27 Registration Life Cycle

Prototypical answer:

gTLDFull Legal NameE-mail suffixDetail
.joburgUniForum SA (NPC) trading as ZA Central Registrydundas.co.zaView

1 Synopsis

This chapter provides details on the proposed lifecycle of domains regis-
tered in the proposed gTLD. Included in the details is an elaboration on
the various states, pending action periods and the registration periods of a
domain.


2 Registration Life Cycle

2.1 Introductory Life Cycle


The diagram DNS-DomainLifecycle-SRLR.pdf details the introductory do-
main life cycle with Sunrise and Landrush periods. Domains registered
during the Sunrise and Landrush periods will be registered for a period of
5 years.


2.1.1 Sunrise

On introduction of dotJoburg there will be a Sunrise period as defined be-
low. Applications for Trademark names will be accepted during the Sunrise
period. The Sunrise phase will be administered by an external provider as
decided by the dotJoburg Policy Oversight Committee


The Sunrise period will be broken up into 3 phases as described in dia-
gram DNS-DomainLifecycle-Sunrise.pdf.

1. Pre-Sunrise - Name collection for reservation and blocking starting
from June 2012 and reserved names being held for a period of 24 months
while blocked names will be held indefinitely.

2. Sunrise Phase 1 - The initial Sunrise period for South African Reg-
istered Trademark holders running a period estimated at 2 weeks to
4 weeks, and to be ratified by the dotJoburg policy oversight commit-
tee with the latter period being used for examination and verification.

3. Sunrise Phase 2 - The secondary Sunrise period for International Reg-
istered Trademark holders running for a period estimated at 2 weeks to
4 weeks, and to be ratified by the dotJoburg policy oversight commit-
tee with the latter period being used for examination and verification.

Application names will be reserved during the above periods until resolution
occurs. Should an application be rejected or withdrawn the reserved names
will be auctioned as part of the Landrush process.


2.1.2 Landrush

A Landrush period of estimated at 14 days, and to be ratified by the
dotJoburg policy oversight committee will be enforced on the introduction
of dotJoburg.


2.2 Operating Life Cycle


The diagram DNS-DomainLifecycle-LR.pdf details the Domain Operating
Life Cycle.

Available:- The domain is available for creation and will not appear on
the registry whois or EPP info query. The name might appear on a
Sunrise⁄Landrush whois like interface.

Landrush:- The domain application has been submitted and is pending
creation. Multiple creates will be accepted for the same domain during
this period with any conflicts resulting in an auction period of 0 to 14
days.

Grace Period:- Once the domain has been created it will be in a state of
grace lasting estimated at 10 days, and to be ratified by the dotJoburg
policy oversight committee. The domain can be released and return
to the available state should the registrant of the domain choose. The

result will be a partial refund and a tasting fee as to be determined
by the dotJoburg TLD policy oversight committee.

Registered:- The domain is now registered and in operation until a further
change in state by one of the following operations:

1. Domain Renew
2. Domain Update
3. Domain Expiry
4. Domain Deletion
5. Domain Transfer

Expired:- A rollover of the domain expiry date will result in one of 2 ac-
tions:

Auto Renew:- If the auto renew attribute has been set on the do-
main and sufficient funds exist in the sponsor account then the
domain will be renewed and move to the registered state for an-
other period.
Suspension:- If the auto renew attribute has not been set or the
sponsor has insufficient funds then the domain will enter the
pending suspension state for eventual release.

Pending Suspension:- The domain may enter a state of pending suspen-
sion for estimated at 15 days, and to be ratified by the dotJoburg policy
oversight committee should it be deleted or expire. The domain will
still be published to the zone. The pending suspension state may be
cancelled at any time which may result in re-instatement should there
be sufficient funds (if the pending suspension was due to an expiry).

Pending Deletion:- Once the period for pending suspension lapses so the
domain will enter a state of pending deletion for estimated at 5 days,
and to be ratified by the dotJoburg policy oversight committee. The
domain will no longer be published to the zone but will still appear
on whois and EPP info queries. The pending deletion state may be
cancelled at any time which may result in re-instatement should there
be sufficient funds (if the pending deletion was due to an expiry).

Released:- The domain will enter the available state in the eventual case of
a domain being deleted which will then be available for re-registration.

3 Domain Life Cycle State Definition

The domain object status will be adjusted to any of the following states
during its registration life cycle. The Domain Status interaction as defined
in RFC 5731 will apply.

The diagram DNS-DomainLifecycle-Registration.pdf details the Domain Reg-
istration Life Cycle.


3.1 Pending Create

A pendingCreate status with an appropriate message will be applied upon
receipt of a domain create command. During the state, the domain may be
pending Sunrise legal resolution or Landrush auction. The domain object
will be held by an escrow registrar as ordained by dotJoburg. The domain
object will be transferred to the winning applicant upon expiration of the
Sunrise or Landrush period defined below.


3.1.1 Sunrise

A Sunrise period estimated at 2 weeks to 4 weeks, and to be ratified by the
dotJoburg policy oversight committee will begin on the launch of dotJoburg.
The domain object will be held and advertised as being in Sunrise phase.
Applications will be collected then accepted or rejected.


3.1.2 Landrush

The Landrush state will comprise of three phases:

Introduction:- A Landrush period estimated at 14 days, and to be rati-
fied by the dotJoburg policy oversight committee will apply. Domain
names will be offered at a premium fee which will be reduced at se-
lected intervals until the next Landrush phase begins.

Initiation:- Thereafter a secondary Landrush period estimated at 14 days,
and to be ratified by the dotJoburg policy oversight committee will
apply. During the Landrush phase a domain in contention; which is a

domain that is requested by multiple parties over the period; will enter
an auctionary period. The auction will be maintained and monitored
by an external provider as defined by the dotJoburg Policy Oversight
Committee .

Operation:- During standard operation a period of 0 to 14 days will apply.
The period will increase based on the amount of applications received
for a domain name to a maximum period. Should more than one
application be received for a single domain name then the applicants,
or further applicants, shall enter a private auction to determine the
ultimate owner of the name. The private auction is specific to recently
released domain names where an out-of-band notification mechanism
is utilized.


3.2 OK

The domain state of OK will apply until further commands are issued re-
sulting in a change of state.


3.3 Pending Update

Domain update commands will be processed asynchronously resulting in
an EPP Result Code of 1001. The Update period may vary depending on
the extent of the update command and the domain update policy as to be
determined by the dotJoburg TLD policy oversight committee.


3.4 Pending Transfer

A Registrar transfer may be initiated during the registration period. The
transfer will result in a period varying 0 to 5 days depending on the creden-
tials supplied with the transfer command.


3.5 Pending Delete

The pending delete state will apply for the periods of two of the phases in
the domain life cycle as detailed below.

Pending Suspension:- A pending suspension period of estimated at 15 days,
and to be ratified by the dotJoburg policy oversight committee during
which the domain will remain in the dotJoburg zone.

Pending Deletion:- A pending deletion period of estimated at 5 days,
and to be ratified by the dotJoburg policy oversight committee during
which the domain will be removed from the dotJoburg zone.


3.6 Inactive

The domain state of Inactive will apply for the Pending Deletion period of
estimated at 5 days, and to be ratified by the dotJoburg policy oversight
committee. The state flags the domain for removal from the zone.


3.7 Hold States

The hold states of clientHold and serverHold will remove the domain from
the dotJoburg zone and may apply indefinitely.


3.8 Locking States

The following client locking states may be applied indefinitely on a domain
object

1. clientUpdateProhibited

2. clientRenewProhibited

3. clientTransferProhibited - Any domain transfer requests sent while the
state is in effect will require authentication credentials.

4. clientDeleteProhibited

The following server locking states may be applied indefinitely on a domain
object

1. serverUpdateProhibited - State will apply during Sunrise and Lan-
drush periods as well as during any Universal Dispute Resolution Pro-
cess, (UDRP).

2. serverRenewProhibited

3. serverTransferProhibited - State will apply during Sunrise and Lan-
drush periods as well as during UDRP.

4. serverDeleteProhibited - State will apply during Sunrise and Landrush
periods as well as duringUDRP.

4 Resource Planning

4.1 Personnel Roles

Period and State roles are held by persons that have a role in affecting the
dotJoburgʹs Policies and Procedures.
The policy roles are:

1. Policy Administrator, PA

2. Legal Advisor, LA

3. Technical Advisor, TA


4.1.1 Number of persons required per task

At any given time, there must be at least 2 individuals within the organiza-
tion per policy role indicated in 4.1.


4.1.2 Identification and authentication for each role

Only people who have signed a confidentiality agreement and an agreement
to acknowledge their responsibilities with the Registry may hold a policy
role.


4.1.3 Tasks requiring separation of duties

The policy roles in 4.1 above to a maximum of two may be held simulta-
neously by one and the same person. In other words, the PA and TA role
might be held by one person, while the LA role may be held by another.
There must always be a minimum of two personnel present during policy
administration.


4.2 Policy Management

The Registry for dotJoburg includes software for maintaining and controlling
dotJoburg policy. The policy roles in 4.1 must have access to the software
and understand how the policy is implemented by the Registry.

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