Re: ISO 3166 namespace administration

[Kevin Brown <kevinbr@netcomm.ie>]

Perry and Cary,


Can you reply and reconfirm that all ISO TLDs are delegated to sovereign
bodies? Cary seems to think, as I do , that there is a mis mash of
delegations out there. Perry you re convinced that Delegations were given
to sovereign bodies.

Sorry I know you find me repetitious but I find most of the ongoing
discussions are slanted totally form a US perspective, US Companies, US
Courts etc.

I cannot be convinced that we can seperate the ISO TLDs from other existing
or new TLDs. After all they all defer to the concept of  a single  ". "

I understand that the IAHC has the task of pushing through a draft on New
iTLDs, and that I am wasting your time in my conceptual discomfort with ALL
TLD delegations. Where would you or anyone suggest we discuss in parallel
the concept of a single root, and discuss who owns and runs this root, so
that all parts of the DNS space under root are happy? Internationally, of
course, with no reference to US law.

Kevin



At 14:40 +0300 27/12/96, Cary Karp wrote:
>Although issues of national sovereignty cannot be taken
>lightly, I suspect that the IAHC may be unduly deferential to
>the governments of the countries which have 3166TLD presences.
>Domain management is not invariable regarded as a governmental
>concern. Even where it is, there would likely be a reasonable
>degree of understanding for the utility of an international
>collegium of 3166TLD managers. Such a forum could provide an
>internationally mandated basis for the discussion of
>internationalization issues. These could cover the spectrum
>from providing informed input about national considerations, to
>permitting the discussion of the potential for causing egregious
>linguistic offense that certain domain designations might have.
>
>There are numerous situations where noncommercial international
>collaborative ventures require formal status that cannot, or
>should not, be provided in a governmental context. One way in
>which this need is addressed is by the creation of
>non-governmental organizations -- NGO's -- which receive their
>mandate from some authorized international body. I am well aware
>of the extent to which the Internet protocols have been built
>upon a mistrust of "de jure" processes. Nonetheless, it might be
>worth at least asking if the difficulties that led to the
>creation of the IAHC suggest that there may be at least some
>limit to the scope of what may be accomplished on a "de facto"
>basis. One way or the other, if the discussion about finding a
>formal point of genuine international anchorage for the domain
>delegation process continues, I'd suspect that some form of
>TLD (or Internet) NGO would sooner or later be proposed.
>
>Has the IAHC ever discussed anything along these lines?  Even if
>not the NGO aspect, what about some form of aggregation of those
>who can speak authoritatively on behalf of the 3166TLDs?
>


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