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

[Andrew Sullivan <andrew@ca.afilias.info>]

On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 02:52:33PM +0100, Eugenio Pinto wrote:
> If IRIS is specifically designed for querying and if a bulk query would be 
> a real problem for big Registries (like COM/NET) are big Registries 
> implementing IRIS on server side?

I'm not sure what you mean "on server side". 

> Is anyone providing EPP and IRIS implementations to your 
> Registrars/Resellers?

We are not at the moment.  I know there have been internal
discussions about it, but that's about all I can say on the topic
just now.

> I've seen some interesting implementation extensions to EPP and some 
> aspects of IRIS fits better in the whole variety of Registries then EPP 
> definitions. 

The dreg2 stuff was explicitly aimed at supporting EPP-based systems
as well as other systems.  The author was very responsive to some
suggestions I sent; as nearly as I can tell, the approach provides an
extremely good query framework.

> Wouldn't it be better to provide a provisioning and querying 
> protocol all-in-one to our Registrars, instead of two different API's with 
> different schemas?...

I don't see the reason for this.  You have to be able to provide a
query interface anyway to non-registrar users, so you need such a
thing.  IRIS is intended to provide that.  It seems more likely that
one will provide a consistent experience for everyone by providing
bulk query access via the same interface to everyone.

A

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