Internet DRAFT - draft-ietf-regext-rdap-sorting-and-paging
draft-ietf-regext-rdap-sorting-and-paging
Registration Protocols Extensions M. Loffredo
Internet-Draft M. Martinelli
Intended status: Standards Track IIT-CNR/Registro.it
Expires: June 3, 2021 S. Hollenbeck
Verisign Labs
November 30, 2020
Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) Query Parameters for Result
Sorting and Paging
draft-ietf-regext-rdap-sorting-and-paging-20
Abstract
The Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) does not include core
functionality for clients to provide sorting and paging parameters
for control of large result sets. This omission can lead to
unpredictable server processing of queries and client processing of
responses. This unpredictability can be greatly reduced if clients
can provide servers with their preferences for managing large
responses. This document describes RDAP query extensions that allow
clients to specify their preferences for sorting and paging result
sets.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1. Conventions Used in This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. RDAP Query Parameter Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1. Sorting and Paging Metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1.1. RDAP Conformance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.2. "count" Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.3. "sort" Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.3.1. Sorting Properties Declaration . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.3.2. Representing Sorting Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.4. "cursor" Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.4.1. Representing Paging Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3. Negative Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4. Implementation Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
6. Implementation Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
6.1. IIT-CNR/Registro.it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
6.2. APNIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
7. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
8. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
8.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
8.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Appendix A. JSONPath operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Appendix B. Approaches to Result Pagination . . . . . . . . . . 24
B.1. Specific Issues Raised by RDAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Appendix C. Additional Implementation Notes . . . . . . . . . . 26
C.1. Sorting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
C.2. Counting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
C.3. Paging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Change Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
1. Introduction
The availability of functionality for result sorting and paging
provides benefits to both clients and servers in the implementation
of RESTful services [REST]. These benefits include:
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o reducing the server response bandwidth requirements;
o improving server response time;
o improving query precision and, consequently, obtaining more
relevant results;
o decreasing server query processing load;
o reducing client response processing time.
Approaches to implementing features for result sorting and paging can
be grouped into two main categories:
1. sorting and paging are implemented through the introduction of
additional parameters in the query string (e.g. ODATA protocol
[OData-Part1]);
2. information related to the number of results and the specific
portion of the result set to be returned, in addition to a set of
ready-made links for the result set scrolling, are inserted in
the HTTP header of the request/response [RFC7231].
However, there are some drawbacks associated with the use of the HTTP
header. First, the header properties cannot be set directly from a
web browser. Moreover, in an HTTP session, the information on the
status (i.e. the session identifier) is usually inserted in the
header or a cookie, while the information on the resource
identification or the search type is included in the query string.
Finally, providing custom information through HTTP headers assumes
the client to have a prior knowledge of the server implementation
which is widely considered a REST design anti-pattern. As a result,
this document describes a specification based on the use of query
parameters.
Currently, the RDAP protocol [RFC7482] defines two query types:
o lookup: the server returns only one object;
o search: the server returns a collection of objects.
While the lookup query does not raise issues regarding response size
management, the search query can potentially generate a large result
set that is often truncated according to server limits. Besides, it
is not possible to obtain the total number of objects found that
might be returned in a search query response [RFC7483]. Lastly,
there is no way to specify sort criteria to return the most relevant
objects at the beginning of the result set. Therefore, the client
might traverse the whole result set to find the relevant objects or,
due to truncation, might not find them at all.
The specification described in this document extends RDAP query
capabilities to enable result sorting and paging, by adding new query
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parameters that can be applied to RDAP search path segments. The
service is implemented using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
[RFC7230] and the conventions described in [RFC7480].
The implementation of the new parameters is technically feasible, as
operators for counting, sorting and paging rows are currently
supported by the major relational database management systems.
1.1. 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.
2. RDAP Query Parameter Specification
The new query parameters are OPTIONAL extensions of path segments
defined in [RFC7482]. They are as follows:
o "count": a boolean value that allows a client to request the
return of the total number of objects found;
o "sort": a string value that allows a client to request a specific
sort order for the result set;
o "cursor": a string value representing a pointer to a specific
fixed size portion of the result set.
Augmented Backus-Naur Form (ABNF) [RFC5234] is used in the following
sections to describe the formal syntax of these new parameters.
2.1. Sorting and Paging Metadata
According to most advanced principles in REST design, collectively
known as HATEOAS (Hypermedia as the Engine of Application State)
[HATEOAS], a client entering a REST application through an initial
URI should use server-provided links to dynamically discover
available actions and access the resources it needs. In this way,
the client is not required to have prior knowledge of the service
and, consequently, to hard code the URIs of different resources.
This allows the server to make URI changes as the API evolves without
breaking clients. Definitively, a REST service should be as self-
descriptive as possible.
Therefore, servers implementing the query parameters described in
this specification SHOULD provide additional information in their
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responses about both the available sorting criteria and possible
pagination. Such information is collected in two OPTIONAL response
elements named "sorting_metadata" and "paging_metadata".
The "sorting_metadata" element contains the following properties:
o "currentSort": "String" (OPTIONAL) either the value of "sort"
parameter as specified in the query string or the sort applied by
default, if any;
o "availableSorts": "AvailableSort[]" (OPTIONAL) an array of
objects, with each element describing an available sort criterion.
The AvailableSort object includes the following members:
* "property": "String" (REQUIRED) the name that can be used by
the client to request the sort criterion;
* "default": "Boolean" (REQUIRED) whether the sort criterion is
applied by default. An RDAP server MUST define only one
default sorting property for each object class;
* "jsonPath": "String" (OPTIONAL) the JSONPath expression of the
RDAP field corresponding to the property;
* "links": "Link[]" (OPTIONAL) an array of links as described in
[RFC8288] containing the query string that applies the sort
criterion.
At least one of the "currentSort" and "availableSorts" properties
MUST be present.
The "paging_metadata" element contains the following fields:
o "totalCount": "Numeric" (OPTIONAL) a numeric value representing
the total number of objects found. It MUST be provided if and
only if the query string contains the "count" parameter;
o "pageSize": "Numeric" (OPTIONAL) a numeric value representing the
number of objects that should have been returned in the current
page. It MUST be provided if and only if the total number of
objects exceeds the page size. This property is redundant for
RDAP clients because the page size can be derived from the length
of the search results array but, it can be helpful if the end user
interacts with the server through a web browser;
o "pageNumber": "Numeric" (OPTIONAL) a numeric value representing
the number of the current page in the result set. It MUST be
provided if and only if the total number of objects found exceeds
the page size;
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o "links": "Link[]" (OPTIONAL) an array of links as described in
[RFC8288] containing the reference to the next page. In this
specification, only forward pagination is described because it is
all that is necessary to traverse the result set.
2.1.1. RDAP Conformance
Servers returning the "paging_metadata" element in their response
MUST include the string literal "paging" in the rdapConformance
array. Servers returning the "sorting_metadata" element MUST include
the string literal "sorting".
2.2. "count" Parameter
Currently, the RDAP protocol does not allow a client to determine the
total number of the results in a query response when the result set
is truncated. This is inefficient because the user cannot determine
if the result set is complete.
The "count" parameter provides additional functionality that allows a
client to request information from the server that specifies the
total number of objects matching the search pattern.
The following is an example of an RDAP query including the "count"
parameter:
https://example.com/rdap/domains?name=example*.com&count=true
The ABNF syntax is the following:
count = "count=" ( trueValue / falseValue )
trueValue = ("true" / "yes" / "1")
falseValue = ("false" / "no" / "0")
A trueValue means that the server MUST provide the total number of
the objects in the "totalCount" field of the "paging_metadata"
element (Figure 1). A falseValue means that the server MUST NOT
provide this number.
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{
"rdapConformance": [
"rdap_level_0",
"paging"
],
...
"paging_metadata": {
"totalCount": 43
},
"domainSearchResults": [
...
]
}
Figure 1: Example of RDAP response with "paging_metadata" element
containing the "totalCount" field
2.3. "sort" Parameter
The RDAP protocol does not provide any capability to specify the
result set sort criteria. A server could implement a default sorting
scheme according to the object class, but this feature is not
mandatory and might not meet user requirements. Sorting can be
addressed by the client, but this solution is rather inefficient.
Sorting features provided by the RDAP server could help avoid
truncation of relevant results.
The "sort" parameter allows the client to ask the server to sort the
results according to the values of one or more properties and
according to the sort direction of each property. The ABNF syntax is
the following:
sort = "sort=" sortItem *( "," sortItem )
sortItem = property-ref [":" ( "a" / "d" ) ]
property-ref = ALPHA *( ALPHA / DIGIT / "_" )
"a" means that an ascending sort MUST be applied, "d" means that a
descending sort MUST be applied. If the sort direction is absent, an
ascending sort MUST be applied.
The following are examples of RDAP queries including the "sort"
parameter:
https://example.com/rdap/domains?name=example*.com&sort=name
https://example.com/rdap/
domains?name=example*.com&sort=registrationDate:d
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https://example.com/rdap/
domains?name=example*.com&sort=lockedDate,name
Except for sorting IP addresses and values denoting dates and times,
servers MUST implement sorting according to the JSON value type of
the RDAP field the sorting property refers to. That is, JSON strings
MUST be sorted lexicographically and JSON numbers MUST be sorted
numerically. Values denoting dates and times MUST be sorted in
chronological order. If IP addresses are represented as JSON
strings, they MUST be sorted based on their numeric conversion.
The conversion of an IPv4 address to a number is possible since each
dotted format IPv4 address is a representation of a number written in
a 256-based manner: 192.168.0.1 means 1*256^0 + 0*256^1 + 168*256^2 +
192*256^3 = 3232235521. Similarly, an IPv6 address can be converted
into a number by applying the base 65536. Therefore, the numerical
representation of the IPv6 address 2001:0db8:85a3:0:0:8a2e:0370:7334
is 42540766452641154071740215577757643572. Builtin functions and
libraries for converting IP addresses into numbers are available in
most known programming languages and relational database management
systems.
If the "sort" parameter presents an allowed sorting property, it MUST
be provided in the "currentSort" field of the "sorting_metadata"
element.
2.3.1. Sorting Properties Declaration
In the "sort" parameter ABNF syntax, the element named "property-ref"
represents a reference to a property of an RDAP object. Such a
reference could be expressed by using a JSONPath expression (named
"jsonpath" in the following).
JSONPath is a syntax, originally based on the XML XPath notation
[W3C.CR-xpath-31-20161213], which represents a path to select an
element (or a set of elements) in a JSON document [RFC8259]. For
example, the jsonpath to select the value of the ASCII name inside an
RDAP domain lookup response is "$.ldhName", where $ identifies the
root of the document object model (DOM). Another way to select a
value inside a JSON document is the JSON Pointer [RFC6901].
While JSONPath or JSON Pointer are both commonly adopted notations to
select any value inside JSON data, neither is particularly coincise
and easy to use (e.g. "$.domainSearchResults[*].events[?(@.eventActio
n='registration')].eventDate" is the jsonpath of the registration
date in an RDAP domain search response).
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Therefore, this specification defines the "property-ref" element in
terms of names identifying RDAP properties. However, not all the
RDAP properties are suitable to be used in sort criteria, such as:
o properties providing service information (e.g. links, notices,
remarks);
o multivalued properties (e.g. status, roles, variants);
o properties representing relationships to other objects (e.g.
entities).
On the contrary, properties expressed as values of other properties
(e.g. registration date) could be used in such a context.
A list of properties an RDAP server MAY implement is defined. The
properties are divided into two groups: object common properties and
object specific properties.
o Object common properties. Object common properties are derived
from merging the "eventAction" and the "eventDate" properties.
The following values of the "sort" parameter are defined:
* registrationDate
* reregistrationDate
* lastChangedDate
* expirationDate
* deletionDate
* reinstantiationDate
* transferDate
* lockedDate
* unlockedDate
o Object specific properties. Note that some of these properties
are also defined as query path segments. These properties
include:
* Domain: name
* Nameserver: name, ipv4, ipv6.
* Entity: fn, handle, org, email, voice, country, cc, city.
The correspondence between these sorting properties and the RDAP
object classes is shown in Table 1. Some of the sorting properties
defined for the RDAP entity class are related to jCard elements
[RFC7095] but, being jCard the JSON format for vCard [RFC6350], the
corresponding definitions are included in vCard specification.
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An RDAP server MUST NOT use the defined sorting properties with a
meaning other than the one described in Table 1.
+------------+------------+-----------------+-------+-------+-------+
| Object | Sorting | RDAP property | RFC | RFC | RFC |
| class | property | | 7483 | 6350 | 8605 |
+------------+------------+-----------------+-------+-------+-------+
| Searchable | Common | eventAction | 4.5 | | |
| objects | properties | values suffixed | | | |
| | | by "Date" | | | |
| | | | | | |
| Domain | name | unicodeName/ | 5.3 | | |
| | | ldhName | | | |
| | | | | | |
| Nameserver | name | unicodeName/ | 5.2 | | |
| | | ldhName | | | |
| | ipv4 | v4 ipAddress | 5.2 | | |
| | ipv6 | v6 ipAddress | 5.2 | | |
| | | | | | |
| Entity | handle | handle | 5.1 | | |
| | fn | jCard fn | 5.1 | 6.2.1 | |
| | org | jCard org | 5.1 | 6.6.4 | |
| | voice | jCard tel with | 5.1 | 6.4.1 | |
| | | type="voice" | | | |
| | email | jCard email | 5.1 | 6.4.2 | |
| | country | country name in | 5.1 | 6.3.1 | |
| | | jCard adr | | | |
| | cc | country code in | 5.1 | | 3.1 |
| | | jCard adr | | | |
| | city | locality in | 5.1 | 6.3.1 | |
| | | jCard adr | | | |
+------------+------------+-----------------+-------+-------+-------+
Table 1: Sorting properties definition
Regarding the definitions in Table 1, some further considerations are
needed to disambiguate some cases:
o since the response to a search on either domains or nameservers
might include both A-labels and U-labels [RFC5890] in general, a
consistent sorting policy MUST treat the unicodeName and ldhName
as two representations of the same value. The unicodeName value
MUST be used while sorting if it is present; when the unicodeName
is unavailable, the value of the ldhName MUST be used instead;
o the jCard "sort-as" parameter MUST be ignored for the sorting
capability described in this document;
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o even if a nameserver can have multiple IPv4 and IPv6 addresses,
the most common configuration includes one address for each IP
version. Therefore, this specification makes the assumption that
nameservers have a single IPv4 and/or IPv6 value. When more than
one address per IP version is presented, sorting MUST be applied
to the first value;
o multiple events with a given action on an object might be
returned. If this occurs, sorting MUST be applied to the most
recent event;
o except for handle values, all the sorting properties defined for
entity objects can be multivalued according to the definition of
vCard as given in [RFC6350]. When more than one value is
presented, sorting MUST be applied to the preferred value
identified by the parameter pref="1". If the pref parameter is
missing, sorting MUST be applied to the first value.
The "jsonPath" field in the "sorting_metadata" element is used to
clarify the RDAP response field the sorting property refers to. The
mapping between the sorting properties and the jsonpaths of the RDAP
response fields is shown below. The JSONPath operators used herein
are described in Appendix A.
o Searchable objects
registrationDate
$.domainSearchResults[*].events[?(@.eventAction=="registration"
)].eventDate
reregistrationDate
$.domainSearchResults[*].events[?(@.eventAction=="reregistratio
n")].eventDate
lastChangedDate
$.domainSearchResults[*].events[?(@.eventAction=="last
changed")].eventDate
expirationDate
$.domainSearchResults[*].events[?(@.eventAction=="expiration")]
.eventDate
deletionDate
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$.domainSearchResults[*].events[?(@.eventAction=="deletion")].e
ventDate
reinstantiationDate
$.domainSearchResults[*].events[?(@.eventAction=="reinstantiati
on")].eventDate
transferDate
$.domainSearchResults[*].events[?(@.eventAction=="transfer")].e
ventDate
lockedDate
$.domainSearchResults[*].events[?(@.eventAction=="locked")].eve
ntDate
unlockedDate
$.domainSearchResults[*].events[?(@.eventAction=="unlocked")].e
ventDate
o Domain
name
$.domainSearchResults[*].[unicodeName,ldhName]
o Nameserver
name
$.nameserverSearchResults[*].[unicodeName,ldhName]
ipv4
$.nameserverSearchResults[*].ipAddresses.v4[0]
ipv6
$.nameserverSearchResults[*].ipAddresses.v6[0]
o Entity
handle
$.entitySearchResults[*].handle
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fn
$.entitySearchResults[*].vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=="fn")][3]
org
$.entitySearchResults[*].vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=="org")][3]
voice
$.entitySearchResults[*].vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=="tel" &&
@[1].type=="voice")][3]
email
$.entitySearchResults[*].vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=="email")][3]
country
$.entitySearchResults[*].vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=="adr")][3][6]
cc
$.entitySearchResults[*].vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=="adr")][1].cc
city
$.entitySearchResults[*].vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=="adr")][3][3]
Additional notes on the provided jsonpaths:
o those related to the event dates are defined only for the "domain"
object. To obtain the equivalent jsonpaths for "entity" and
"nameserver", the path segment "domainSearchResults" must be
replaced with "entitySearchResults" and "nameserverSearchResults"
respectively;
o those related to jCard elements are specified without taking into
account the "pref" parameter. Servers that sort those values
identified by the pref parameter SHOULD update a jsonpath by
adding an appropriate filter. For example, if the email values
identified by pref="1" are considered for sorting, the jsonpath of
the "email" sorting property should be:
$.entitySearchResults[*].vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=="email" &&
@[1].pref=="1")][3]
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2.3.2. Representing Sorting Links
An RDAP server MAY use the "links" array of the "sorting_metadata"
element to provide ready-made references [RFC8288] to the available
sort criteria (Figure 2). Each link represents a reference to an
alternate view of the results.
The "value", "rel" and "href" JSON values MUST be specified. All
other JSON values are OPTIONAL.
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{
"rdapConformance": [
"rdap_level_0",
"sorting"
],
...
"sorting_metadata": {
"currentSort": "name",
"availableSorts": [
{
"property": "registrationDate",
"jsonPath": "$.domainSearchResults[*]
.events[?(@.eventAction==\"registration\")].eventDate",
"default": false,
"links": [
{
"value": "https://example.com/rdap/domains?name=example*.com
&sort=name",
"rel": "alternate",
"href": "https://example.com/rdap/domains?name=example*.com
&sort=registrationDate",
"title": "Result Ascending Sort Link",
"type": "application/rdap+json"
},
{
"value": "https://example.com/rdap/domains?name=example*.com
&sort=name",
"rel": "alternate",
"href": "https://example.com/rdap/domains?name=example*.com
&sort=registrationDate:d",
"title": "Result Descending Sort Link",
"type": "application/rdap+json"
}
]
},
...
]
},
"domainSearchResults": [
...
]
}
Figure 2: Example of a "sorting_metadata" instance to implement
result sorting
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2.4. "cursor" Parameter
The cursor parameter defined in this specification can be used to
encode information about any pagination method. For example, in the
case of a simple implementation of the cursor parameter to represent
offset pagination information, the cursor value
"b2Zmc2V0PTEwMCxsaW1pdD01MA==" is the Base64 encoding of
"offset=100,limit=50". Likewise, in a simple implementation to
represent keyset pagination information, the cursor value
"ZXhhbXBsZS1OLmNvbQ==" represents the Base64 encoding of
"key=example-N.com" whereby the key value identifies the last row of
the current page.
Note that this specification uses a Base64 encoding for cursor
obfuscation just for example. RDAP servers are NOT RECOMMENDED to
obfuscate a cursor value through a mere Base64 encoding.
This solution lets RDAP providers implement a pagination method
according to their needs, a user's access level, and the submitted
query. Besides, servers can change the method over time without
announcing anything to clients. The considerations that have led to
this solution are described in more detail in Appendix B.
The ABNF syntax of the cursor parameter is the following:
cursor = "cursor=" 1*( ALPHA / DIGIT / "/" / "=" / "-" / "_" )
The following is an example of an RDAP query including the "cursor"
parameter:
https://example.com/rdap/domains?name=example*.com
&cursor=wJlCDLIl6KTWypN7T6vc6nWEmEYe99Hjf1XY1xmqV-M=
2.4.1. Representing Paging Links
An RDAP server SHOULD use the "links" array of the "paging_metadata"
element to provide a ready-made reference [RFC8288] to the next page
of the result set (Figure 3). Examples of additional "rel" values a
server MAY implement are "first", "last", and "prev".
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{
"rdapConformance": [
"rdap_level_0",
"paging"
],
...
"notices": [
{
"title": "Search query limits",
"type": "result set truncated due to excessive load",
"description": [
"search results for domains are limited to 50"
]
}
],
"paging_metadata": {
"totalCount": 73,
"pageSize": 50,
"pageNumber": 1,
"links": [
{
"value": "https://example.com/rdap/domains?name=example*.com",
"rel": "next",
"href": "https://example.com/rdap/domains?name=example*.com
&cursor=wJlCDLIl6KTWypN7T6vc6nWEmEYe99Hjf1XY1xmqV-M=",
"title": "Result Pagination Link",
"type": "application/rdap+json"
}
]
},
"domainSearchResults": [
...
]
}
Figure 3: Example of a "paging_metadata" instance to implement cursor
pagination
3. Negative Answers
The constraints for the parameters values are defined by their ABNF
syntax. Therefore, each request that includes an invalid value for a
parameter SHOULD produce an HTTP 400 (Bad Request) response code.
The same response SHOULD be returned in the following cases:
o if in both single and multi sort the client provides an
unsupported value for the "sort" parameter, as well as a value
related to an object property not included in the response;
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o if the client submits an invalid value for the "cursor" parameter.
Optionally, the response MAY include additional information regarding
either the supported sorting properties or the correct cursor values
in the HTTP entity body (Figure 4).
{
"errorCode": 400,
"title": "Domain sorting property 'unknownproperty' is not valid",
"description": [
"Supported domain sorting properties are: 'aproperty', 'anotherproperty'."
]
}
Figure 4: Example of RDAP error response due to an invalid domain
sorting property included in the request
4. Implementation Considerations
Implementation of the new parameters is technically feasible, as
operators for counting, sorting and paging are currently supported by
the major relational database management systems. Similar operators
are completely or partially supported by the most well-known NoSQL
databases (e.g. MongoDB, CouchDB, HBase, Cassandra, Hadoop).
Additional implementation notes are included in Appendix C.
5. IANA Considerations
IANA is requested to register the following values in the RDAP
Extensions Registry:
Extension identifier: paging
Registry operator: Any
Published specification: This document.
Contact: IETF <iesg@ietf.org>
Intended usage: This extension describes best practice for result
set paging.
Extension identifier: sorting
Registry operator: Any
Published specification: This document.
Contact: IETF <iesg@ietf.org>
Intended usage: This extension describes best practice for result
set sorting.
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6. 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 [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".
6.1. IIT-CNR/Registro.it
Responsible Organization: Institute of Informatics and Telematics
of the National Research Council (IIT-CNR)/Registro.it
Location: https://rdap.pubtest.nic.it/
Description: This implementation includes support for RDAP queries
using data from .it public test environment.
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
6.2. APNIC
Responsible Organization: Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre
Location: https://github.com/APNIC-net/rdap-rmp-demo/tree/sorting-
and-paging
Description: A proof-of-concept for RDAP mirroring.
Level of Maturity: This is a proof-of-concept implementation.
Coverage: This implementation includes all of the features
described in the specification except for nameserver sorting and
unicodeName sorting.
Contact Information: Tom Harrison, tomh@apnic.net
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7. Security Considerations
Security services for the operations specified in this document are
described in [RFC7481].
A search query typically requires more server resources (such as
memory, CPU cycles, and network bandwidth) when compared to a lookup
query. This increases the risk of server resource exhaustion and
subsequent denial of service. This risk can be mitigated by either
restricting search functionality or limiting the rate of search
requests. Servers can also reduce their load by truncating the
results in a response. However, this last security policy can result
in a higher inefficiency or risk due to acting on incomplete
information if the RDAP server does not provide any functionality to
return the truncated results.
The new parameters presented in this document provide RDAP operators
with a way to implement a server that reduces inefficiency risks.
The "count" parameter gives the client the ability to evaluate the
completeness of a response. The "sort" parameter allows the client
to obtain the most relevant information at the beginning of the
result set. This can reduce the number of unnecessary search
requests. Finally, the "cursor" parameter enables the user to scroll
the result set by submitting a sequence of sustainable queries within
server-acceptable limits.
8. References
8.1. Normative References
[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>.
[RFC5234] Crocker, D., Ed. and P. Overell, "Augmented BNF for Syntax
Specifications: ABNF", STD 68, RFC 5234,
DOI 10.17487/RFC5234, January 2008,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5234>.
[RFC5890] Klensin, J., "Internationalized Domain Names for
Applications (IDNA): Definitions and Document Framework",
RFC 5890, DOI 10.17487/RFC5890, August 2010,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5890>.
[RFC6350] Perreault, S., "vCard Format Specification", RFC 6350,
DOI 10.17487/RFC6350, August 2011,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6350>.
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[RFC7095] Kewisch, P., "jCard: The JSON Format for vCard", RFC 7095,
DOI 10.17487/RFC7095, January 2014,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7095>.
[RFC7230] Fielding, R., Ed. and J. Reschke, Ed., "Hypertext Transfer
Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Message Syntax and Routing",
RFC 7230, DOI 10.17487/RFC7230, June 2014,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7230>.
[RFC7231] Fielding, R., Ed. and J. Reschke, Ed., "Hypertext Transfer
Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content", RFC 7231,
DOI 10.17487/RFC7231, June 2014,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7231>.
[RFC7480] Newton, A., Ellacott, B., and N. Kong, "HTTP Usage in the
Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)", RFC 7480,
DOI 10.17487/RFC7480, March 2015,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7480>.
[RFC7481] Hollenbeck, S. and N. Kong, "Security Services for the
Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)", RFC 7481,
DOI 10.17487/RFC7481, March 2015,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7481>.
[RFC7482] Newton, A. and S. Hollenbeck, "Registration Data Access
Protocol (RDAP) Query Format", RFC 7482,
DOI 10.17487/RFC7482, March 2015,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7482>.
[RFC7483] Newton, A. and S. Hollenbeck, "JSON Responses for the
Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)", RFC 7483,
DOI 10.17487/RFC7483, March 2015,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7483>.
[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>.
[RFC8259] Bray, T., Ed., "The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data
Interchange Format", STD 90, RFC 8259,
DOI 10.17487/RFC8259, December 2017,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8259>.
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[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>.
8.2. Informative References
[CURSOR] Nimesh, R., "Paginating Real-Time Data with Keyset
Pagination", July 2014, <https://www.sitepoint.com/
paginating-real-time-data-cursor-based-pagination/>.
[CURSOR-API1]
facebook.com, "facebook for developers - Using the Graph
API", July 2017, <https://developers.facebook.com/docs/
graph-api/using-graph-api>.
[CURSOR-API2]
twitter.com, "Pagination", 2017,
<https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/ads/general/guides/
pagination.html>.
[GOESSNER-JSON-PATH]
Goessner, S., "JSONPath - XPath for JSON", 2007,
<http://goessner.net/articles/JsonPath/>.
[HATEOAS] Jedrzejewski, B., "HATEOAS - a simple explanation", 2018,
<https://www.e4developer.com/2018/02/16/hateoas-simple-
explanation/>.
[JSONPATH-COMPARISON]
"JSONPath Comparison", 2020,
<https://cburgmer.github.io/json-path-comparison/>.
[JSONPATH-WG]
"JSON Path (jsonpath)", 2020,
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/jsonpath/documents/>.
[OData-Part1]
Pizzo, M., Handl, R., and M. Zurmuehl, "OData Version 4.0.
Part 1: Protocol Plus Errata 03", June 2016,
<http://docs.oasis-
open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/errata03/os/complete/part1-
protocol/odata-v4.0-errata03-os-part1-protocol-
complete.pdf>.
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[REST] Fielding, R., "Architectural Styles and the Design of
Network-based Software Architectures", 2000,
<http://www.ics.uci.edu/~fielding/pubs/dissertation/
fielding_dissertation.pdf>.
[RFC6901] Bryan, P., Ed., Zyp, K., and M. Nottingham, Ed.,
"JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Pointer", RFC 6901,
DOI 10.17487/RFC6901, April 2013,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6901>.
[SEEK] EverSQL.com, "Faster Pagination in Mysql - Why Order By
With Limit and Offset is Slow?", July 2017,
<https://www.eversql.com/faster-pagination-in-mysql-why-
order-by-with-limit-and-offset-is-slow/>.
[W3C.CR-xpath-31-20161213]
Robie, J., Dyck, M., and J. Spiegel, "XML Path Language
(XPath) 3.1", World Wide Web Consortium CR CR-xpath-
31-20161213, December 2016,
<https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/CR-xpath-31-20161213>.
Appendix A. JSONPath operators
The jsonpaths used in this document are provided according to the
Goessner v.0.8.0 proposal [GOESSNER-JSON-PATH].
Such specification requires that implementations support a set of
"basic operators". These operators are used to access the elements
of a JSON structure like objects and arrays, and their subelements,
respectively, object members and array items. No operations are
defined for retrieving parent or sibling elements of a given element.
The root element is always referred to as $ regardless of it being an
object or array.
Additionally, the specification permits implementations to support
arbitrary script expressions. These can be used to index into an
object or array, or to filter elements from an array. While script
expression behavior is implementation-defined, most implementations
support the basic relational and logical operators, as well as both
object member and array item access, sufficiently similar for the
purpose of this document. Commonly-supported operators/functions
divided into "top-level operators" and "filter operators" are
documented in Table 2 and Table 3 respectively.
For more information on implementation interoperability issues, see
[JSONPATH-COMPARISON]. As at the time of writing, work is beginning
on a standardization effort, too: see [JSONPATH-WG].
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+-------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| Operator | Description |
+-------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| $ | Root element |
| .<name> | Object member access (dot-notation) |
| ['<name>'] | Object member access (bracket-notation) |
| [<number>] | Array item access |
| * | All elements within the specified scope |
| [?(<expression>)] | Filter expression |
+-------------------+-----------------------------------------+
Table 2: JSONPath Top-Level Operators
+--------------------+----------------------------------------+
| Operator | Description |
+--------------------+----------------------------------------+
| @ | Current element being processed |
| .<name> | Object member access |
| .[<name1>,<name2>] | Union of object members |
| [<number>] | Array item access |
| == | Left is equal to right |
| != | Left is not equal to right |
| < | Left is less than right |
| <= | Left is less than or equal to right |
| > | Left is greater than right |
| >= | Left is greater than or equal to right |
| && | Logical conjunction |
| || | Logical disjunction |
+--------------------+----------------------------------------+
Table 3: JSONPath Filter Operators
Appendix B. Approaches to Result Pagination
An RDAP query could return a response with hundreds, even thousands,
of objects, especially when partial matching is used. For this
reason, the cursor parameter addressing result pagination is defined
to make responses easier to handle.
Presently, the most popular methods to implement pagination in a REST
API include offset pagination and keyset pagination. Neither
pagination method requires the server to handle the result set in a
storage area across multiple requests since a new result set is
generated each time a request is submitted. Therefore, they are
preferred to any other method requiring the management of a REST
session.
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Using limit and offset operators represents the traditionally used
method to implement result pagination. Both of them can be used
individually:
o "limit=N": means that the server returns the first N objects of
the result set;
o "offset=N": means that the server skips the first N objects and
returns objects starting from position N+1.
When limit and offset are used together, they provide the ability to
identify a specific portion of the result set. For example, the pair
"offset=100,limit=50" returns the first 50 objects starting from
position 101 of the result set.
Though easy to implement, offset pagination also includes drawbacks:
o when offset has a very high value, scrolling the result set could
take some time;
o it always requires fetching all rows before dropping as many rows
as specified by offset;
o it may return inconsistent pages when data are frequently updated
(i.e. real-time data).
Keyset pagination [SEEK] adds a query condition that enables the
selection of the only data not yet returned. This method has been
taken as the basis for the implementation of a "cursor" parameter
[CURSOR] by some REST API providers [CURSOR-API1] [CURSOR-API2]. The
cursor is an opaque to client URL-safe string representing a logical
pointer to the first result of the next page.
Nevertheless, even keyset pagination can be troublesome:
o it needs at least one key field;
o it does not allow sorting simply by any field because the sorting
criterion must contain a key;
o it works best with full composite values support by data base
management systems (i.e. [x,y]>[a,b]), emulation is possible but
inelegant and less efficient;
o it does not allow direct navigation to arbitrary pages because the
result set must be scrolled in sequential order starting from the
initial page;
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o implementing bi-directional navigation is tedious because all
comparison and sort operations have to be reversed.
B.1. Specific Issues Raised by RDAP
Some additional considerations can be made in the RDAP context:
o an RDAP object is a conceptual aggregation of information
generally collected from more than one data structure (e.g. table)
and this makes it even harder to implement keyset pagination, a
task that is already quite difficult. For example, the entity
object can include information from different data structures
(registrars, registrants, contacts, resellers), each one with its
key field mapping the RDAP entity handle;
o depending on the number of page results as well as the number and
the complexity of the properties of each RDAP object in the
response, the time required by offset pagination to skip the
previous pages could be much faster than the processing time
needed to build the current page. In fact, RDAP objects are
usually formed by information belonging to multiple data
structures and containing multivalued properties (i.e. arrays)
and, therefore, data selection might therefore be a time consuming
process. This situation occurs even though the selection is
supported by indexes;
o depending on the access levels defined by each RDAP operator, the
increase in complexity and the decrease in flexibility of keyset
pagination in comparison to offset pagination could be considered
impractical.
Ultimately, both pagination methods have benefits and drawbacks.
Appendix C. Additional Implementation Notes
This section contains an overview of the main choices made during the
implementation of the capabilities defined above in the RDAP public
test server of Registro.it at the Institute of Informatics and
Telematics of the National Research Counci (IIT-CNR). The content of
this section can represent a guidance for those implementers who plan
to provide RDAP users with those capabilities. The RDAP public test
server can be accessed at https://rdap.pubtest.nic.it/. Further
documentation about the server features is available at
https://rdap.pubtest.nic.it/doc/README.html.
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C.1. Sorting
If no sort criterion is specified in the query string, the results
are sorted by a default property: "name" for domains and nameservers,
"handle" for entities. The server supports multiple property sorting
but the "sorting_metadata" object includes only the links to
alternative result set views sorted by a single property just to show
the list of sorting properties allowed for each searchable object.
The server supports all the object specific sorting properties
described in the specification except for nameserver sorting based on
unicodeName, that is, the "name" sorting property is mapped onto the
"ldhName" response field. Regarding the object common properties,
the sorting by registrationDate, expirationDate, lastChangedDate and
transferDate is supported.
C.2. Counting
The counting operation is implemented through a separate query. Some
relational database management systems support custom operators to
get the total count together with the rows, but the resulting query
can be considerably more expensive than that performed without the
total count. Therefore, as "totalCount" is an optional response
information, fetching always the total number of rows has been
considered an inefficient solution. Furthermore, to avoid the
processing of unnecessary queries, when the "count" parameter is
included in the submitted query, it is not also repeated in the query
strings of the "links" array provided in both "paging_metadata" and
"sorting_metadata" objects.
C.3. Paging
The server implements the cursor pagination through the keyset
pagination when sorting by a unique property is requested or the
default sort is applied, through offset pagination otherwise. As
most of the relational database management systems don't support the
comparison of full composite values natively, the implementation of
full keyset pagination seem to be troublesome so, at least initially,
a selective applicability of keyset pagination is advisable.
Moreover, the "cursor" value encodes not only information about
pagination but also about the search pattern and the other query
parameters in order to check the consistency of the entire query
string. If the "cursor" value is inconsistent with the rest of the
query string, the server returns an error response.
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to acknowledge Brian Mountford, Tom Harrison,
Karl Heinz Wolf, Jasdip Singh, Erik Kline, Eric Vyncke, Benjamin
Kaduk and Roman Danyliw for their contribution to the development of
this document.
Change Log
00: Initial working group version ported from draft-loffredo-regext-
rdap-sorting-and-paging-05
01: Removed both "offset" and "nextOffset" to keep "paging_metadata"
consistent between the pagination methods. Renamed
"Considerations about Paging Implementation" section in ""cursor"
Parameter". Removed "FOR DISCUSSION" items. Provided a more
detailed description of both "sorting_metadata" and
"paging_metadata" objects.
02: Removed both "offset" and "limit" parameters. Added ABNF syntax
of the cursor parameter. Rearranged the layout of some sections.
Removed some items from "Informative References" section. Changed
"IANA Considerations" section.
03: Added "cc" to the list of sorting properties in "Sorting
Properties Declaration" section. Added RFC8605 to the list of
"Informative References".
04: Replaced "ldhName" with "name" in the "Sorting Properties
Declaration" section. Clarified the sorting logic for the JSON
value types and the sorting policy for multivalued fields.
05: Clarified the logic of sorting on IP addresses. Clarified the
mapping between the sorting properties and the RDAP response
fields. Updated "Acknowledgements" section.
06: Renamed "pageCount" to "pageSize" and added "pageNumber" in the
"paging_metadata" object.
07: Added "Paging Responses to POST Requests" section.
08: Added "Approaches to Result Pagination" section to appendix.
Added the case of requesting a sort on a property not included in
the response to the errors listed in the "Negative Answers"
section.
09: Updated the "Implementation Status" section to include APNIC
implementation. Moved the "RDAP Conformance" section up in the
document. Removed the "Paging Responses to POST Requests"
section. Updated the "Acknowledgements" section. Removed unused
references. In the "Sorting Properties Declaration" section:
* clarified the logic of sorting on events;
* corrected the jsonpath of the "lastChanged" sorting property;
* provided a JSONPath example taking into account the vCard
"pref" parameter.
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10: Corrected the jsonpaths of both "fn" and "org" sorting
properties in Table 2. Corrected JSON content in Figure 2. Moved
[W3C.CR-xpath-31-20161213] and [RFC7942] to the "Normative
References". Changed the rdapConformance tags "sorting_level_0"
and "paging_level_0" to "sorting" and "paging" respectively.
11: Added the "JSONPath operators" section to appendix.
12: Changed the content of "JSONPath operators" section.
13: Minor pre-AD review edits.
14: Additionl minor pre-AD review edits.
15: In section ""sort" Parameter" added a paragraph providing
conversions of IP addresses into their numerical representations.
In section "Sorting Properties Declaration" rearranged Table 2 in
a list to make the content more readable. Other minor edits due
to AD review.
16: In section "Introduction" replaced "... large result set that
could be truncated ..." with "... large result set that is often
truncated ..." as suggested by Gen-ART reviewer. Added
Appendix C.
17: Edits made:
* in the "Sorting and Paging Metadata" section:
+ replaced "Members are:" with "The AvailableSort object
includes the following members:";
+ clarified that an RDAP server MUST define only one default
sorting property for each object class;
* in the "Negative Answers" section:
+ replaced the phrase "the response MAY include additional
information regarding the negative answer" with the phrase
"the response MAY include additional information regarding
either the supported sorting properties or the correct
cursor value";
+ added a new example;
* clarified the required members of a Link object in the
"Representing Sorting Links" section;
* corrected the [REST] reference in the "Informative References"
section;
* replaced the phrase "and subsequent denial of service due to
abuse" with the phrase "and subsequent denial of service" in
"Security Considerations" section.
18: Edits made:
* in the "Introduction" section:
+ revised the reasons for using query parameters instead of
HTTP headers;
* in the "Sorting and Paging Metadata" section:
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+ replaced the phrase "number of objects returned in the
current page" with the phrase "number of objects that should
have been returned in the current page" in the definition of
the "pageSize" field;
* in the ""sort" Parameter" section:
+ clarified the sorting logic for values denoting dates and
times;
+ replaced the IPv6 address
"2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334" with
"2001:0db8:85a3:0:0:8a2e:0370:7334";
* in the "Sorting Properties Declaration" section:
+ replaced the sorting properties "ipV4" and "ipV6" with
"ipv4" and "ipv6";
+ replaced the sentence "Therefore, the assumption of having a
single IPv4 and/or IPv6 value for a nameserver cannot be
considered too stringent." with the sentence "Therefore,
this specification makes the assumption that nameservers
have a single IPv4 and/or IPv6 value."
+ clarified that the sorting properties MUST NOT be used with
a with a meaning other than the one described this document;
+ specified that JSONPath operators used in this section are
those defined in "Appendix A";
* in the ""cursor" Parameter" section:
+ corrected the Base64 encoding of "offset=100,limit=50";
+ clarified that RDAP servers are NOT RECOMMENDED to obfuscate
a cursor value through a mere Base64 encoding;
* changed last sentence of second paragraph of the "Security
Considerations" section;
* updated the "Acknowledgements" section;
* in "Appendix A":
+ changed introductory paragraph;
+ replaced "opaque URL-safe string" with "opaque to client
URL-safe string";
* added JSONPath union operator in Table 2 of "Appendix B"
* changed the explanation of offset and limit operators in
"Appendix B";
* converted the figures containing only RDAP queries into texts;
* changed the wildcard prefixed patterns into wildcard suffixed
in all the RDAP queries;
* cleaned the text.
19: Replaced the words "encryption/encrypt" with "obfuscation/
obfuscate" in the ""cursor" Parameter" section.
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20: Added a final paragraph to Appendix A to reference the
comparison between JSONPath operators and IETF JSONPath WG web
site.
Authors' Addresses
Mario Loffredo
IIT-CNR/Registro.it
Via Moruzzi,1
Pisa 56124
IT
Email: mario.loffredo@iit.cnr.it
URI: http://www.iit.cnr.it
Maurizio Martinelli
IIT-CNR/Registro.it
Via Moruzzi,1
Pisa 56124
IT
Email: maurizio.martinelli@iit.cnr.it
URI: http://www.iit.cnr.it
Scott Hollenbeck
Verisign Labs
12061 Bluemont Way
Reston, VA 20190
USA
Email: shollenbeck@verisign.com
URI: https://www.verisignlabs.com/
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