RIPE 33 - TLD WG Summary

RIPE 33: TLD-WG Summary

Place: Palais Auersperg, Vienna, Austria
Date: 5 May 1999
Chair: Niall O'Reilly
Scribe: Maldwyn Morris

Participants: 33
ccTLD Registries represented: 9

This short summary of the TLD-WG session was presented at the closing plenary session of RIPE 33.

Current Actions

TLD-32.1 [Chair]

Update Workplan
Part done; kept open; follow up on list.

TLD-32.2 [Chair]

Determine DNS-SEC plans and need for support from DNS-WG
No registries have advised Chair of plans to implement DNS-SEC. A couple have indicated that guidance from DNS-WG would be welcome. One has indicated that preparatory study is in progress.
Done

TLD-32.3 [Chair]

Advise DB-WG of number of registries planning to use RIPE whois code
Nine registries are either using or considering using the code.
Done

TLD-32.4 [Philippe Renaut]

Present NIC-FR directory work at Vienna
Done

TLD-32.5 [Mike Norris]

Co-ordinate review of RIPE-152
Agreed: review of RIPE-152 is not necessary at this time.
Closed as OBE

HARMONIC: Directory Service of NIC.FR

Presentation by Philippe Renaut.

HARMONIC web front-end supports query by (partial) domain name, business area or geographical location with multilingual presentation. Architecture provides for access to multiple, distributed databases.

Question: are other registries prepared to make their data available in pilot project using HARMONIC interface ?

See http://harmonic.nic.fr.

CENTR Update

Presentation by Fay Howard.

RIPE-CENTR Project winding down.
CENTR to incorporate in England and to locate in Oxford.
Fay Howard appointed as General Manager.
CENTR will be recruiting: technical and administrative staff.
Technical workshop planned with RIPE-34.

See http://www.centr.org.

ICANN/DNSO Update

Presentation by Fay Howard.

Paris, BMW, Singapore.
CENTR participation in consensus-building.
DNSO Formation, Constituencies and General Assembly.
Inaugural Meetings in Berlin later this month.

See http://www.icann.org.

New Actions

TLD-33.1 [Chair]

Provide minutes for RIPE-32 TLD-WG.

TLD-33.2 [Chair]

Obtain information from registries on plans for continued dependency on RIPE DB for domain objects.

[ Notes added after the closing plenary session:

Feedback during the plenary suggests that I have expressed this action item far too tersely for clarity.

Several issues arise here: the large number of domain objects in the RIPE DB, authority for these objects and appropriateness of this location for them, quality of data in these objects, possibility of distributing data among several databases, coherency of operational contact data, single point of initial reference, control of access to the data, data privacy, and possible differences in policy among registries.

These issues need to be discussed in co-ordination with DB WG, next requirements determined, and corresponding resources identified.

-- Niall O'Reilly ]

TLD-33.3 [Chair]

Request information from registries on whether they are prepared to make their data available for pilot project using HARMONIC interface.

TLD-33.4 [Chair]

Place "Future Direction of TLD-WG" on Agenda for RIPE-34 and stimulate preparatory discussion on mailing list.

TLD-33.5 [All]

Contribute to workplan discussion on mailing list.

RIPE 33: TLD-WG Summary

Place: Palais Auersperg, Vienna, Austria
Date: 5 May 1999
Chair: Niall O'Reilly
Scribe: Maldwyn Morris

Participants: 33
ccTLD Registries represented: 9

This short summary of the TLD-WG session was presented at the
closing plenary session of RIPE 33.
Please see the RIPE 33 TLD-WG Minutes for more detail.

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Current Actions

TLD-32.1 [Chair]
Update Workplan
Part done; kept open; follow up on list.

TLD-32.2 [Chair]
Determine DNS-SEC plans and need for support from
DNS-WG
No registries have advised Chair of plans to
implement DNS-SEC. A couple have indicated that
guidance from DNS-WG would be welcome. One has
indicated that preparatory study is in progress.
Done

TLD-32.3 [Chair]
Advise DB-WG of number of registries planning to use
RIPE whois code
Nine registries are either using or considering using
the code.
Done

TLD-32.4 [Philippe Renaut]
Present NIC-FR directory work at Vienna
Done

TLD-32.5 [Mike Norris]
Co-ordinate review of RIPE-152
Agreed: review of RIPE-152 is not necessary at this
time.
Closed as OBE

HARMONIC: Directory Service of NIC.FR

Presentation by Philippe Renaut.

HARMONIC web front-end supports query by (partial) domain
name, business area or geographical location with
multilingual presentation. Architecture provides for
access to multiple, distributed databases.

Question: are other registries prepared to make their data
available in pilot project using HARMONIC interface ?

See http://harmonic.nic.fr.

CENTR Update

Presentation by Fay Howard.

RIPE-CENTR Project winding down.
CENTR to incorporate in England and to locate in Oxford.
Fay Howard appointed as General Manager.
CENTR will be recruiting: technical and administrative
staff.
Technical workshop planned with RIPE-34.

See http://www.centr.org.

ICANN/DNSO Update

Presentation by Fay Howard.

Paris, BMW, Singapore.
CENTR participation in consensus-building.
DNSO Formation, Constituencies and General Assembly.
Inaugural Meetings in Berlin later this month.

See http://www.icann.org.

New Actions

TLD-33.1 [Chair]
Provide minutes for RIPE-32 TLD-WG.

TLD-33.2 [Chair]
Obtain information from registries on plans for
continued dependency on RIPE DB for domain objects.

[ Notes added after the closing plenary session:

Feedback during the plenary suggests that I have
expressed this action item far too tersely for
clarity.

Several issues arise here: the large number of domain
objects in the RIPE DB, authority for these objects
and appropriateness of this location for them,
quality of data in these objects, possibility of
distributing data among several databases, coherency
of operational contact data, single point of initial
reference, control of access to the data, data
privacy, and possible differences in policy among
registries.

These issues need to be discussed in co-ordination
with DB WG, next requirements determined, and
corresponding resources identified.

-- Niall O'Reilly ]

TLD-33.3 [Chair]
Request information from registries on whether they
are prepared to make their data available for pilot
project using HARMONIC interface.

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

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