RIPE 34 TLD WG: Meeting Summary

                          RIPE 34: TLD-WG Summary

      Place: Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
      Date: 22 September, 1999
      Chair: Niall O'Reilly
      Scribe: Vesna Manojlovic

      Participants: 33
      ccTLD Registries represented: 13

      This short summary of the TLD-WG session was presented at the
      closing plenary session of RIPE 34. Please see the RIPE 34
      TLD-WG Minutes (when available) for more detail.

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      Future of TLD WG

           The WG was closed.

           Now that CENTR is established, it appears to be the
           organisation which should best deal with most of the work
           areas belonging to the TLD WG. It is hoped that a CENTR
           working group will begin functioning soon and that it will
           meet at RIPE 35.

           Some work areas appear to fall more naturally to the
           continuing RIPE DNS WG.

           Work areas from the TLD-WG workplan were identified to be
           entrusted to DNS-WG and to CENTR, as shown below.

           DNS-WG:
                Stability of the DNS Root
                DNS Infrastructure Resources

           CENTR:
                IANA and ICANN
                Documentation and alignment of practices
                Emerging Registries
                Tools and Techniques

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      Input from other RIPE WG's

           DB-WG
                Input needed on specification of domain object for
                next revision of code.

                Operational difficulties around domain objects.

                Need decision on migration of domain objects -- CENTR
                to respond urgently.

                Specification input deferred until migration path
                decided.

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      CENTR Update

           Presentation by Fay Howard.

           CENTR has incorporated, is recruiting a Technical Project
           Officer, and is expected to have a technical programme,
           with its own working groups.

           CENTR is aware of problems wrt domain objects in RIPE DB
           and is in active dialogue with RIPE NCC.

           CENTR has had to concentrate on global ICANN and DNSO
           issues, and now expects to have a more "European" focus.

           Seven DNSO constituencies provisionally recognised, among
           which ccTLD constituency. ccTLD's have elected 3 NC
           members. Elections for ICANN Board follow in October.

           See http://www.centr.org.

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      Current Actions

           TLD-33.1 [Chair]
                Provide minutes for RIPE 32 TLD WG
                Draft ready; kept open; to be reviewed on list.

           TLD-33.2 [Chair]
                Initiate discussion of issues arising around domain
                objects in RIPE database.
                Some discussion has taken place between interested
                parties, especially RIPE-NCC, CENTR and certain
                registries.
                Transferred to CENTR, for decision during next week
                (beginning 27 September 1999).

           TLD-33.3 [Chair]
                Request information from registries on whether they
                are prepared to make their data available for pilot
                project using HARMONIC interface.
                NIC-FR is making contact directly.
                OBE; closed.

           TLD-33.4 [Chair]
                Place Future Direction of TLD-WG on Agenda for
                RIPE-34 and stimulate preparatory discussion on
                mailing list.
                Done; closed.

           TLD-33.5 [All]
                Contribute to workplan discussion on mailing list.
                OBE; closed.

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      New Actions

           TLD-34.1 [Chair]
                Ensure loose ends are tidied up, in particular by
                alerting inheritors of work areas and action items,
                and by taking care of minutes.

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      Thanks

           I would like to thank everyone who has contributed to the
           TLD WG and who has made it an interesting experience for
           me as Chairman.

           I would particularly like to thank Vesna and also her
           predecessors at earlier meetings for taking the meeting
           notes.

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