Re: New draft charter for the RIPE DNS WG

[Jaap Akkerhuis <]

Hi Peter,
    
    > the core business of a registry (at least, that is my personal
    > opinion) is the maintenance of the zonefile, there is overlap with
    
    well, the registries do a lot of database, whois, "IP", lawyers
    and politics work and one side effect is they produce a zone file.

My point is that all if all the database lawyers work etc. is
senseless if the net result doesn't end up in a zonefile. Why
register something if it isn't used? But that is a nice subject for
a bar-bof.
    
    > So, one way to answer your question would be to say that DNS-wg is
    > more concerned with the dns protocol sec then with other things
    > surrounding it.
    
    That's it. The emphasis on "quality" really meant DNS technical and operational
    quality, like lame delegations, server redundancy, TTL values, future KEY
    issues and so on.  It's not about the accuracy of the whois data or the quality
    of the registration policy documents. These nevertheless important topics are
    covered e.g. in the DNR forum.
    
    So, do you think that particular sentence needs rewording?
    
If somebody can come up with a better wording, yes. I came up with:

      The DNS WG pomotes the quality of the DNS for the Internet community.

but I think that some better wordings can be found.

	jaap