Re: Proposal: A standard EPP OT&E test suite for each object type and extension type

On 17/06/11 11:03, Jim Reid wrote:

> On 17 Jun 2011, at 10:44, Patrik Fältström wrote:
> 
>> I do understand if there are say 2-5 different business models etc, but one
>> per registry, that is (to be honest, but sorry for the language -- I am
>> exaggerating a bit of course) "just silly". I do not see that being needed
>> or good for domain name registrations in the world.
> 
> True.
> 
> However with 200+ countries in the world, that pretty much means 200+
> different business models because there are 200+ different registry policies
> or national laws.... :-(
> 
> It might be better to approach this from a different direction. How about
> defining a standard set of registry transactions -- create/delete/modify
> objects, renew and transfer a domain name, etc -- and writing this up as a
> BCP? Once that's done, the BCP could be encoded in a standard test suite. In
> other words, document what it is that's to be tested before developing a test
> suite. Some tests might be optional (for instance IDN and DNSSEC might not be
> deployed in places) while others are mandatory.

That's not a million miles from what I was originally thinking, and personally
I'm very much behind this idea. It may help discourage
unnecessarily heterodox design decisions by future registry operators.

K.

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