The IESG has approved the following document: - 'A Domain Availability Check (DCHK) Registry Type for the Internet Registry Information Service (IRIS) ' <draft-ietf-crisp-iris-dchk-09.txt> as a Proposed Standard This document is the product of the Cross Registry Information Service Protocol Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Chris Newman and Lisa Dusseault. A URL of this Internet-Draft is: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-crisp-iris-dchk-09.txt Technical Summary This document describes a lightweight domain availability service using the IRIS framework and the data model of the IRIS Domain Registry service. Working Group Summary The working group came to consensus that lightweight domain availability check was needed, as this is a common use of the "whois" protocol, the functionality of which IRIS is meant to supersede. The working group came to consensus that this document met that need. Protocol Quality Among other working group members, Bernie Hoeneisen, Shane Kerr, and Geoffrey Sisson provided reviews. April Marine is the document Shepherd. Chris Newman is the responsible Area Director. _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce