prop-173: Copyright and Acceptable Use Terms for APNIC Directory Services

Proposal text prop-173-v001
Objective

APNIC will publish a clear, public, versioned APNIC Directory Services Acceptable Use Policy governing ordinary access to WHOIS, RDAP, and web-based directory searches.

Current status Published to Mailing List
Authors

Jonathan Brewer

Relevant forum Policy SIG
Previous versions N/A
Secretariat impact assessment N/A
Proposal history
17 August 2026 Version 1 posted to the Policy SIG mailing list for community discussion.