RE: Billing information and EPP/GRRP-REQ

["Hollenbeck, Scott" <shollenbeck@verisign.com>]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Klaus Malorny [mailto:Klaus.Malorny@knipp.de]
>Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 5:02 AM
>To: Hollenbeck, Scott; 'ietf-provreg@cafax.se'
>Subject: Billing information and EPP/GRRP-REQ
>
>Hi together,
>hi Scott,
>
>while digging more and more into Afilias' and NeuLevel's documents (as far
as
>they exist ;-), I was wondering whether it would be a good idea to include
>billing information in EPP responses resp. include a requirement in the
>GRRP-REQ document to provide such a feature. Yes, I know that the pricing
of
>certain actions is a registry policy, of course. Nevertheless or especially
>for that reason it could be a good idea to have a common reporting
mechanism:
>Since a registry might introduce several grace periods (like NSI/Verisign
does
>with newly registered domains/renewed domains), in certain situations it
may
>not be quite clear to the registrar whether such a grace period applies or
>not. So for  near-registration-time accounting, it may be good if some
>information is included (I could detail this). This information should not
>make monthly reports obsolete, but could complement these.

I'd certainly prefer to keep registry-specific billing details out of the
protocol.  If they have to be in there anywhere a registry could do whatever
it wants in the <unspec> elements.  If you have a proposal in mind, though,
please post it to the list to present a more complete picture and to gather
other opinions.

<Scott/>.