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Answer (Roger Carney, GoDaddy and former T/T PDP WG member): When the PDP was working on this language, I recognized that the current WHOIS system, with some modifications, including the RDAP component, may be able to support these recommendations, but not seeing how or when these modifications would be introduced I assumed these recommendations would be used as input into the Next Generation RDS PDP. As everyone has heard me say multiple times I never considered RDAP as a WHOIS replacement system and the text in multiple recommendations does confirm this (i.e. RDAP does not collect, store or display data, it is a communications protocol). More generally and overriding, my intent in the PDP was that these recommendations were holistic in nature. All of these recommendations would be considered together and were only applicable if a registry/registrar chose to translate/transliterate and that there was a system in place for collecting, storing, retrieving and displaying of originally collected data and applicable transformations of that data.
Answer (w/ name and affiliation):James Galvin, Afilias, T/T PDP WG Member, IRD Expert WG Chair): It is my recollection that because WHOIS-related activities were still in progress and more were envisioned, it was best to leave the answer to that question to be determined when it was needed. Today, I would say "yes", there is a relationship between implementing these recommendations and the ongoing work in the Next Generation RDS PDP working group. It is our responsibility to identify conflicts and state what can be done now and what should be deferred pending the outcome of that work. There is also the second "WHOIS Review Team" being created; we should consider if there are any conflicts with its expected work product(s).
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