---
title: "General contact extensions"
url: "https://help.internetx.com/en/api/epp-general-contact-extensions/"
lang: "en"
section: "API reference — EPP API"
breadcrumb: "API reference > EPP extensions"
updated: "2023-12-29"
---

# General contact extensions

## General contact extensions

| Key | Occurs | Type | Format | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| contact/type | 0 - 1 | enum | [ContactTypeEnum](/en/api/core-contact-type-enum/) | Describes the type of a contact. Possible values are:<br>• ORGANIZATION<br>• PERSON<br>Default value is **PERSON.** |
| contact/strict | 0 - 1 | boolean |  | Ensures that the data for transfer to the registry is not modified.0 = active1 = not activeDefault = 0 |
| contact/gender | 0 - 1 \*) | enum | [GenderEnum](/en/api/core-gender-enum/) | Describes the gender of a contact. Possible values are:<br>• MALE<br>• FEMALE |
| contact/language | 0 - 1 | language |  | Language of the contact ([RFC 3066](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3066)), for example "de" or "de\_ch" |
| contact/sip | 0 - 1 | uri |  | SIP address, for example. sip:john.sample@[example.com](http://example.com) |
| contact/verification | 0 - 1 | enum |  | Current verification status of the contact. Possible values are:<br>• PENDING<br>• SUCCESS<br>• FAILED<br>• NOT\_SET |
| contact/domainsafe | 0 - 1 | boolean |  | Displays if the contact is protected by the DomainSafe. |
| contact/companynumber | 0 - 1 \*) | string |  | Company register number / Company number |
| contact/vatnumber | 0 - 1 \*) | string |  | VAT Nummer |
| contact/citizenship | 0 - 1 | string |  | Citizenship. For eu citizens not living in a european country. |
| contact/mobile | 0 - 1 | e164Type |  | Mobile telephone number |
| identity / number | 0 - 1 \*) | string |  | Identification card number |
| identity / authority | 0 - 1 \*) | string |  | Issuing authority |
| identity / dateOfIssue | 0 - 1 \*) | date |  | Issuing date if the identification card. |
| identity / validTill | 0 - 1 \*) | date |  | Date until the identification card is valid. |
| trademark / name | 0 - 1 \*) | string |  | Trademark name |
| trademark / number | 0 - 1 \*) | string |  | Trademark number |
| trademark / office | 0 - 1 \*) | string |  | Authority where the trademark was applied for. |
| trademark / country | 0 - 1 \*) | country |  | Country in which the trademark is valid. ( ISO 3166 Country Code ). |
| trademark / regdate | 0 - 1 \*) | date |  | Date on which the trademark was registered. |
| trademark / appdate | 0 - 1 \*) | date |  | Date on which the trademark was applied for. |
| birth / country | 0 - 1 | country |  | Country of birth ( ISO 3166 Country Code ) |
| birth / day | 0 - 1 \*) | date |  | Date of birth |
| birth / pcode | 0 - 1 \*) | string |  | Zip code |
| birth / place | 0 - 1 \*) | string |  | Place of birth |
| disableDuplicateSearch | 0 - 1 | boolean |  | Toggles the duplicate contact search function on/off when using the [ContactCreate](/en/api/epp-general-contact-extensions/) command. This is activated by default. |

## XML example

General contact extensions

```
<extension>
	<domainrobot:contact xmlns:domainrobot="urn:org:domainrobot:ns:ext-1.0">
   		<domainrobot:type>PERSON</domainrobot:type>
 		<domainrobot:strict>1</domainrobot:strict>
        <domainrobot:companynumber>123456789</domainrobot:companynumber>
		<domainrobot:vatnumber>123456789</domainrobot:vatnumber>
	 	<domainrobot:gender>FEMALE</domainrobot:gender>
		<domainrobot:mobile x=''>+49.123123</domainrobot:mobile>
		<domainrobot:disableDuplicateSearch>1</domainrobot:disableDuplicateSearch>
		<domainrobot:trademark>
        	<domainrobot:name>Test Trademark</domainrobot:name>
        	<domainrobot:number>123456789</domainrobot:number>
        	<domainrobot:office>DPMA</domainrobot:office>
        	<domainrobot:country>DE</domainrobot:country>
        	<domainrobot:regdate>2017-01-01</domainrobot:regdate>
        	<domainrobot:appdate>2017-01-02</domainrobot:appdate>
        </domainrobot:trademark>
        <domainrobot:identity>
        	<domainrobot:number>123456789</domainrobot:number>
            <domainrobot:authority>ID Authority Fake City</domainrobot:authority>
            <domainrobot:dateOfIssue>1983-01-30</domainrobot:dateOfIssue>
            <domainrobot:validTill>1983-01-30</domainrobot:validTill>
        </domainrobot:identity>
        <domainrobot:birth>
        	<domainrobot:country>DE</domainrobot:country>
            <domainrobot:day>1983-01-30</domainrobot:day>
            <domainrobot:pcode>12345</domainrobot:pcode>
            <domainrobot:place>Fake City</domainrobot:place>
    	</domainrobot:birth>
	</domainrobot:contact>
</extension>
```