Domain names mapping

Informative commands:

Object transform commands:

Unimplemented commands:

Overview

Implementation of domain names mapping closely follows RFC-5731, with a simple extension. Several policy restrictions apply (read more on this here):

  • Nameservers are attributes of domain names and should be specified with domain:hostAttr elements [1]
  • Up to 5 nameservers can be assigned for a domain name - at least two are required for a domain to become active.
  • Domain name should always have exactly 4 contacts:
    • billing contact (always registrar’s primary person)
    • technical contact (one of the hostmasters, associated with the registrar)
    • the registrant (may be a legal or private person)
    • administrative contact (should be a private person)

What can be registered?

We offer also IDN domain names - they may include following Unicode symbols, specific for the Latvian language:

  • ē, ū, ī, ā, š, ģ, ķ, ļ, ž, č, ņ and ŗ

Note

Please note, that the length of an IDN domain name is measured in its ACE-encoded (Punycode) form!

Note

Our server recognizes IDN domain and host names both in their UTF8 and Punycode representations - so either one may be used in commands and queries.

A set of second level subdomains of TLD “.lv” may be registered, including:

  • .com.lv - subdomain for commercial entities
  • .edu.lv - subdomain for educational institutions
  • .org.lv - subdomain for various forms of affiliation groups
  • .id.lv - subdomain for individuals
  • .net.lv - subdomain for network infrastructure providers
  • .asn.lv - subdomain for associations
  • .conf.lv - subdomain for conferences and exhibitions requiring short duration Internet connectivity

Supported status values

ok

The normal state of an active domain name

inactive

This state means that the domain name has no name servers attached and, therefore, is not exported in .lv zone.

serverHold

Is set when the domain name is “commented” - meaning that warning has been sent, but the payment is still late and domain has been taken out from .lv zone.

pendingCreate

A domain name is in a pending create state when a registration request has been submitted but is not yet reviewed (and approved or rejected).

pendingRenew

During a month when the domain name expires, it is included in the registrar’s bill and goes into pendingRenew state. While in that state, the registrar may choose - auto-renew domain name at the end of the month or let it expire.

pendingTransfer

Registrar change request for a domain name has been initiated but is not yet reviewed by the other involved side.

clientAutoRenewProhibited

A client can set this state for domain names, included in the active bill, to refuse further management of that domain object after the bill is finalized.

serverTransferProhibited

This status freezes domain name sponsorship transfer and is set:

  • for newly registered domain names - until the end of the following month (e.g. example-summerify.lv, registered on 3rd of June will have this status removed on 31th of July);
  • for expiring domain names - while a domain name is included in the active registrar bill (e.g., if shouldrenew.lv, registered a year ago, expires on 15th of August, the serverTransferProhibited status would be set as soon as August bill is created, and would persist until the last day of the August).

serverUpdateProhibited

It is set when a domain name is locked for editing (because of payment or legal issues).

clientUpdateProhibited

When this is set, the only allowed change is to remove this status (no much use of it though, as only the sponsoring client can modify details of a domain name)

Some status values are defined in EPP protocol but not used for .lv domain names (and cannot, therefore, be set or removed), for example: pendingDelete, pendingUpdate, clientRenewProhibited and serverRenewProhibited

Footnotes

[1](RFC-5731) 1.1 Relationship of Domain Objects and Host Objects