RE: Regestry Identifiers

[Donald Heath <heath@linus.isoc.org>]

Chris

Thanks for your comments.  Just to clarify something regarding
responses  -  we, the IAHC, thought it would expedite, as well as
facilitate, faster response if the individual members could immediately
respond to issues on the list.  At the same time, the IAHC plans to
publish its thinking, proposals, responses, etc.  To distinguish
between a formal IAHC postition and the individual thoughts of its
members, we simply decided to add some sort of a tag line that
pointed out when an individual was expressing his own thoughts.

In committees, the dynamics of working together frequently results
in opinions being altered by persuasive argument, or by the enlightenment
of one member to facts or knowledge of which they were unaware.
Accordingly, if a member points out that they are speaking for
themselves, they are afforded the luxury of later joining in a somewhat
[possibly] counter view.

Glad to see you are participating in what we believe can be a
constructive process.

Don
[Also a member of the IAHC and expressing my opinion. ;-)]

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From: 	Christopher Ambler[SMTP:chris@iodesign.com]
Sent: 	Sunday, November 17, 1996 2:22 PM
To: 	iahc-discuss@iahc.org
Subject: 	Re: Regestry Identifiers

> Certainly one should not dictate internal operations details.

I tend to agree with this thought.

> 	2.  External aspects might well be subject to efforts at creating
> an integrated, global service.  I believe that the IETF would be
> appropriate for this only if there are technical questions, either
> involving the creation of new technology standards or in 'profiling' a
> collection of specifications into an integrated service for this purpose.
> My own thought is that the latter would be pretty nifty.

Agreed as well.

An IETF process-defined set of specifications such that the public knows
what to expect with regards to information retreival from a registry would
be wonderful. We expect to follow the evolving whois specification for
completeness sake, in addition to our implemented web interface. If there
were a "minimum level of service" requirement that all registries needed to
follow, that would guarantee some consistancy.

> Also:  IAHC member, expressing personal opinions

Just to clarify, if you're posting to the IAHC list, your personal opioions
are still your opinions as an IAHC member, yes? If nobody is willing to go
on the record on this mailing list, what's the use?





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Christopher Ambler
President, Image Online Design, Inc.