Jim, Totally agree. Let’s not forget all the other initiatives to replace whois over the past 20 years; RWhois, RLDAP, IRIS, and WIERDS. While I applaud the efforts to reform directory services using methods other than nicname with web front ends. It’s a long difficult path that has yet to make any tangible progress. Billy
On Jan 6, 2016, at 9:20 AM, Jim Reid <jim@rfc1035.com> wrote:
On 6 Jan 2016, at 08:03, Shane Kerr <shane@time-travellers.org> wrote:
Not necessarily RIPE Database related, but I thought I'd point out that ICANN is considering replacing WHOIS for gTLD:
Hi Shane. I think you’re grossly overstating things.
IMO a call for volunteers to "serve on a PDPWorking Group to establish a policy framework for a next-generation gTLD Registration Directory Service” — whatever these things might be — is unlikely to amount to anything, even by ICANN’s dismal record on whois matters.
By all means watch the never-ending whois food fights at ICANN. But don’t expect any sort of constructive or useful outcome.