Title: DISCUSS-RIPE-TLD-WG-Workplan-34
Date: 6 September 1999
Status: Discussion Document
Next Review: RIPE-34, 22 September 1999
Discussion Document
for next review of
RIPE TLD-WG Workplan
The TLD-WG workplan is an organic document that will be formally reviewed at each WG meeting. The workplan is listed under various sections followed by specific activities to be undertaken within each section.
This document reflects revisions to the workplan proposed on 5 May 1999 at RIPE 33 in Vienna.
| A shaded background is used to highlight developments relevant to the evolution of the workplan. |
| A different shading is used for proposals to be considered at the next review. |
In the plain-text version of the document, neither of these shadings is visible.
Six work areas now remain. WG should consider at next review which of these need to be retained, and which should best be taken care of by other groups or organisations (eg: RIPE DNS-WG, CENTR, DNSO).
WG should also consider whether it is appropriate to add any new work areas, and how the resulting (continued or new) work areas should be resourced.
| Priority: |
Highest |
| Open Actions: |
None |
The independence and stability of IANA is vital for the functioning of the DNS. In order to help preserve this the following tasks need to be done:
- Help support the following aims of IANA:
- protection from litigation
- recognition by official governmental bodies
- bottom-up authority to IANA
- Discuss and find a way for nTLDs to directly or indirectly fund IANA.
- Formalise relationships with IANA within a bottom-up framework.
- participation through DNSO structure
or
just leave this to registries ... ?
- transfer of functions from IANA to ICANN
- delegation relationship between IANA/ICANN and ccTLD registries
| Priority: |
Highest |
| Open Actions: |
None |
- desired responsibility for root server system
- desired implementation of same
TLD Coordination Project Activity
| Priority: |
High |
| Open Actions: |
None |
Discuss and decide upon the structure of the TLD coordination project. This project will be used to carry out actions decided upon by the WG. The following need to be discussed:
- Location of project
- Size of project
- Scope of project
- Funding of project
| Initial co-ordination project, RIPE-CENTR is to finish by 30 June 1999.
New CENTR organization, with registries as members, will have co-ordination activity, but this seems likely not to cover all TLD-WG interests.
TLD-WG activity is expected to depend mainly on volunteer effort.
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Proposals
- Drop this section from workplan.
- Organise a task force for each active section of workplan.
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| Priority: |
High |
| Open Actions: |
None |
- Collect and publish information on status and current practice of nTLD registries, with particular reference to:
- publication of policy,
- national consultative framework,
- registration procedures,
- comparative charging,
- search/retrieval facilities on nTLD databases,
- availability of English-language versions of documentation,
- domain name statistics,
- national character sets,
- Co-operation with Governments,
- Competition,
- Arbitration and Dispute Resolution,
- Legal Issues.
- Develop recommendations for best practice and alignment of practices.
- Publish and promote any recommendations made.
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