Subject: [regext] RFC 7483 (RDAP responses) Implementation Status

From: "Hollenbeck, Scott" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 19:03:00 +0000

I'm starting work on a 7483bis draft that will address all documented errata and include implementation status information to better position the document as a candidate for progression to Internet Standard status. The errata are easy to address myself, implementation status less so. This is the kind of information we can include if you've implemented an RDAP server and you'd like contribute a description of your implementation (see RFC 7942 for complete details):

-  The organization responsible for the implementation, if any.

-  The implementation's name and/or a link to a web page where the implementation or a description of it can be found.

-  A brief general description.

-  The implementation's level of maturity: research, prototype, alpha, beta, production, widely used, etc.

-  Coverage: which parts of the protocol specification are implemented.

-  Version compatibility: what version/versions of the Internet-Draft are known to be implemented.

-  Licensing: the terms under which the implementation can be used. For example: proprietary, royalty licensing, freely distributable with acknowledgement (BSD style), freely distributable with requirement to redistribute source (General Public License (GPL) style), and other (specify).

-  Implementation experience: any useful information the implementers want to share with the community.

-  Contact information: ideally a person's name and email address, but possibly just a URL or mailing list.

-  The date when information about this particular implementation was last updated.

You can omit any of the above that might not be applicable. Feel free to reply to the list or to me individually if you're interested in contributing to the draft.

Scott