[registrars] FW: ICM cross-registry WHOIS database

["Nevett, Jonathon" <jnevett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have concerns with the provision that Danny cites below.  I wanted to
point it out to other registrars as it attempts to bind us all.  Thanks.
Jon

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Danny Younger [mailto:dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 8:13 AM
To: Nevett, Jonathon; ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: ICM cross-registry WHOIS database

 

Jon,

 

What's your view of the following clause in ICM's

Appendix S?

 

"Registrars will be required to participate in the

operation of a cross-registry WHOIS database, which

will provide searching capabilities and access to all

information concerning domain name registrations

regardless of which TLD the domain name is

registered in or which registrar processed the domain

name application."

 

Who is providing this cross-registry database?  Is

this an ICANN project or an ICM initiative? 

Presumably this is something different than VeriSign's

Centralized WHOIS.