Over the course of several months in 2002, The Internet Corporation
for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) developed an implementation
proposal to provide a "grace period" for Domain Name System (DNS)
domain name recovery (or redemption) before a domain name is purged
from the repository of the authoritative registry for the domain
name. This mapping extends the EPP domain <update> command to
initiate the redemption process for a domain name that has entered
the Redemption Grace Period (RGP) and it extends the EPP domain
<info> response to identify the status of domains that have entered
various grace periods defined by ICANN policy.
In March 2003, ICANN published a task force report describing other
domain registry grace periods related to EPP operations. This
mapping describes extension status values to note the grace periods
described in the report, including:
o An "add grace period" after the initial registration of a domain
name. If the domain name is deleted by the registrar during this
period, the registry provides a credit to the registrar for the
cost of the registration.
o An "auto-renew grace period" after a domain name registration
period expires and is extended (renewed) automatically by the
registry. If the domain name is deleted by the registrar during
this period, the registry provides a credit to the registrar for
the cost of the renewal.
o A "renew grace period" after a domain name registration period is
explicitly extended (renewed) by the registrar. If the domain
name is deleted by the registrar during this period, the registry
provides a credit to the registrar for the cost of the renewal. |