |  abuse-- |                      | trative  |  admin-c |  mailbox |                      | contact  |          |          |                      +----------+----------+----------+                   Table 3.  Example of String Splitting   For instance, the original strings in the cells of Table 3 are   "Administrative contact", "admin-c", and "abuse-mailbox",   respectively.Zhou, et al.                  Informational                    [Page 10]

RFC 7485             Inventory of WHOIS Reg. Objects          March 2015+------------+--------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+|    Data    | AFRINIC|  APNIC   |     ARIN     | LACNIC |   RIPE NCC  ||   Element  |        |          |              |        |             |+------------+--------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+|      IP    | inetnum| inetnum  |   NetRange   |   NA   |   inetnum   ||   address  |        |          |              |        |             ||    range   |        |          |              |        |             |+------------+--------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+|     IPv6   |inet6num| inet6num |     CIDR     |inetnum |  inet6num   ||   address  |        |          |              |        |             ||    range   |        |          |              |        |             |+------------+--------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+| Description| descr  |  descr   |   NetName    |   NA   |    descr    ||            |        |          |              |        |             |+------------+--------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+|   Remarks  | remarks| remarks  |      NA      |   NA   |   remarks   ||            |        |          |              |        |             |+------------+--------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+|  Origin AS |   NA   |    NA    |   OriginAS   |OriginAS|      NA     ||            |        |          |              |(future)|             |+------------+--------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+|   Network  | netname| netname  |  NetHandle   |inetrev |   netname   ||   name/ID  |        |          |              |        |             |+------------+--------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+| Maintainer | mnt-by |    NA    |      NA      |   NA   |    mnt-by   || Object     |        |          |              |        |             |+------------+--------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+| Maintainer | mnt--  |    NA    |      NA      |   NA   |      NA     || Sub-       | lower  |          |              |        |             || assignments|        |          |              |        |             |+------------+--------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+|  Adminis-  | admin-c| admin-c  |    OrgId     | ownerid|   admin-c   ||  trative   |        |          |              |        |             ||  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   |        |          |              |        |             |+------------+--------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+|  Reference |   NA   |    NA    |     Ref      |   NA   |      NA     |Zhou, et al.                  Informational                    [Page 11]

RFC 7485             Inventory of WHOIS Reg. Objects          March 2015+------------+--------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+|      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  |        |          |              |        |             |+------------+--------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+|    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  |        |          |              |        |             |+------------+--------+----------+--------------+--------+-------------+                   Table 4.  WHOIS Data for IP Addresses4.4.  WHOIS Data for ASNs+--------------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------+|    Data      | AFRINIC |  APNIC   |     ARIN    |  LACNIC | RIPE NCC ||  Element     |         |          |             |         |          |+--------------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------+|     ID       | aut-num | aut-num  |   ASNumber  | aut-num | aut-num  ||              |         |          |             |         |          |+--------------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------+| Description  | descr   |  descr   |      NA     |    NA   |  descr   ||              |         |          |             |         |          |+--------------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------+|Organization  |  org    |    NA    |    OrgId    |  owner  |   org    ||              |         |          |             |         |          |Zhou, et al.                  Informational                    [Page 12]

RFC 7485             Inventory of WHOIS Reg. Objects          March 2015+--------------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------+|  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   |         |          |             |         |          |+--------------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------+| Organization |   NA    | nic-hdl  |      NA     | owner-c |  organi- ||     ID       |         |          |             |         |  sation  |+--------------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------+|  Notify      | notify  |  notify  |      NA     |    NA   |    NA    |+--------------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------+|  Abuse       |   NA    |    NA    |   OrgAbuse  | abuse-c |    NA    ||  contact     |         |          |    Handle   |         |          |+--------------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------+| Maintainer   | mnt-by  |  mnt-by  |      NA     |    NA   |  mnt-by  || Object       |         |          |             |         |          |+--------------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------+| Maintainer   |mnt-lower| mnt-lower|      NA     |    NA   |mnt-lower || Sub-         |         |          |             |         |          || assignments  |         |          |             |         |          |+--------------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------+| Maintainer   |   NA    |    NA    |      NA     |    NA   | mnt-ref  || Organization |         |          |             |         |          |+--------------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------+|Registration  | changed |    NA    |   RegDate   | created |    NA    ||    Date      |         |          |             |         |          |+--------------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------+|Registration  | changed | changed  |   Updated   | changed |    NA    ||   update     |         |          |             |         |          |+--------------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------+|   Source     | source  |  source  |      NA     |    NA   |  source  |+--------------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------+                       Table 5.  WHOIS Data for ASNs4.5.  Conclusion   As can be observed, some data elements were not supported by all   RIRs, and some were given different labels by different RIRs.  Also,   there were identical labels used for different data elements by   different RIRs.  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 [RFC7483].Zhou, et al.                  Informational                    [Page 13]

RFC 7485             Inventory of WHOIS Reg. Objects          March 20155.  DNR Object Analysis5.1.  Overview   WHOIS data was collected from 124 registries, including 106 ccTLDs   and 18 gTLDs.  All 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.5.2.  Public Objects   As mentioned above, public objects are those data elements selected   according to the new gTLD applicant guidebook and EPP.  They are   generally classified into four categories by whether they are related   to the domain, contact, nameserver, or registrar.Zhou, et al.                  Informational                    [Page 14]

RFC 7485             Inventory of WHOIS Reg. Objects          March 20155.2.1.  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".  Table 6 gives the element   name, most popular label, and the corresponding numbers of TLDs and   labels.   +-------------------+-------------------+------------+--------------+   |    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       |            |              |   +-------------------+-------------------+------------+--------------+                     Table 6.  WHOIS Data for Domains   Several statistical conclusions obtained from above data are:   o  95.16% of the 124 registries support a "Domain Name" data element.   o  85.48% of the 124 registries support a "Creation Date" data      element.   o  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 the      registries, respectively.Zhou, et al.                  Informational                    [Page 15]

RFC 7485             Inventory of WHOIS Reg. Objects          March 20155.2.2.  WHOIS Data for Contacts   In the domain name space, contacts are typically divided into   registrant, administrative contact, technical contact, and billing   contact.5.2.2.1.  Registrant   Table 7 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.        |           |            |Zhou, et al.                  Informational                    [Page 16]

RFC 7485             Inventory of WHOIS Reg. Objects          March 2015   +--------------------+---------------------+-----------+------------+   | Registrant Fax Ext |  Registrant Fax Ext |     17    |     2      |   +--------------------+---------------------+-----------+------------+                           Table 7.  Registrant   Among all the data elements, only "Registrant Name" is supported by   more than one half of registries.  Those supported by more than one   third of registries are: "Registrant Name", "Registrant Email",   "Registrant ID", "Registrant Phone", "Registrant Fax", "Registrant   Organization", and "Registrant Country Code".Zhou, et al.                  Informational                    [Page 17]

RFC 7485             Inventory of WHOIS Reg. Objects          March 20155.2.2.2.  Admin Contact   Table 8 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      |   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+                          Table 8.  Admin Contact   Among all the data elements, only "Admin Street" is supported by more   than one half of registries.  Those supported by more than one third   of registries are: "Admin Street", "Admin Name", "Admin Email",   "Admin ID", "Admin Fax", "Admin Phone", "Admin Organization", and   "Admin Country Code".Zhou, et al.                  Informational                    [Page 18]

RFC 7485             Inventory of WHOIS Reg. Objects          March 20155.2.2.3.  Tech Contact   Table 9 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      |   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+                          Table 9.  Tech Contact   Among all the data elements, there are no elements supported by more   than one half of registries.  Those supported by more than one third   of registries are: "Tech Email", "Tech ID", "Tech Name", "Tech Fax",   "Tech Phone", and "Tech Country Code".Zhou, et al.                  Informational                    [Page 19]

RFC 7485             Inventory of WHOIS Reg. Objects          March 20155.2.2.4.  Billing Contact   Table 10 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      |   +--------------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------+                        Table 10.  Billing Contact   Among all the data elements, there are no elements supported by more   than one half of registries.  Those supported by more than one third   of registries are "Billing Name", "Billing Fax", and "Billing Email".Zhou, et al.                  Informational                    [Page 20]

RFC 7485             Inventory of WHOIS Reg. Objects          March 20155.2.3.  WHOIS Data for Nameservers   114 registries (about 92% of the 124 registries) have the   "nameserver" data element in their WHOIS responses.  However, there   are 63 different labels for this element, as shown in Table 11.  The   top three labels for this element are "Name Server" (which is   supported by 25% of the registries), "Name Servers" (which is   supported by 16% of the registries), and "nserver" (which is   supported by 12% of the registries).    +--------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------+    | Data Element | Most Popular Label | No. of TLDs | No. of Labels |    +--------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------+    |  NameServer  |    Name Server     |     114     |       63      |    +--------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------+                   Table 11.  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      |           |             |   +-------------------+---------------------+-----------+-------------+                   Table 12.  WHOIS Data for Registrars   67.7% of the registries have the "Sponsoring Registrar" data element.   The elements "Created by Registrar" and "Updated by Registrar" are   supported by 11.3% and 8.9% of the registries, respectively.Zhou, et al.                  Informational                    [Page 21]

RFC 7485             Inventory of WHOIS Reg. Objects          March 20155.3.  Other Objects   So-called "other objects" are those data elements that are privately   specified or are difficult to be classified.  There are 392 other   objects altogether.  Table 13 lists the top 50 other objects found   during data collection.            +----------------------------------------+-------------+            |              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      |Zhou, et al.                  Informational                    [Page 22]

RFC 7485             Inventory of WHOIS Reg. Objects          March 2015            +----------------------------------------+-------------+            |                  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      |Zhou, et al.                  Informational                    [Page 23]

RFC 7485             Inventory of WHOIS Reg. Objects          March 2015            +----------------------------------------+-------------+            |                  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      |            +----------------------------------------+-------------+                    Table 13.  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" did   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", are designed particularly for their own   purpose by different registries.5.4.  Conclusion5.4.1.  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, that have technical andZhou, et al.                  Informational                    [Page 24]

RFC 7485             Inventory of WHOIS Reg. Objects          March 2015      billing contact information.  Only seven of 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: nic.example.com   Status: Delegated   Created: 17 Apr 2004   Modified: 14 Nov 2010   Expires: 31 Dec 9999   Name Servers: ns.example.net   ns1.na.example.net   ns2.na.example.net   ...      Example of data block format:  WHOIS database  domain nic.example.org  Domain Name nic.example.org  Registered 1998-09-02  Expiry 2012-09-02  Resource Records  a   198.51.100.1  mx 10 test.example.net  www a   198.51.100.10  Contact details  Registrant,  Technical Contact,  Billing Contact,  Admin. Contact AdamsNames Reserved Domains (i)  These domains are not available for registration  United Kingdom  Identifier: test123Zhou, et al.                  Informational                    [Page 25]

RFC 7485             Inventory of WHOIS Reg. Objects          March 2015  Servidor WHOIS de NIC-Example  Este servidor contiene informacion autoritativa exclusivamente de  dominios nic.example.org Cualquier consulta sobre este servicio, puede  hacerla al correo electronico whois@nic.example.org  Titular:  John (nic.example.org) john@nic.example.org  NIC Example  Av. Veracruz con calle Cali, Edif Aguila, Urb. Las Mercedes  Caracas, Distrito Capital VE  0212-1234567 (FAX) +582123456789   o  11 registries give local script responses.  The WHOIS information      of other registries are all represented in English.5.4.2.  Data Element Analysis   The top 10 data elements are listed in Table 14.                     +----------------------+-------------+                     |     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     |                     +----------------------+-------------+                    Table 14.  The Top 10 Data ElementsZhou, et al.                  Informational                    [Page 26]

RFC 7485             Inventory of WHOIS Reg. Objects          March 2015   Most of the domain-related WHOIS information is included in the top   10 data elements.  Other information like name server and registrar   name is 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 111 registries (i.e., 90%).   (2)  About 30% of the data elements discovered by the inventory work        are supported by 44 registries (i.e., 35%).   (3)  About 60% of the data elements discovered by the inventory work        are supported by 32 registries (i.e., 26%).   (4)  About 90% of the data elements discovered by the inventory work        are supported by 14 registries (i.e., 11%).   From the above result, it is clear that only a few registries support   all the public objects, most of the registries support just some of   the objects.Zhou, et al.                  Informational                    [Page 27]

RFC 7485             Inventory of WHOIS Reg. Objects          March 20155.4.3.  Label Analysis   The top 10 labels of different data elements are listed in Table 15.                      +-------------------+---------------+                      |       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      |                      +-------------------+---------------+                       Table 15.  The Top 10 Labels   As explained above, the "Name Server" label is a unique example   because many registries define the name server elements from   "nameserver 1" through "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.  Analysis of Other Objects   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 Table 13   inSection 5.3.  It is clear that various different objects areZhou, et al.                  Informational                    [Page 28]

RFC 7485             Inventory of WHOIS Reg. Objects          March 2015   designed for some particular purpose.  In order to ensure uniqueness   of JSON names used in the RDAP service, establishment of an IANA   registry is advised.5.5.  Limitations   This section lists the limitations of the survey and some assumptions   that were made in the execution of this work.   o  The input "nic.ccTLD" may not be a good choice, for the term "nic"      is often specially used by the corresponding ccTLD, so the      collected WHOIS data may be customized and different from the      common data.   o  Since the programming script queried the "nic.ccTLD" in an      anonymous way, only the public WHOIS data from WHOIS servers      having nic.ccTLD were collected.  So, the private WHOIS data were      not covered by this document.   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.Zhou, et al.                  Informational                    [Page 29]

RFC 7485             Inventory of WHOIS Reg. Objects          March 20156.  Reference Extension Objects   There are some objects that are included in the existing WHOIS system   but not mentioned in [RFC7483].  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 - a list of IPv4 addresses, IPv6 addresses, and      Autonomous System numbers.   o  referral NOC contact - the Network Operations Center contact.6.2.  DNR Reference Extension Objects   The following objects are selected from the top 50 other objects inSection 5.3 that are supported by more than five registries.  These   objects are considered as possible extension objects.   o  zone-c - The identifier 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.  Security Considerations   This document does not provide any security services or introduce   additional considerations to those discussed in [RFC7481].Zhou, et al.                  Informational                    [Page 30]

RFC 7485             Inventory of WHOIS Reg. Objects          March 20158.  Informative References   [ICANN.AGB-201206]              ICANN, "gTLD Applicant Guidebook", June 2012,              <http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb/guidebook-full-04jun12-en.pdf>.   [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, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2622>.   [RFC3912]  Daigle, L., "WHOIS Protocol Specification",RFC 3912,              September 2004, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3912>.   [RFC5730]  Hollenbeck, S., "Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP)",              STD 69,RFC 5730, August 2009,              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5730>.   [RFC5731]  Hollenbeck, S., "Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP)              Domain Name Mapping", STD 69,RFC 5731, August 2009,              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5731>.   [RFC5732]  Hollenbeck, S., "Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP)              Host Mapping", STD 69,RFC 5732, August 2009,              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5732>.   [RFC5733]  Hollenbeck, S., "Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP)              Contact Mapping", STD 69,RFC 5733, August 2009,              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5733>.   [RFC5890]  Klensin, J., "Internationalized Domain Names for              Applications (IDNA): Definitions and Document Framework",RFC 5890, August 2010,              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5890>.   [RFC7480]  Newton, A., Ellacott, B., and N. Kong, "HTTP Usage in the              Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)",RFC 7480, March              2015, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7480>.   [RFC7481]  Hollenbeck, S. and N. Kong, "Security Services for the              Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)",RFC 7481, March              2015, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7481>.   [RFC7482]  Newton, A. and S. Hollenbeck, "Registration Data Access              Protocol (RDAP) Query Format",RFC 7482, March 2015,              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7482>.Zhou, et al.                  Informational                    [Page 31]

RFC 7485             Inventory of WHOIS Reg. Objects          March 2015   [RFC7483]  Newton, A. and S. Hollenbeck, "JSON Responses for the              Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)",RFC 7483, March              2015, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7483>.   [RFC7484]  Blanchet, M., "Finding the Authoritative Registration Data              (RDAP) Service",RFC 7484, March 2015,              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7484>.Acknowledgements   This document is the work product of the IETF's WEIRDS working group,   of which Olaf Kolkman and Murray Kucherawy were chairs.   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, Edward Lewis, Pete Resnick, Juergen Schoenwaelder,   Ben Campbell, and Claudio Allocchio.Authors' Addresses   Linlin Zhou   CNNIC   4 South 4th Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District   Beijing  100190   China   Phone: +86 10 5881 2677   EMail: zhoulinlin@cnnic.cn   Ning Kong   CNNIC   4 South 4th Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District   Beijing  100190   China   Phone: +86 10 5881 3147   EMail: nkong@cnnic.cnZhou, et al.                  Informational                    [Page 32]

RFC 7485             Inventory of WHOIS Reg. Objects          March 2015   Sean Shen   CNNIC   4 South 4th Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District   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   United States   Phone: +1 310 301 5800   EMail: steve.sheng@icann.org   Arturo Servin   LACNIC   Rambla Mexico 6125   Montevideo  11400   Uruguay   Phone: +598-2604-2222   EMail: arturo.servin@gmail.comZhou, et al.                  Informational                    [Page 33]

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