[ga-full] Top level domain space - a new approach to organization

["!Dr. Joe Baptista" <baptista@pccf.net>]

I'd like to make a suggestion here which seems to have evaded the
majority.  All the talk about top level domains is missing some FACTS -
and FACTS are important.

1) FACT - as dot.com has shown the world, it is possible to incorporate
the english dictionary into the domain space.  This is a technical
FACT. The domain name system can also support other language dictionaries,
including non-english alaphabets (international domain names).

2) FACT - the sole purpose of domain names is to assist users in
navigating the net.  At this time a domain name which looks something like
this;

	http://loveyou.com/ or http://iwantmymommy.com

could be represented as:

	http://love.you/ http://i.want.my.mommy/

Which one looks better - which one would be easier to use?  That's a
matter of choice.  A user choice.  Unfortunately ICANN is against user
choice.

3) FACT - ICANN is not the only game in town, others run root servers and
ICANN can lose it's control of the root to others, which has already
happened - examples;

	http://www.open-rsc.org/
	http://www.superroot.net/
	http://www.tinc-org.com/
	http://name.space.xs2.net/
	http://www.irsc.ah.net/
	http://www.tldns.com/

With these FACTS in hand we can conclude that the domain name system is
capable of supporting natural language - so in principle a user does not
need to be restricted to a limited namespace.  URL's can be setup in much
the same way as we use natural language.  That is a technical FACT.

We can also conclude that if ICANN refuses .union, there are other
options and maybe those should be explored.

I suggest that the operators of .union - or any other tld operator take
the time to pursue ICANN for listing - but it would be prudent to setup
the registry operations now and list it with an alternate root server
authorities instead of waiting for the holy blessing of mother ICANN.

Regards
Joe Baptista

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