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and there have been questions as to the adequacy of these tools for use in an IDN environment (see: joint SSAC Working Group on Internationalized Registration Data, https://icann-community.icannatlassian.orgnet/wiki/displayspaces/gnsossac/Internationalized+Registration+Data+Working+Group+-+Homeoverview ),
and there have been extensive discussions about the requirements of the Whois service with respect to Registry and registrar operations in the GNSO community (see: history of Whois policy activity: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/whois-services/ ),
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