Re: IDN administrative bundling

One could implement variant domain names as attributes of the primary
domain name achieved through the use of object extensions preserving the
domain object mapping. Underneath the registry object can still be a
bundle having a canonical form, primary domain name, registrant contact
etc and a list of (activated) variant domain names.

Treating all names as individual yet linked domain names does not make
much sense for both registry and registrar if the variant model is "you
can have this variant on the condition that it is identical to the primary
name".

James

On 30/03/12 4:49 PM, "Andrew Sullivan" <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 04:37:31PM +1100, James Mitchell wrote:
>> Why treat each variant as a separate domain object that "can" be
>>managed independently when they actually can't?
>> 
>
>I can see one reason: no requirement of a completely new EPP object
>type.  This isn't nothing.
>
>Also, EPP already has to support registry policies that place
>restrictions on what you can do to a name even though the restriction
>isn't reflected anywhere in the registry; we call this "registry
>policy" usually.  For instance, some names require a "presence"
>requirement be fulfilled.  The presence precondition is satisfied by
>the address value in the primary contact associated with the domain.
>You can tell, if you look, whether a given contact object will satisfy
>a given presence precondition, but there's no way to tell just by
>looking at a name whether some contact or other will fulfill its
>presence preconditions.
>
>(Nevertheless, there is something that feels unnatural under EPP about
>linking different objects together this way, however loosely.)
>
>Best,
>
>A
>
>
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