Apologies for the lateness in this reply....
Currently there is no way to modify any contact for .info, we're working
very hard to get this to you. We expect to have this functionality in the
next month (or so) before .info transfers are starting.
Unfortunately the phone number format for .info is non-negotiable. .info
runs on a "thick" registry whereby they are responsible for a consolidated
whois system. All the contact info MUST go through them, so it MUST follow
their rules. As a suggestion, when a customer brings up an older profile
and wishes to then associate it with a .info domain, you can run his current
number(s) through a algorithm that will either attempt to convert it, or at
least notify him that the formatting must be altered.
As an FYI - .uk, .tv, .ca, and now .biz/.info/.name (hrm...) all have
"thick" registries whereby all the information is contained at the registry
so there is not (as with gTLDs) a distributed whois (which causes problems
of its own - i.e. no standard whois output).
Handles for .info will be handled automatically for now (just like they are
for .tv, which uses handles as well). We are working on a handle system
(have been forever it seems); just trying to prioritize everything correctly
so you have the best service we can provide.
Charles Daminato
OpenSRS Product Manager
Tucows Inc. - chuck@tucows.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org
> [mailto:owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org]On Behalf Of David Sanchez
> Sent: October 30, 2001 12:31 AM
> To: discuss-list@opensrs.org
> Subject: .info contact handles, etc.
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Currently contact handles for .info domain names are created on register
> time, and at this moment there's no way to modify any contact
> info for this
> TLD, correct?
>
> But, when will be modification become available? but more important, will
> be any problem with this? I mean, let's say a customer which has 20 .com
> and 2 .info in his profile, and he wants to change admin contact info on
> all those domains, should he enter phone numbers in .info format to work?
> (+NN.XXXXXX).
>
> For me this is a bit problematic, we've developed some kind of contact
> handles over OSRS system, and a returning customer can assign his contact
> hdl to a .info domain, and most probably he didn't enter a .info phone
> format when he created the contact hdl.
>
> What I am probably going to do is to make a .info phone compatible format
> at register and modification time, with his country code and phone
> (guessing phone parts); and in the future, ask for a more defined
> phone in
> contact creation time... (but who knows what will be others TLD
> requirements). I've had similar problems with .tv registry not accepting
> most of spanish special characters :-/
>
> BTW, .info and .biz registries don't seem to be a poor system
> than the NSI
> one? I like the model of having nameserver and registrar info at the
> registry, and contact info at the registrar... why now duplicate contact
> information, both at the registry and the registrar?
>
> On more thing... I've heard OpenSRS will be supporting contact handles
> soon, will be compatible the old API?
>
> Regards,
>
> David Sánchez
> Veloxia Network,S.L.
>
> dsanchez@veloxia.com
>
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