How is Whois replacing RDAP currently evaluated?

[janwillemstegink]

For internet.nl, registration of a webdomain may become of additional value. All kinds of new scripts become annoyingly complicated.

On https://rdap.hostingtool.nl/ my modeling should minimize the gap between technical and functional understanding. Its code is on https://github.com/janwillemstegink/rdap_view_model.

1. The role of an entity is unnecessarily hard to read from the JSON format. In my PHP, an initial foreach loop first detects a role's entity key;
2. There are more new and also relevant zone details to display, such as a trade name of the applicable registry. Note: The clear name 'NL Domain Registry' is not (yet) a trade name in the Dutch Business Register;
3. Field names can be more readable by humans;
4. For the .nl zone, wrong display of special characters has been reported. Note: Zone details, such as restrictions, must indeed be read together with domain details in order to work legally.

Think about helping make RDAP a success. As with the DNS discussion about a new authority, the RDAP protocol also requires maintenance by an authority.

[bwbroersma]

Relevant info: ICANN Registration Data Access Protocol Timeline from 2015-2019.

From the ICANN RDAP FAQ:

Will RDAP replace web-based and port 43 WHOIS?

ICANN-accredited registrars currently must provide access to registration data to the public in two ways:

• An interactive web page provided on the registrar's website (web-based WHOIS); and
• WHOIS (port 43) lookup as defined by RFC 3912.

In the short term, RDAP will not replace web-based or port 43 WHOIS. Based on current policies and agreements, contracted parties will be required to implement RDAP in addition to (port 43) WHOIS and web-based WHOIS.

Is there a TLD overview?

[bwbroersma]

I found one: https://deployment.rdap.org/

[mdavids]

I found one: https://deployment.rdap.org/

Seems outdated: https://rdap.sidn.nl/domain/example.nl

[bwbroersma]

RFC 9224 - Finding the Authoritative Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) Service / https://www.iana.org/assignments/rdap-dns/rdap-dns.xhtml

So this should be a more official source: https://data.iana.org/rdap/dns.json (also interesting: https://data.iana.org/rdap/). This also does not list nl / SIDN. So maybe the SIDN RDAP it's still in beta, or it's not yet requested to add it.