[ietf-provreg] a new core command...?

[Eugenio Pinto <eugenio.pinto@fccn.pt>]

Hi all,

I don't know if this subject was already discussed in the past, in the 
provreg-wg, but I need some opinions about it.

As a Provisioning Protocol I'm wondering if it shouldn't be there 
another query command besides <check>, <info> and <transfer> that would 
allow us to retrieve all the objects actually provisioned by a repository.

In DNS.PT we needed a command with such functionality in order to 
retrieve all the domains owned/managed by the current logged user and we 
needed to do an extension.

My question is:

Is it reasonable to include such a command in the core protocol?

We have two nearly candidates for that goal:

1 - The EPP <check> command which is used to determine if an object can 
be provisioned within a repository.

2 - The EPP <info> command which is used to retrieve information associated with an existing object.

The problem is that the commands above are designed to check well 
identified objects each time. If we are not looking for a specific 
object we get nothing...

As Andrew Sullivan and Frederico Neves already did, I'm working on an 
I-D detailing some of the DNS.PT experiences with implementation. This 
extension will be there.

Once I've completed this, I'll be sure to forward it here.

Waiting for feed-back,

Eugenio Pinto
FCCN - DNS.PT