On Jul 27, 2013, at 12:59 PM, Frank Bulk <frnkblk@iname.com> wrote:
For the folks who aren't aware, there is working being done on a proposal for a complete do-over of WHOIS: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130703_rebooting_whois/ I don't believe this work address the regional registry information, which is what initiated the discussion, but this conversation has crossed over into the domain names, too.
Excellent pointer Frank... This effort at ICANN is specifically with respect to requirements for DNS Whois, but it is possible that some of these requirements are in common with those of the number resource Whois directory service, and the Internet address community may be encouraged at some point to give a similar level of consideration to the long-term number resource Whois requirements, including the DNS result as one of many inputs to that process.
Er ... Um ... Well ... there is weirds, and you're free to browse the list archives which are in the usual location: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/weirds Then there is the somewhat ... incompletely specified ... project that may, or may not be lead by Chris Gift, which may, or may not, lead to actual bits being replicated across the contracted domain registries. Eric