Greetings, following the domain auction system, we've updated the XML query for "check domain" operation in the new FRED version. Now the domain (or domains) and its availability can be checked in regards of a specific contact. By this it's possible to verify whether the contact is the winner of the auction of the requested domain name. The element "reason", in the XML response, is to differentiate responses in case of failure. The rest of EPP communication schemes stays the same. This version is already available in the public test environment. Since it's only an extension of current schemes, we will deploy it to the production next week. We've also added the extension of validation schemes "auction-*.xsd" into the XML schemes related of this release. New schemes version can be here: https://www.nic.cz/page/744/registracni-system/ in the section "SOFTWARE FOR TESTING". You can also find the new EPP client version here ("New interactive console client 3.0.1"). ATTENTION - the older EPP client fred-client is no longer supported in the new FRED version (last version is 2.15.3) and it does not contain the domain auction feature We would also like to ask you to consider creating your own landing page, as the URL will be on the list of registrars in the last e-mail to the auction winner for an easy registration. A simple pdf document with instruction how to register the auctioned domain with you would also be appreciated - we'd love to put it on the list. You can find an example of XML query (and its response) for "check domain" and with specification "extension:check:registrant" in attachment. There are 5 domains in the example below. Domains with active auction and a few with winner are available in the test environment. The list of these domains are in the attachment (domain-in-auction.txt and domain-winner.txt). 1. fdsglkjh.cz = an example of available domain Response:         <domain:cd>           <domain:name avail="1">fdsglkjh.cz</domain:name>         </domain:cd> 2. nic.cz = an example of registered domain Response:         <domain:cd>           <domain:name avail="0">nic.cz</domain:name>           <domain:reason>Registered already</domain:reason>         </domain:cd> 3. moxstart-turris.cz = an example of domain in auction Response:        <domain:cd>           <domain:name avail="0">moxstart-turris.cz</domain:name>           <domain:reason>Auction pending</domain:reason>         </domain:cd> 4. machrsnura-bird.cz = an example of domain with finished auction and only the winner, contact id AUCTION-TEST-01, can register it a) Query without specification (present behavior) will receive:         <domain:cd>           <domain:name avail="0">machrsnura-bird.cz</domain:name>           <domain:reason>Only the auction winner is authorized to register this domain</domain:reason>         </domain:cd> b) Query with the winner (AUCTION-TEST-01) in specification will receive:         <domain:cd>           <domain:name avail="1">machrsnura-bird.cz</domain:name>         </domain:cd> 5. cestovnisiticko-nic.cz = an example of domain with finished auction and only the winner, contact id AUCTION-TEST-02, can register it a) Query without specification (present behavior) will receive:         <domain:cd>           <domain:name avail="0">cestovnisiticko-nic.cz</domain:name>           <domain:reason>Only the auction winner is authorized to register this domain</domain:reason>         </domain:cd> b) Query with a different contact (AUCTION-TEST-01) who is not the winner will receive:         <domain:cd>           <domain:name avail="0">cestovnisiticko-nic.cz</domain:name>           <domain:reason>Only the auction winner is authorized to register this domain</domain:reason>         </domain:cd> In case of any questions, please let me know. Kind regards -- ------------------------------ Jitka Sochurkova podpora klicovych zakazniku / key customer support CZ.NIC, z. s. p. o. Milesovska 5, 130 00  Praha 3 ------------------------------ Tel.: +420 724 136 262       +420 222 745 111 E-mail:jitka.sochurkova@nic.cz www.nic.cz www.mojeID.cz