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1. WHOIS
Formatting of WHOIS output has been changed to a better structured and 
therefore better readable form. Type 'whois -h whois.nic.ch 
<domainname.ch>' for an example, where <domainname> is a 
secondlevel domain name registered in Switzerland.

The entire content of the WHOIS database has been updated and is 
available for public FTP access from ftp.nic.ch in directory /data as 
file 'ch-li.db' (currently 1.896 MB). Any organization or private person 
writing tools to access this database (e.g. search engines) is kindly 
asked to publish related information in newsgroup ch.network. SWITCH is 
already providing access to this database (from URL 
http://www.switch.ch/domain/search_form.html). Records of the 
database should be checked by registrants and modified when necessary.


2. Documents
Policy, fee and application documents have been upgraded (as we hope 
;-)) to version 3. The e-mail application form now closely resembles 
output from the WHOIS database (see above).

The majority of changes were imposed on the policy document, reflecting 
experience of the first weeks. Nearly no changes were done to the fee 
document. 

The HTML page containing links to other registries has been extended.


3. Input forms
Three different types od application forms are accepted now for 
automagic processing:
	a) an ASCII version of the application form submitted by 
		e-mail (preferred method);
	b) an ASCII version of WHOIS output submitted by e-mail. 	
		Since this is only useful for modifications an 
		implicit M-flag is assumed; it is therefore necessary 
		to explicitely specify a D-flag for domain name 	
	deletions;
	c) an HTML application form from www.nic.ch.


4. Distribution list
Announcements regarding domain name registation are published via 
mailing list 'dom-reg-info'. Check http://www.nic.ch for subscription 
instructions.


5. Aggregated bills
CH/LI DOM-REG ships lists of domain names associated to ISP's in 
Switzerland and Liechtenstein. ISP's should check the billing 
contacts for these names and state for which domain names bulk invoices 
are desired. This action takes place next week.


Marcel Schneider@SWITCH