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draft-ietf-regext-rdap-jscontact-11
Registration Protocols Extensions                            M. Loffredo
Internet-Draft                                       IIT-CNR/Registro.it
Intended status: Standards Track                                G. Brown
Expires: 29 October 2022                            CentralNic Group plc
                                                           27 April 2022

    Using JSContact in Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) JSON
                               Responses
                  draft-ietf-regext-rdap-jscontact-11

Abstract

   This document describes an RDAP extension which represents entity
   contact information in JSON responses using JSContact.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     1.1.  Rationale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     1.2.  Conventions Used in This Document . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  JSContact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   3.  Using JSCard objects in RDAP Responses  . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     3.1.  RDAP Query Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   4.  Transition Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     4.1.  RDAP Features Supporting a Transition Process . . . . . .  10
       4.1.1.  Notices and Link Relationships  . . . . . . . . . . .  10
       4.1.2.  rdapConformance Property  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
       4.1.3.  Query Parameters  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     4.2.  Transition Procedure  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
       4.2.1.  Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
       4.2.2.  Transition Stages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
         4.2.2.1.  Stage 1: only jCard provided  . . . . . . . . . .  12
         4.2.2.2.  Stage 2: jCard sunset . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
         4.2.2.3.  Stage 3: jCard deprecation  . . . . . . . . . . .  13
         4.2.2.4.  Stage 4: jCard deprecated . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
         4.2.2.5.  Length  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
   5.  Implementation Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     5.1.  IIT-CNR/Registro.it RDAP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     5.2.  IIT-CNR/Registro.it RDAP Client . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
     5.3.  client.rdap.org . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
     5.4.  CentralNic Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
   6.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
   7.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
   8.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
   9.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
     9.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
     9.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
   Appendix A.  jCard-JSContact Mapping  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
   Appendix B.  Change Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
     B.1.  Change from 00 to 01  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
     B.2.  Change from 01 to 02  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
     B.3.  Change from 02 to 03  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
     B.4.  Change from 03 to 04  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
     B.5.  Initial WG version  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
     B.6.  Change from 00 to 01  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
     B.7.  Change from 01 to 02  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
     B.8.  Change from 02 to 03  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
     B.9.  Change from 03 to 04  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
     B.10. Change from 04 to 05  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
     B.11. Change from 05 to 06  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
     B.12. Change from 06 to 07  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
     B.13. Change from 07 to 08  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
     B.14. Change from 08 to 09  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23

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     B.15. Change from 09 to 10  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
     B.16. Change from 10 to 11  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23

1.  Introduction

   This document specifies an extension to the Registration Data Access
   Protocol (RDAP) that allows RDAP servers to use JSContact
   [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact] to represent the contact information
   associated with entities in RDAP responses, instead of jCard
   [RFC7095].  It also describes the process by which an RDAP server can
   transition from jCard to JSContact.  RDAP query and response
   extensions are defined to facilitate the transition process.

1.1.  Rationale

   According to the feedback from RDAP Pilot Working Group
   [RDAP-PILOT-WG], a group of RDAP server implementers representing
   registries and registrars of generic TLDs, the most commonly raised
   implementation concern, for both servers and client implementers,
   related to the use of jCard [RFC7095] to represent the contact
   information associated with entities.  Working Group members reported
   jCard to be unintuitive, complicated to implement for both clients
   and servers, and incompatible with best practices for RESTful APIs.

   JSContact [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact] provides a simpler and more
   efficient representation for contact information with regard to time
   and effort saved in processing it.  In addition, similarly to jCard,
   it provides a means to represent internationalised and unstructured
   contact information.  Support for internationalised contact
   information has been recognised being necessary to facilitate the
   future internationalisation of registration data directory services.

1.2.  Conventions Used in This Document

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
   "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
   14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
   capitals, as shown here.

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2.  JSContact

   The JSContact specification defines a data model and JSON
   representation of contact information that can be used for data
   storage and exchange in address book or directory applications.  It
   aims to be an alternative to the vCard data format [RFC6350] and to
   be unambiguous, extendable and simple to process.  In contrast with
   jCard, it is not a direct mapping from the vCard data model and
   expands semantics where appropriate.

   The JSContact specification declares two main object types: "Card",
   which represents a single contact card, and "CardGroup" which
   represents a collection of Card objects.  For the purpose of this
   document, only Card objects are considered.  To avoid confusion, in
   the following of this document, the term "JSCard" is used to refer to
   "JSContact Card".

   JSCard differs from jCard in that it:

   *  follows an object-oriented rather than array-oriented approach;
   *  is simple to process;
   *  requires no extra work in serialization/deserialization from/to a
      data model;
   *  includes no "jagged" arrays;
   *  prefers maps rather than arrays to implement collections.

   [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact-vcard] provides informational guidance on
   the conversion of jCard into JSCard, and vice versa.  Appendix A
   shows JSContact counterparts for the most commonly used jCard
   properties in an RDAP response.

3.  Using JSCard objects in RDAP Responses

   Entity objects in RDAP responses MAY include a "jscard" property
   whose value is a JSCard object instead of the "vCardArray" property
   defined in [RFC9083].

   Servers returning the "jscard" property in their response MUST
   include "jscard_0" in the "rdapConformance" array.

   The JSCard "uid" property SHOULD contain the same value as the RDAP
   "handle" property.

   Since most of the JSCard collections are represented as maps, map
   keys must be defined.  To aid interoperability, RDAP providers are
   RECOMMENDED to use as map keys the following string values and labels
   defined in [RFC5733]:

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   *  "org" in the "organizations" map when there is a single
      <contact:org> element.  If both internationalised and localized
      forms exist, the key MUST be used for the internationalised form;
   *  "addr" in the "addresses" map when there is a single
      <contact:addr> element.  If both internationalised and localized
      forms exist, the key MUST be used for the internationalised form;
   *  "email" in the "emails" map for the <contact:email> element;
   *  "voice" in the "phones" map for the <contact:voice> element;
   *  "fax" in the "phones" map for the <contact:fax> element.

   If present, the localized versions of name, organization and postal
   address MUST be inserted into the "localizations" map.  The following
   is an elided example of an RDAP entity lookup response including a
   JSCard object that presents the "localizations" map (See PDF for non-
   ASCII character string).

   ...
   "jscard": {
     "@type" : "Card",
     "uid" : "7e0636f5-e48f-4a32-ab96-b57e9c07c7aa",
     "fullName" : "Vasya Pupkin",
     "organizations" : {
       "org" : {
         "@type" : "Organization",
         "name" : "My Company"
       }
     },
     "addresses" : {
       "addr" : {
         "@type" : "Address",
         "street" : [ {
           "@type" : "StreetComponent",
           "type" : "name",
           "value" : "1 Street"
         }, {
           "@type" : "StreetComponent",
           "type" : "postOfficeBox",
           "value" : "01001"
         } ],
         "locality" : "Kyiv",
         "countryCode" : "UA"
       }
     },
     "localizations" : {
       "ua" : {
         "/jscard/addresses/addr" : {
           "@type" : "Address",
           "street" : [ {

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             "@type" : "StreetComponent",
             "type" : "name",
             "value" : "1, Улица"
           }, {
             "@type" : "StreetComponent",
             "type" : "postOfficeBox",
             "value" : "01001"
           } ],
           "locality" : "Киев",
           "countryCode" : "UA"
         },
         "/jscard/fullName" : "Вася Пупкин",
         "/jscard/organizations/org" : {
           "@type" : "Organization",
           "name" : "Моя Компания"
         }
       }
     }
   }
   ...

          Figure 1: Example of handling localizations in JSContact

   Implementers MAY use different mapping schemes to define keys for
   additional entries of the aforementioned maps or others.  For
   example, a mapping scheme may consist in using a trivial sequential
   number (e.g. "url-1", "url-2", etc.)

   The following is an example of an RDAP entity including a JSCard
   object that has been converted from the example in section 5.1 of
   [RFC9083].

   {
      "rdapConformance": [
         "rdap_level_0",
         "jscard_0"
      ],
      "objectClassName" : "entity",
      "handle":"XXXX",
      "jscard":{
        "@type": "Card",
        "uid": "XXXX",
        "fullName": "Joe User" ,
        "name": {
          "@type": "Name",
          "components": [
            {
              "@type": "NameComponent",

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              "type": "surname",
              "value": "User"
            },
            {
              "@type": "NameComponent",
              "type": "personal",
              "value": "Joe"
            },
            {
              "@type": "NameComponent",
              "type": "suffix",
              "value": "ing. jr"
            },
            {
              "@type": "NameComponent",
              "type": "suffix",
              "value": "M.Sc."
            }
          ]
        },
        "kind": "individual",
        "preferredContactLanguages": {
          "fr": {
            "@type": "ContactLanguage",
            "pref": 1
          },
          "en": {
            "@type": "ContactLanguage",
            "pref": 2
          }
        },
        "organizations": {
          "org": {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "name": "Example"
          }
        },
        "titles": {
          "title": {
            "@type": "Title",
            "title": "Research Scientist"
          },
          "role": {
            "@type": "Title",
            "title": "Project Lead"
          }
        },
        "addresses": {

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          "addr": {
            "@type": "Address",
            "contexts": {
              "work": true
            },
            "street": [
              {
                "@type": "StreetComponent",
                "type": "name",
                "value": "4321 Rue Somewhere"
              },
              {
                "@type": "StreetComponent",
                "type": "extension",
                "value": "Suite 1234"
              }
            ],
            "locality": "Quebec",
            "region": "QC",
            "postcode": "G1V 2M2",
            "country": "Canada",
            "countryCode": "CA",
            "coordinates": "geo:46.772673,-71.282945",
            "timeZone": "Etc/GMT+5"
          },
          "home": {
            "@type": "Address",
            "contexts": {
              "private": true
            },
            "fullAddress": "123 Maple Ave\nSuite 90001\nVancouver\nBC\n1239\n"
          }
        },
        "phones": {
          "voice" : {
            "@type": "Phone",
            "contexts": {
              "work": true
            },
            "features": {
               "voice": true,
               "cell": true,
               "video": true,
               "text": true
            },
            "pref": 1,
            "phone": "tel:+1-555-555-1234;ext=102"
          }

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        },
        "emails": {
          "email": {
            "@type": "EmailAddress",
            "contexts": {
              "work": true
            },
            "email": "joe.user@example.com"
          }
        },
        "online": {
          "key": {
            "@type" : "Resource",
            "contexts": {
              "work": true
            },
            "type": "publicKey",
            "resource": "http://www.example.com/joe.user/joe.asc"
          },
          "url": {
            "@type" : "Resource",
            "contexts": {
              "private": true
            },
            "type": "uri",
            "resource": "http://example.org"
          }
        }
      },
      "roles":[ "registrar" ],
      "publicIds":[
        {
          "type":"IANA Registrar ID",
          "identifier":"1"
        }
      ],
      "remarks":[
        {
          "description":[
            "She sells sea shells down by the sea shore.",
            "Originally written by Terry Sullivan."
          ]
        }
      ],
      "links":[
        {
          "value":"http://example.com/entity/XXXX",
          "rel":"self",

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          "href":"http://example.com/entity/XXXX",
          "type" : "application/rdap+json"
        }
      ],
      "events":[
        {
          "eventAction":"registration",
          "eventDate":"1990-12-31T23:59:59Z"
        }
      ],
      "asEventActor":[
        {
          "eventAction":"last changed",
          "eventDate":"1991-12-31T23:59:59Z"
        }
      ]
   }

        Figure 2: Example of using JSContact in RDAP response

3.1.  RDAP Query Parameters

   Two new query parameters are defined for the purpose of this
   document.

   The query parameters are OPTIONAL extensions of path segments defined
   in [RFC9082].  They are as follows:

   *  "jscard": a boolean value that allows a client to request the
      "jscard" property in the RDAP response;
   *  "jcard": a boolean value that allows a client to request the
      "vcardArray" property in the RDAP response.

   These parameters are furtherly explained in Section 4.

4.  Transition Considerations

4.1.  RDAP Features Supporting a Transition Process

4.1.1.  Notices and Link Relationships

   RDAP allows servers to communicate service information to clients
   through notices.  According to Section 4.3 of [RFC9083], an RDAP
   response may contain one or more notice objects.  Each notice may
   include a set of link objects, which can be used to provide clients
   with references and documentation.  These link objects may have a
   "rel" property which defines the relationship type, as described in
   [RFC8288], Section 4.  The transition process outlined in this

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   document uses two link relation types, namely "related" and
   "alternate", described in [RFC8288].

4.1.2.  rdapConformance Property

   The information about the specifications used in the construction of
   the response is also described by the strings which appear in the
   "rdapConformance" property of the RDAP response.

4.1.3.  Query Parameters

   Clients can ask servers to use the query parameters defined in
   Section 3.1 in accordance with [RFC9082].

4.2.  Transition Procedure

   The principles of the procedure for jCard to JSCard transition are
   based on the best practices in [API-DEPRECATION].

   The procedure consists of four contiguous stages.  During the
   procedure, the presence of "jscard_0" tag in the rdapConformance
   array indicates that JSCard is returned instead of jCard.  The date
   and time format used to notify clients about the stages of this
   procedure is defined in [RFC3339].

4.2.1.  Goals

   The procedure described in this document aims to achieve the
   following goals:

   *  only one contact representation would be included in the response;
   *  the response would always be compliant to [RFC9083] because:
      -  being the "jscard" property a response extension, its presence
         would be signaled by the "jscard_0" conformance tag;
      -  being "vcardArray" property optional in a response, its absence
         would be allowed;
   *  clients would be informed about the transition timeline;
   *  the backward compatibility would be guaranteed throughout the
      transition;
   *  servers and clients could execute their transitions independently.

4.2.2.  Transition Stages

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4.2.2.1.  Stage 1: only jCard provided

   This stage corresponds to providing jCard as the default contact card
   [RFC9083].  The RDAP server is not able to provide an alternate
   contact card.  The rdapConformance array MUST NOT contain the
   "jscard_0" tag.

4.2.2.2.  Stage 2: jCard sunset

   During this stage, the server uses jCard by default, but the RDAP
   server will return JSCard if the client sets the query parameter
   "jscard" to 1/true/yes.  The rdapConformance array MUST contain the
   "jscard_0" tag if JSCard is returned.

   From this stage on, the RDAP server MUST include the "jscard_0" tag
   in the rdapConformance array of the help response to signal clients
   that JSCard can be returned instead of jCard.

   The RDAP server SHOULD include a notice titled "jCard sunset end".
   Such a notice includes a description reporting the jCard sunset end
   date and time and two OPTIONAL links:

   *  "related": a link to a URI-identified resource documenting the
      transition procedure;
   *  "alternate": if JSCard is not requested, a link to an alternate
      result view identified by the current query string plus the
      parameter "jscard" set to 1/true/yes (Figure 3); otherwise, only
      the "related" link can be provided (Figure 4).

   "notices": [
     {
       "title": "jCard sunset end",
       "description": ["2022-07-01T00:00:00Z"],
       "links": [{
           "value": "http://example.net/entity/XXXX",
           "rel": "related",
           "type": "text/html",
           "href": "http://www.example.com/jcard_deprecation.html"
         },
         {
           "value": "http://example.net/entity/XXXX",
           "rel": "alternate",
           "type": "application/rdap+json",
           "href": " http://example.net/entity/XXXX?jscard=1"
         }
       ]
     }
   ]

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               Figure 3: jCard sunset - JSCard not requested

   "notices": [
     {
       "title": "jCard sunset end",
       "description": ["2022-07-01T00:00:00Z"],
       "links": [
         {
           "value": "http://example.net/entity/XXXX?jscard=1",
           "rel": "related",
           "type": "text/html",
           "href": "http://www.example.com/jcard_deprecation.html"
         }
       ]
     }
   ]

                 Figure 4: jCard sunset - JSCard requested

4.2.2.3.  Stage 3: jCard deprecation

   This stage corresponds to the provisioning of JSCard by default, but
   the RDAP will return jCard if the client sets the query parameter
   "jcard" to 1/true/yes.  The rdapConformance array contains the
   "jscard_0" tag unless jCard is returned.  The "jscard" query
   parameter MUST be ignored.

   The RDAP server SHOULD return a notice titled "jCard deprecation
   end".  Such a notice includes a description reporting the jCard
   deprecation end date and time and two OPTIONAL links:

   *  "related": a link to a URI-identified resource documenting the
      transition procedure;
   *  "alternate": if jCard is not requested, a link to an alternate
      result view identified by the current query string plus the
      parameter "jcard" set to 1/true/yes (Figure 5); otherwise, a link
      to the result view identified by the current query string without
      the parameter "jcard" (Figure 6).

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   "notices": [
     {
       "title": "jCard deprecation end",
       "description": ["2022-12-31T23:59:59Z"],
       "links": [
         {
           "value": "http://example.net/entity/XXXX",
           "rel": "related",
           "type": "text/html",
           "href": "http://www.example.com/jcard_deprecation.html"
         },
         {
           "value": "http://example.net/entity/XXXX",
           "rel": "alternate",
           "type": "application/rdap+json",
           "href": " http://example.net/entity/XXXX?jcard=1"
         }
       ]
     }
   ]

             Figure 5: jCard deprecation - jCard not requested

   "notices": [
     {
       "title": "jCard deprecation end",
       "description": ["2022-12-31T23:59:59Z"],
       "links": [
         {
           "value": "http://example.net/entity/XXXX?jcard=1",
           "rel": "related",
           "type": "text/html",
           "href": "http://www.example.com/jcard_deprecation.html"
         },
         {
           "value": "http://example.net/entity/XXXX?jcard=1",
           "rel": "alternate",
           "type": "application/rdap+json",
           "href": " http://example.net/entity/XXXX"
         }
       ]
     }
   ]

               Figure 6: jCard deprecation - jCard requested

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4.2.2.4.  Stage 4: jCard deprecated

   This stage corresponds to providing JSCard as default contact card.
   The RDAP server is not able to provide an alternate contact card.
   The rdapConformance array always contains "jscard_0" tag.  The RDAP
   server doesn't include any notice about the jCard deprecation
   process.  Both "jscard" and "jcard" query parameters MUST be ignored.

4.2.2.5.  Length

   The length of both jCard sunset and jCard deprecation periods are not
   fixed by this specification.  Best practices in REST API deprecation
   suggest that, depending on the deprecated API's reach, user base and
   service offering, a convenient time could be anywhere between 3 - 8
   months.  Anyway, RDAP providers are RECOMMENDED to monitor the server
   log to figure out whether declared times need to be changed to meet
   client requirements.

5.  Implementation Status

   NOTE: Please remove this section and the reference to RFC 7942 prior
   to publication as an RFC.

   This section records the status of known implementations of the
   protocol defined by this specification at the time of posting of this
   Internet-Draft, and is based on a proposal described in RFC 7942
   [RFC7942].  The description of implementations in this section is
   intended to assist the IETF in its decision processes in progressing
   drafts to RFCs.  Please note that the listing of any individual
   implementation here does not imply endorsement by the IETF.
   Furthermore, no effort has been spent to verify the information
   presented here that was supplied by IETF contributors.  This is not
   intended as, and must not be construed to be, a catalog of available
   implementations or their features.  Readers are advised to note that
   other implementations may exist.

   According to RFC 7942, "this will allow reviewers and working groups
   to assign due consideration to documents that have the benefit of
   running code, which may serve as evidence of valuable experimentation
   and feedback that have made the implemented protocols more mature.
   It is up to the individual working groups to use this information as
   they see fit".

5.1.  IIT-CNR/Registro.it RDAP Server

   *  Responsible Organization: Institute of Informatics and Telematics
      of National Research Council (IIT-CNR)/Registro.it
   *  Location: https://rdap.pubtest.nic.it/

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   *  Description: This implementation includes support for RDAP queries
      using data from the public test environment of .it ccTLD.
   *  Level of Maturity: This is an "alpha" test implementation.
   *  Coverage: This implementation includes all of the features
      described in this specification.
   *  Contact Information: Mario Loffredo, mario.loffredo@iit.cnr.it

5.2.  IIT-CNR/Registro.it RDAP Client

   *  Responsible Organization: Institute of Informatics and Telematics
      of National Research Council (IIT-CNR)/Registro.it
   *  Location: https://web-rdap.pubtest.nic.it/
   *  Description: This is a Javascript web-based RDAP client.  RDAP
      responses are retrieved from RDAP servers by the browser, parsed
      into an HTML representation, and displayed in a format improving
      the user experience.  RDAP responses containing JSCard objects are
      handled identically to those containing jCard objects.  Raw
      versions of RDAP responses including either jCard or JSCard
      objects are provided.
   *  Level of Maturity: This is an "alpha" test implementation.
   *  Coverage: This implementation includes all of the features
      described in this specification.
   *  Contact Information: Francesco Donini, francesco.donini@iit.cnr.it

5.3.  client.rdap.org

   *  Location: https://client.rdap.org/
   *  Description: This is a web-based "single page" RDAP client.  RDAP
      responses are retrieved from RDAP servers by the browser, and
      parsed into an HTML representation.  RDAP responses containing
      JSCard objects are handled identically to those containing jCard
      objects.
   *  Level of Maturity: This is an "alpha" test implementation.
   *  Coverage: This implementation implements client support for
      parsing JSCard objects in RDAP responses.
   *  Contact Information: Gavin Brown, feedback@rdap.org

5.4.  CentralNic Registry

   *  Responsible Organization: CentralNic Group PLC
   *  Location: https://rdap.centralnic.com/{tld}
   *  Description: This server is the product RDAP service for all top-
      level domains on the CentralNic registry platform.
   *  Level of Maturity: Production quality.
   *  Coverage: This implementation includes all of the features
      described in this specification.
   *  Contact Information: support@centralnic.com

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6.  IANA Considerations

   IANA is requested to register the following values in the RDAP
   Extensions Registry:

   *  Extension identifier: jscard_0
   *  Registry operator: Any
   *  Published specification: This document.
   *  Contact: IETF <iesg@ietf.org>
   *  Intended usage: This extension represents a contact card provided
      in an RDAP response according to the JSContact specification
      [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact].

7.  Security Considerations

   Unlike jCard, the formatted name as well as any other personally
   identifiable information is not required in JSCard.  The only
   mandatory property, namely "uid", is not a sensitive information as
   it happens, instead, for the "fn" property in jCard.  Therefore,
   redacted properties can be merely excluded without using placeholder
   values.  This means that, with reference to what is described in
   [I-D.ietf-regext-rdap-redacted], only the "Removal" method can be
   used for redacting JSContact properties whereas the "Empty Value" is
   also used for redacting jCard.

8.  Acknowledgements

   The authors would like to acknowledge the following individuals for
   their contributions to this document: Jasdip Singh and Francesco
   Donini.

9.  References

9.1.  Normative References

   [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]
              Stepanek, R. and M. Loffredo, "JSContact: A JSON
              representation of contact data", Work in Progress,
              Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-calext-jscontact-00, 17 January
              2020, <https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-calext-
              jscontact-00.txt>.

   [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact-vcard]
              Loffredo, M. and R. Stepanek, "JSContact: Converting from
              and to vCard", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-
              ietf-calext-jscontact-vcard-00, 7 March 2022,
              <https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-calext-
              jscontact-vcard-00.txt>.

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   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC3339]  Klyne, G. and C. Newman, "Date and Time on the Internet:
              Timestamps", RFC 3339, DOI 10.17487/RFC3339, July 2002,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3339>.

   [RFC5733]  Hollenbeck, S., "Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP)
              Contact Mapping", STD 69, RFC 5733, DOI 10.17487/RFC5733,
              August 2009, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5733>.

   [RFC6350]  Perreault, S., "vCard Format Specification", RFC 6350,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6350, August 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6350>.

   [RFC7095]  Kewisch, P., "jCard: The JSON Format for vCard", RFC 7095,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7095, January 2014,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7095>.

   [RFC7942]  Sheffer, Y. and A. Farrel, "Improving Awareness of Running
              Code: The Implementation Status Section", BCP 205,
              RFC 7942, DOI 10.17487/RFC7942, July 2016,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7942>.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
              May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.

   [RFC8288]  Nottingham, M., "Web Linking", RFC 8288,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8288, October 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8288>.

   [RFC8605]  Hollenbeck, S. and R. Carney, "vCard Format Extensions:
              ICANN Extensions for the Registration Data Access Protocol
              (RDAP)", RFC 8605, DOI 10.17487/RFC8605, May 2019,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8605>.

   [RFC9082]  Hollenbeck, S. and A. Newton, "Registration Data Access
              Protocol (RDAP) Query Format", STD 95, RFC 9082,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC9082, June 2021,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9082>.

   [RFC9083]  Hollenbeck, S. and A. Newton, "JSON Responses for the
              Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)", STD 95,
              RFC 9083, DOI 10.17487/RFC9083, June 2021,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9083>.

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9.2.  Informative References

   [API-DEPRECATION]
              Sandoval, K., "How to Smartly Sunset and Deprecate APIs",
              August 2019, <https://web.archive.org/web/20200417084255/
              https://nordicapis.com/how-to-smartly-sunset-and-
              deprecate-apis/>.

   [I-D.ietf-jsonpath-base]
              Gössner, S., Normington, G., and C. Bormann, "JSONPath:
              Query expressions for JSON", Work in Progress, Internet-
              Draft, draft-ietf-jsonpath-base-03, 16 January 2022,
              <https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-jsonpath-base-
              03.txt>.

   [I-D.ietf-regext-rdap-redacted]
              Gould, J., Smith, D., Kolker, J., and R. Carney, "Redacted
              Fields in the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)
              Response", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-
              regext-rdap-redacted-02, 18 November 2021,
              <https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-regext-rdap-
              redacted-02.txt>.

   [RDAP-PILOT-WG]
              ICANN RDAP Pilot WG, "RDAP Pilot Report", April 2019,
              <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rdap-pilot-
              report-25apr19-en.pdf>.

Appendix A.  jCard-JSContact Mapping

   Provided that the keys defined in Section 3 are used for the
   JSContact maps, the mapping between the most commonly used jCard
   properties in an RDAP response and their JSContact counterparts is
   shown in the following.  The mapping is done through the use of a
   JSONPath expression [I-D.ietf-jsonpath-base].

   jCard property:  fn
   Reference:  Section 6.2.1 of [RFC6350]
   Path:  $..vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=='fn')][3]
   JSContact property:  fullName
   Reference:  Section 2.2.2 of [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]
   Path:  $..jscard.fullName

   jCard property:  org
   Reference:  Section 6.6.4 of [RFC6350]
   Path:  $..vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=='org')][3]
   JSContact property:  Organization.name
   Reference:  Section 2.2.4 of [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]

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   Path:  $..organizations.org.name

   jCard property:  tel with type="voice"
   Reference:  Section 6.4.1 of [RFC6350]
   Path:  $..vcardArray[1][?(@[1].type=='voice')][3]
   JSContact property:  Phone.phone
   Reference:  Section 2.3.2 of [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]
   Path:  $..phones.voice.phone

   jCard property:  tel with type="fax"
   Reference:  Section 6.4.1 of [RFC6350]
   Path:  $..vcardArray[1][?(@[1].type=='fax')][3]
   JSContact property:  Phone.phone
   Reference:  Section 2.3.2 of [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]
   Path:  $..phones.fax.phone

   jCard property:  email
   Reference:  Section 6.4.2 of [RFC6350]
   Path:  $..vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=='email')][3]
   JSContact property:  Email.email
   Reference:  Section 2.3.1 of [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]
   Path:  $..emails.email.email

   jCard property:  "post office box" component of adr
   Reference:  Section 6.3.1 of [RFC6350]
   Path:  $..vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=='adr')][3][1]
   JSContact property:  "postOfficeBox" StreetComponent of
      Address.street
   Reference:  Section 2.4.1 of [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]
   Path:  $..addresses.addr.street[?(@.type=='postOfficeBox')].value

   jCard property:  "street address" component of adr
   Reference:  Section 6.3.1 of [RFC6350]
   Path:  $..vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=='adr')][3][2]
   JSContact property:  "name" StreetComponent of Address.street
   Reference:  Section 2.4.1 of [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]
   Path:  $..addresses.addr.street[?(@.type=='name')].value

   jCard property:  "locality" component of adr
   Reference:  Section 6.3.1 of [RFC6350]
   Path:  $..vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=='adr')][3][3]
   JSContact property:  Address.locality
   Reference:  Section 2.4.1 of [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]
   Path:  $..addresses.addr.locality

   jCard property:  "region" component of adr
   Reference:  Section 6.3.1 of [RFC6350]
   Path:  $..vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=='adr')][3][4]

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   JSContact property:  Address.region
   Reference:  Section 2.4.1 of [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]
   Path:  $..addresses.addr.region

   jCard property:  "postal code" component of adr
   Reference:  Section 6.3.1 of [RFC6350]
   Path:  $..vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=='adr')][3][5]
   JSContact property:  Address.postcode
   Reference:  Section 2.4.1 of [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]
   Path:  $..addresses.addr.postcode

   jCard property:  "country name" component of adr
   Reference:  Section 6.3.1 of [RFC6350]
   Path:  $..vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=='adr')][3][6]
   JSContact property:  Address.country
   Reference:  Section 2.4.1 of [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]
   Path:  $..addresses.addr.country

   jCard property:  "cc" parameter of adr
   Reference:  Section 3.1 of [RFC8605]
   Path:  $..vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=='adr')][1].cc
   JSContact property:  Address.countryCode
   Reference:  Section 2.4.1 of [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]
   Path:  $..addresses.addr.countryCode

Appendix B.  Change Log

B.1.  Change from 00 to 01

   1.   Changed category from "Best Current Practice" to "Standards
        Track"
   2.   Replaced the example of Figure 2
   3.   Changed the title of the "Migration from JCard to JSCard"
        section to "Transition Considerations"
   4.   Added Section 3.1
   5.   Updated Section 6
   6.   Updated Section 7
   7.   Rearranged the description of stage 1 in Section 4.2.2
   8.   Changed the names of the transition stages 1 and 2
   9.   Corrected Figure 3, Figure 5, Figure 6
   10.  Changed the rdapConformance tag "jscard_level_0" to "jscard"
   11.  Removed the "Best Practices for deprecating a REST API features"
        section,but added a useful reference.

B.2.  Change from 01 to 02

   1.  Removed the sentence "which cannot be represented using jCard" in
       Section 1.1.

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B.3.  Change from 02 to 03

   1.  Updated section "Conventions Used in This Document".
   2.  Updated the contact in "IANA Considerations" section.
   3.  Changed the reference draft-loffredo-calext-jscontact-vcard to
       draft-ietf-calext-jscontact-vcard.
   4.  Added reference to RFC8174.
   5.  Other minor edits.

B.4.  Change from 03 to 04

   1.  Updated the reference draft-dalal-deprecation-header to draft-
       ietf-httpapi-deprecation-header.

B.5.  Initial WG version

   1.  Ported from draft-loffredo-regext-rdap-jcard-deprecation-04
       renamed to draft-ietf-regext-rdap-jscontact-00.

B.6.  Change from 00 to 01

   1.  Updated Section 3 and Figure 2.

B.7.  Change from 01 to 02

   1.  Updated Section 2 and Figure 2.

B.8.  Change from 02 to 03

   1.  Replaced references to obsolete RFC7482 and RFC7483 with RFC9082
       and RFC9083.
   2.  Updated Section 3 and Figure 2.

B.9.  Change from 03 to 04

   1.  Changed the references to Internet Drafts.
   2.  Added an example showing how localizations are treated in
       JSContact.
   3.  Changed the position of section "Goals" in Section 4.2.
   4.  Added three more implementations to Section 5.
   5.  Changed the rdapConformance tag "jscard" to "jscard_0"
   6.  Added clarifications addressing the feedback provided by Jasdip
       Singh about version -03.
   7.  Added Section 8.
   8.  Other minor edits.

B.10.  Change from 04 to 05

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   1.  Updated Figure 2 to make it compliant with draft-ietf-jmap-
       jscontact-09.

B.11.  Change from 05 to 06

   1.  Reviewed the notices presented in Section 4.2.2.2 and
       Section 4.2.2.3.

B.12.  Change from 06 to 07

   1.  Corrected the JSON Pointer expressions in Figure 1.
   2.  Other minor edits.

B.13.  Change from 07 to 08

   1.  Corrected a nit in Figure 1.
   2.  Removed the reference to draft-ietf-httpapi-deprecation-header.
   3.  Replaced the "deprecation" link relation type with "related".
   4.  Moved the references to JSContact drafts to the "Normative
       References" section.

B.14.  Change from 08 to 09

   1.  Updated the references to JSContact drafts due to the transfer
       from JMAP to CalExt.

B.15.  Change from 09 to 10

   1.  Updated Figure 2 to make it compliant with draft-ietf-calext-
       jscontact-02.

B.16.  Change from 10 to 11

   1.  Added Appendix "jCard-JSContact Mapping".

Authors' Addresses

   Mario Loffredo
   IIT-CNR/Registro.it
   Via Moruzzi,1
   56124 Pisa
   Italy
   Email: mario.loffredo@iit.cnr.it
   URI:   http://www.iit.cnr.it

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   Gavin Brown
   CentralNic Group plc
   Saddlers House, 44 Gutter Lane
   London
   EC2V 6BR
   United Kingdom
   Phone: +44 20 33 88 0600
   Email: gavin.brown@centralnic.com
   URI:   https://www.centralnic.com

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