[Handle-info] Handle Namespace Registration Info

["Hammond, Tony" <t.hammond@nature.com>]

Hi:

A recent discussion on DNS namespace registration [1] has got me thinking
about Handle namespace registration. And please forgive this post - I
suddenly feel very dense about the details.

Two questions specifically:

1. Length of Registration (Consecutive)

DNS namespace registration is topped at 10 years consecutive by ICANN. Is
there a similar capping for Handle? I note from the Handle System Service
Agreement (Ver. 3) [2] that there is an annual service fee (see under point
"3. Fees") which may be prepayed optionally in 5-year or 10-year
installments. Does that mean that the maximum consecutive period for Handle
namespace registration is comparable to that of DNS namespace registration?
(I note also that under the fourth bullet of point "3. Fees" that at CNRI
sole discretion the annual service fee may be waived thus leading to
potentially unlimited registrations for a favoured few?)

2. Querying of Registration Details

Is there anything comparable to the level of registration details returned
by the Whois service for DNS entries? For example, the handle.net DNS domain
can be publicly queried to return the following:

   Domain Name: HANDLE.NET
   Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC.
   Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
   Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com
   Name Server: NS.CNRI.RESTON.VA.US
   Name Server: NS.HANDLE.NET
   Name Server: NS3.CNRI.US
   Status: clientTransferProhibited
   Updated Date: 01-dec-2006
   Creation Date: 12-apr-1996
   Expiration Date: 13-apr-2011

This lists (inter alia) the creation, updated, and expiration dates for the
namespace.

Is that same (or similar) information available for Handle namespaces and
can it be publicly queried?

If I look at the namespace handle, say 0.na/10 for DOI, I can query that
using OpenHandle say [3a] and get values for HS_ADMIN, HS_SERV, HS_VLIST,
and EMAIL. Actually the HS_VLIST data type isn't mapped properly so the
hdl.handle.net client is better here [3b] and returns the handles managed
under the HS_VLIST. I can then query those handles in turn (e.g. 200/1) and
get OpenHandle [4a] or hdl.handle.net [4b] results which just return
HS_ADMIN, HS_PUBKEY and EMAIL values.

I don't seem to be able to get anything about registration dates. Is that
true? Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place. (The HS_SERV record just details
the service info.)

(Oh the reason for not using the GUI tool is of course firewall issues.)

I'm assuming that this information is, or should be, available through the
HS.

Thanks for any info,

Tony


[1] http://www.crossref.org/CrossTech/2008/07/five_years.html
[2] http://hdl.handle.net/4263537/5029
[3] 
http://nascent.nature.com/openhandle/handle?&mimetype=text/plain&format=json
&id=0.na/10
[3b] http://hdl.handle.net/0.na/10
[4a] 
http://nascent.nature.com/openhandle/handle?&mimetype=text/plain&format=json
&id=200/1
[4b] http://hdl.handle.net/200/1



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