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The '''Registration Data Access Protocol''' (RDAP) is the successor to the [[Whois]] protocol. This [[IETF]]-developed protocol enables users to access current registration data. The RDAP protocol makes access to data from the WHOIS system more secure. It includes standardized queries, secure access to data, extensibility, differentiated access, support for internationalization of registration data, and enabling search for objects. The scalable technical architecture can accommodate new and future policy-driven functionality requirements. All [[CPH|contracted parties]] have been required to provide RDDS over RDAP for all [[gTLD]] domain names since 26 August 2019.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/icann-contracted-parties-set-to-vote-on-rdap-amendments-12-01-2023-en Contracted Parties to Vote on RDAP Amendments, ICANN Blogs]</ref>

The '''Registration Data Access Protocol''' (RDAP) is the successor to the [[Whois]] protocol. This [[IETF]]-developed protocol enables users to access current registration data. The RDAP protocol makes access to data from the WHOIS system more secure. It includes standardized queries, secure access to data, extensibility, differentiated access, support for internationalization of registration data, and enabling search for objects. The scalable technical architecture can accommodate new and future policy-driven functionality requirements. All [[CPH|contracted parties]] have been required to provide RDDS over RDAP for all [[gTLD]] domain names since 26 August 2019.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/icann-contracted-parties-set-to-vote-on-rdap-amendments-12-01-2023-en Contracted Parties to Vote on RDAP Amendments, ICANN Blogs]</ref> On April 30, 2023, the [[ICANN Board]] directed the [[ICANN Organization]] to implement the RDAP Global Amendments to the gTLD Registry Agreement ([[RA]]), Specification 13, and 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement ([[RAA]]). The global amendments specify operational requirements for providing Registration Data Directory Services ([[RDDS]]) via RDAP and detail the sunset of certain obligations for registries and registrars by 28 January 2025.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/icann-board-approves-rdap-amendments-04-05-2023-en Board approves RDAP amendments, ICANN Blogs]</ref>

==Overview==

==Overview==