[ga] Re: [IFWP] Top level domain space - a new approach to organization

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Joe and all assembly members,

 All very good points here Joe, I tend to agree..

!Dr. Joe Baptista wrote:

> 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

Regards,
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