On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 03:05:13PM +1100, Nettlefold, Peter wrote:
"To make WHOIS data more accessible for consumers, the review team recommends that ICANN should set up a dedicated, multilingual interface website to help users access thick gTLD WHOIS data.
Remove 'thick gTLD'. The scope is narrowed later.
This would be a smart web portal, that would assist users to access publicly available WHOIS data. It is not envisaged that this would replicate registry databases in any way, but instead help users by providing a single centralised site through which to search those databases, and to display the WHOIS data in an accessible way.
Ack. (There is no reference zu gTLD.)
The review team has discussed the scope of this portal, and seeks ecommunity views on whether it should only apply to thin gTLD registries, or should instead provide a comprehensive gTLD search service."
In order to be really useful, the system should be able to access any ICANN regulated WHOIS data (which includes ASN and IP).