Re: ISO 3166 namespace administration

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Kevin,

  Sorry to interject here and I do not speel for Perry or Cary, or
the IACH at all.  But I have always considered the discussions on
this list from and international point of view.  I assume that the
IACH members are viewing these postings in that light.  At least
I hope they are.

Regards,


Kevin Brown wrote:
> 
> 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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