Rob You don’t need the auth-code – you generally generate that on the registrar or registry side, so it’s not actually being collected You *might* need the “create date” Regards Michele -- Mr Michele Neylon Blacknight Solutions Hosting, Colocation & Domains http://www.blacknight.host/ http://blog.blacknight.com/ http://ceo.hosting/ Intl. +353 (0) 59 9183072 Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090 ------------------------------- Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,R93 X265,Ireland Company No.: 370845 On 05/07/2016, 01:46, "gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces@icann.org on behalf of Rob Golding" <gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces@icann.org on behalf of rob.golding@astutium.com> wrote: Getting back to the basics ... On the question of "what data should be collected" (lets leave who by for a moment) can we get to some agreement about what data is actually needed for a domain to exist (be that collected, generated or created) and what additional data is needed for it to be used I _think_ this is just: Required domain-name registrar expiry date auth-code status And for it to be of some "functional" use: Optional nameservers Rob _______________________________________________ gnso-rds-pdp-wg mailing list gnso-rds-pdp-wg@icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-rds-pdp-wg