Re: whois server features

[anthony kasza <anthony.kasza () gmail com>]

Scripting languages have modules that can parse many registrar whois
formats. However, most are incomplete due to the plurality of output
formats as stated above. I, and i suspect many others, wouls *love* to see
a more concrete key value format drafted and enforced by ICANN.

-AK
On Jan 7, 2015 12:26 PM, "Rubens Kuhl" <rubensk () gmail com> wrote:

> > This is not the response I was looking for (and reading the RFC makes
> > me feel even worse).
> >
> > Is there a better mechanism for querying NICs for host/owner information?
>
> There will be, one day. And the start (although not the whole journey) will
> be when this I-D follows the standard path all the way to STD:
> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-weirds-rdap-query-18.html
>
>
> Rubens