Contact CREATE Request

Function

This request is used for creating a new Contact.

Requirements

The Contact must not yet exist.

Verification

  • Verification information is created for a contact of the PERSON or ORG type.
  • The provision of verification information is optional.

  • The provision of a telephone number is mandatory.

Request Parameters

A Contact CREATE request is composed of the "Contact" data object fields and some other parameters, which are described below:

K/V Keyword XML Namespace and Element Occurrence
min - max
Type / Length Value Range Description
Action contact:create 1 enumeration create-erule request type
Version - 1 enumeration version-erule This is the version. The keyword is only relevant for requests in the key/value format.
CtId ctid 0 - 1 token
3 - 64
Any visible Unicode character (according to Unicode version 3.1) This is the unique transaction ID which is issued by the client.

Common Mistakes

The Contact handle stated in the request already exists, see error messages related to Contact requests.

 

Beispiele

Example requests for PERSON or ORG
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Response K/V Contact CREATE

Action: CREATE
Version: 5.0
Handle: DENIC-1000002-MAX
Type: Person
Name: Max Mustermann
Address: Business Services
Address: Theodor-Stern-Kai 1
Address: The maximum number of
Address: address lines is five and
Address: one line may be 255 characters long.
PostalCode: 60596
City: Frankfurt am Main
CountryCode: DE
eMail: email-1@denic.de
eMail: email-2@denic.de
eMail: email-3@denic.de
eMail: email-4@denic.de
eMail: email-5@denic.de
eMail: email-6@denic.de
Phone: +49.6927235x290

[VerificationInformation]
VerifiedClaim: name
VerifiedClaim: address
VerificationResult: success
VerificationReference: ABC123/45GHT
VerificationTimestamp: 2023-11-11T15:36:21+02:00
VerificationEvidence: idcard
VerificationMethod: auth
TrustFramework: de_denic

[VerificationInformation]
VerifiedClaim: email
VerificationResult: failed
VerificationReference: 354546TZQ
VerificationTimestamp: 2023-10-04T12:22:19+02:00
VerificationEvidence: transaction_log
VerificationMethod: auth
TrustFramework: de_denic

 

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Response XML Contact CREATE

<registry-request xmlns="http://registry.denic.de/global/5.0" xmlns:contact="http://registry.denic.de/contact/5.0" xmlns:verification="http://registry.denic.de/verification/5.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <contact:create>
    <contact:handle>DENIC-1000002-MAX</contact:handle>
    <contact:type>PERSON</contact:type>

The structure in the XML document after PERSON is identical to the structure of a request with the RRI protocol 4.0 and can be adopted from there.

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Response XML Contact CREATE

    <verification:verificationInformation xmlns:verification="http://registry.denic.de/verification/5.0" xsi:type="verification:verificationInformationType">
       <verification:verifiedClaims>
        <verification:claim>name</verification:claim>
        <verification:claim>address</verification:claim>
      </verification:verifiedClaims>
      <verification:verificationResult>success</verification:verificationResult>
      <verification:verificationReference>ABC123/45GHT</verification:verificationReference>
      <verification:verificationTimestamp>2023-11-11T15:36:21+00:00</verification:verificationTimestamp>
      <verification:verificationEvidence>idcard</verification:verificationEvidence>
      <verification:verificationMethod>auth</verification:verificationMethod>
      <verification:trustFramework>de_denic</verification:trustFramework>
    </verification:verificationInformation>
    <verification:verificationInformation xmlns:verification="http://registry.denic.de/verification/5.0" xsi:type="verification:verificationInformationType">             
      <verification:verifiedClaims>
         <verification:claim>email</verification:claim>
      </verification:verifiedClaims>
      <verification:verificationResult>failed</verification:verificationResult>
      <verification:verificationReference>354546TZQ</verification:verificationReference>
      <verification:verificationTimestamp>2023-10-04T12:22:19+00:00</verification:verificationTimestamp>
      <verification:verificationEvidence>transaction_log</verification:verificationEvidence>
      <verification:verificationMethod>auth</verification:verificationMethod>
      <verification:trustFramework>de_denic</verification:trustFramework>
    </verification:verificationInformation>
  </contact:create>
  <ctid>cba-987654321</ctid>
</registry-request>

 

Data object for PERSON or ORG

K/V Keyword XML Namespace and Element Occurrence
min - max
Type / Length Value Range Description Policy
Handle contact:handle 1 token
9 - 32
contact-rule This is the unique ID of the Contact.Syntax: <RegAccId>-<MemberID >
  • A Contact handle must always start with the RegAccId of the administering RegAcc.
Type contact:type 1 enumeration role-erule These Contact types are available:
  • PERSON = natural person,
  • ORG = a legal person (company, association, grouping of holders, organization etc., such as "DENIC eG")
  • The type of contact can be changed later.
  • For Holder you may only use the types PERSON or ORG.
Name contact:name 1 normalizedString
1 - 255
name-rule This is the Contact's name.
  • Once set, you cannot change the keyword "name" any more.
Organisation contact:organisation 0 - * normalizedString
1 - 255
organisation-rule This is the organisation which is represented by the Contact.
  • You may only use the types PERSON.
  • Cannot be changed, if the domain bears a DISPUTE entry.
  • You must always state the domain holder in the "Name:" field. The "Organization" value has no right to the domain and is not entitled to apply for an AuthInfo or a provider change or similar.
Address contact:address 1 - * normalizedString
1 - 255
address-rule Street and house number of Contact The keyword cannot be changed if the Contact is referenced as the holder of a domain which bears a DISPUTE entry.
PostalCode contact:postalCode 1 token
1 - 20
postalcode-rule Postal code and address of Contact The keyword cannot be changed if the Contact is referenced as the holder of a domain which bears a DISPUTE entry.
City contact:city 1 normalizedString
1 - 80
city-rule Place of residence of Contact The keyword cannot be changed if the Contact is referenced as the holder of a domain which bears a DISPUTE entry.
CountryCode contact:countryCode 1 Enumeration
2
country-erule Country code of the country in which the Contact's place of residence is located
  • You must use the country code of the ISO-3166-1 alpha-2 list ISO-3166-1 alpha-2 Liste.
  • The keyword cannot be changed if the Contact is referenced as the holder of a domain which bears a DISPUTE entry.
Email contact:email 1 - * normalizedString
3 - 255
email-rule

(see RFC5322 - Internet Message Format)
E-mail address of Contact „email” always is a mandatory field and must be specified at least once for the types PERSON and ORG in Contact CREATE and Contact UPDATE requests

 

K/V Keyword XML Namespace and Elements 1st Nesting 2nd Nesting Occurrence, min – max per verification information block Type / Length Value Range Description

[VerificationInformation]

<verification:verificationInformation xmlns:verification="http://registry.denic.de/verification/5.0" xsi:type="verification:verificationInformationType">

<verification:verifiedClaims>

<verification:verificationResult>

<verification:verificationReference>

<verification:verificationTimestamp>

<verification:verificationEvidence>

<verification:verificationMethod>

</verification:verificationInformation>

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Once per verification record

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For K/V: header line that precedes the verification record

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<verification:verifiedClaims>

<verification:claim>

</verification:verifiedClaims>

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VerifiedClaim -

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<verification:claim>

...

<verification:claim>

1 - 3 normalizedString /
fixed length due to predefined valued
claim-rule "claims" are data that has been verified

Special features for e-mail
The complete verification information block with all keywords or XML elements and values must be specified for an email, if the result of the email check was negative, in other words, the value is ‘failed’.

A subsequent update with the positive value ‘success’ must also be communicated, after a fail.

If the value ‘success’ was present at the start of the check, the verification information block for email can be reported.
VerificationResult -

<verification:verificationResult>

...

</verification:verificationResult>

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1 normalizedString /
fixed length due to predefined valued
result-rule Notification of the verification result
VerificationReference -

<verification:verificationReference>

...

/verification:verificationReference>

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1 normalizedString /
ength is defined by member
reference-rule The content is free text that makes reference to a request number or order number, etc.
VerificationTimestamp -

<verification:verificationTimestamp>

...

</verification:verificationTimestamp>

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1 date-time timestamp-rule Point in time, when the verification was performed
VerificationEvidence -

<verification:verificationEvidence>

...

</verification:verificationEvidence>

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1 normalizedString /
fixed length due to predefined valued
evidence-rule Evidence that was checked within the scope of the verification (e.g. for the value "idcard", which corresponds to identity card)
VerificationMethod -

<verification:verificationMethod>

...

</verification:verificationMethod>

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1 normalizedString /
fixed length due to predefined valued
method-rule Method used to carry out the verification (e.g. for the value "pvr", which stands for evidencing via "video identification")
TrustFramework -

<verification:trustFramework>

...

</verification:trustFramework>

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1 normalizedString /
fixed length due to predefined valued
framework-rule Framework used for the verification

At present, only the value "de_denic" exists, others may follow later.

 

Data object for REQUEST

K/V Keyword XML Namespace and Element Occurrence
min - max
Type / Length Value Range Description Policy
Handle contact:handle 1 token
9 - 32
contact-rule This is the unique ID of the Contact.Syntax: <RegAccId>-<MemberID > A Contact handle must always start with the RegAccId of the administering RegAcc.
Type contact:type 1 enumeration role-erule REQUEST = an e-mail address or a URL in the URI-Template format. For General Request and Abuse Contact you may only use the type REQUEST.
URI-Template contact:uri-template 1 normalizedString
8 - 1024
Syntax as defined in RFC 6570 - URI Template The variables Ulabel and Alabel in the URI-Template are replaced with the domain at a domain query (web-whois). In case of a CREATE request, the content of the URI-Template is converted into a URL or e-mail as a test (For Alabel and Ulabel, a sample domain is used.) to check the syntax on correctness.