Re: [ga] Question No. 1

["JandL" <jandl@jandl.com>]

<snip>

An SLD assumes SLD.TLD.  Second Level Domain automatically 
includes the Top Level Domain.  It must be unique in the tree at any 
level.

> That said, domain names (SLDs) are not unique in the real sense that
> even now there can be a given SLD registered under .com, .net, .org,
> and any ccTLD ... with of course several more TLDs coming soon. If you
> mean that a domain name is unique when one takes into its account the
> entire SLD.TLD string, then of course you are correct .... unless you
> take in to account the fact of all the altTLDs/roots whereupon even
> that statement is clearly incorrect. And what one has is rather like
> TV channels where "Channel 7" could be ABC in one city and NBC in
> another that has a different cable provider ...
> 

Ah, but NBC is NBC regarless of cable company or channel.  The 
correct analogy for cable companies is that there are not two 
versions of NBC.

That is the problem we must work on.  There should not be two 
versions of a TLD so that you can choose any root and know you 
will see the same "programming" no matter where you point.  Cable 
companies may choose to include a slightly different lineup of 
channels, but those channels are the same no matter which cable 
companies carry them.  Channel numbers don't mean much in that 
context, but the call signs mean everything.  

In the same context, IP addresses can change, but the TLD is the 
same, or should be.


> 
> 
> From: "Dave Crocker" <dhc2@dcrocker.net>
> To: "Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law"
> <froomkin@law.miami.edu> Cc: "Michael F. McNulty"
> <mcnulty@AZStarnet.com>; <gavin.stokes@autodesk.com>; <ga@dnso.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 9:56 AM Subject: Re: [ga] Question No.
> 1
> 
> 
> > Excellent comparison.  It highlights fundamental misunderstandings
> > about domain names:
> >
> >          Children's names are assumed NOT to be unique.
> >
> >          Domain names MUST be unique.
> >
> > Hence domain name assignment requires a mechanism for ensuring
> > uniqueness.
> >
> > d/
> >
> >
> > At 08:26 AM 4/11/2001, Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law
> > wrote:
> > >It belongs to more or less the same people to whom the "naming
> > >children space" belongs to.
> > >
> > >On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Michael F. McNulty wrote:
> > >
> > > > Who does the domain name space _belong to_?
> >
> > ----------
> > Dave Crocker   <mailto:dcrocker@brandenburg.com>
> > Brandenburg InternetWorking   <http://www.brandenburg.com>
> > tel: +1.408.246.8253;   fax: +1.408.273.6464
> >
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