prop-167: Published Statistics on Directory Service Usage
Proposal text | prop-167-v002 |
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Objective |
This proposal suggests to provide APNIC members and stakeholders with visibility into the use of WHOIS and RDAP services. |
Current status | To be discussed at APNIC 60 |
Authors |
Jonathan Brewer |
Relevant forum | Policy SIG |
Previous versions | prop-167-v001 |
Secretariat impact assessment |
This Impact assessment is for prop-167-v001APNIC Secretariat is aware that a updated version has since been published and are currently reviewing the initial assessment in the context of the updated proposal. 1. APNIC’s Understanding of the Proposed PolicyThis Policy Proposal would require APNIC to provide Resource Holders and other stakeholders with visibility into the use of WHOIS and RDAP services. APNIC would publish the Statistics about directory services usage to include the following data points:
The Data should be updated hourly and be published in a machine readable format such as JSON or CSV 2. Impact of Proposed Policy on Registry and Addressing SystemThere is no impact expected on the Registry and Addressing systems 3. Impact of Proposed Policy on APNIC Operation/ServicesThere is a medium level of impact on the Software teams. This data is already available to our technical teams for internal use. No Service Level Agreement (SLA) will be attached to the data availability and the data will be published on a “Best-Effort” basis. 4. Legal Impact of PolicyAPNIC is currently developing an enhanced privacy compliance program which will culminate in a revised Privacy Statement. The collection and publication of this usage data, if the Proposed Policy reaches consensus, it will be factored into this program and the resulting updated Privacy Statement. APNIC will implement terms of use for these services in the future and will take into account this tracking and reporting as part of the development of such terms. 5. ImplementationIf this Policy Proposal reaches consensus, the implementation time frame would be approximately 3 months subject to the call for editorial comments period. |
Proposal history | |
05 August 2025 | Version 1 posted to the Policy SIG mailing list for community discussion. |
15 August 2025 | Impact Analysis published and posted to the Policy SIG mailing list for community discussion. |
21 August 2025 | Version 2 posted to the Policy SIG mailing list for community discussion. |