Re: Jim Welch paper

[jw@research.troy.ny.us]

> I read your position paper and need clarification. In your paper you write:

Thank you for taking the time to read it and for sharing your
thoughts.

> 	"The corporation effectively owns all internal nodes. The only
> 	names that any individual or organization may acquire are the names of
> 	leaf nodes. A name is created when someone proposes it. A proposed
> 	name is acquired by the highest bidder in an Internet-based auction
> 	process subject to some minimum bid, say $25 US 1997-01-01."
> 
> The corporation referred to above  I take to mean your proposed new
> Internet entity 
> 	"created (as a) single for-profit corporation... for the sole purpose
> 	of administering the domain name system"

That's correct.

> When you refer to a name being created when someone proposes it, does that
> refer to an end user proposing a particular SLD name for their use, or does
> it refer to a registry proposing a gTLD name? 

I think I have to be more careful to distinguish between names and the
entities they designate. This is more precise:

Aspiring leaf node (A record and/or MX record set) owners would
propose names. Domains (internal nodes), be they top level, second
level, or otherwise, would be automatically created as needed to
accommodate proposed names of leaf nodes. Domains would be owned by
the corporation ("Internet Names Corp."?) which in turn would be owned
by the leaf node owners.

There would be no registries other than the INC; there would be no
need for other registries.