Re: Verisign vs ICANN

[william () elan net]

On Sun, 21 Sep 2003, Petri Helenius wrote:

> > The whois database is not a replacement for a DNS query.
>
> I´m sure Verisign will come up with a XML Schema for whois information soon.

Sooner then you think!
Yesterday, the results of IETF CRISP WG "call for consensus" was announced 
and the result is in fact IRIS - XML based whois protocol. Introduced by
- you guessed it - Verisign!

More info on this and draft protocol specs are at
http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/crisp-charter.html

P.S. Note that I'm not saying anything bad about actual protocol specs
creator - Andrew Newton (from Verisign), who did a great job with IRIS
drafts. Both he and Eric Hall worked very hard on the draft specifications 
for competing IRIS (xml based) and FIRS (ldap based) whois protocol specs.
I did vote for FIRS myself, but it had nothing to do with who works for 
which company and its a hard choice since both specifications are good
for future whois.

-- 
William Leibzon
Elan Networks
william () elan net