http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1714.txt
RFC 1714: Referral Whois Protocol (RWhois), S. Williamson, M. Kosters1994-11-01T23:00:00-00:00This memo describes version 1.0 of the client/server interaction of RWhois. RWhois provides a distributed system for the display of hierarchical information. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.