Re: [ga] UDRP Questionnaire

["L Gallegos" <jandl@jandl.com>]

On 3 Jul 2001, at 8:43, Sotiris Sotiropoulos wrote:

> Roberto et al.,
> 
> So if MADONNA.COM is "a mnemonic way to reach a "thing" that has an
> Internet address" why does the popstar have some kind of claim to
> ownership of the domain?  Or how about the BARCELONA.COM domain?  I'm
> sorry Roberto, but your response is a little too simplistic, almost
> naive.  If I were to ask you what "gold" was would you tell me it was
> just a yellow metal?

I would tell you it is a yellow, precious metal.

> 
> Labels in assembler programs mean specifically whatever the programmer
> assigns to them... in the case of domain names, where is the
> programmer who defines their signification?  Isn't the original
> registrant the arbiter of meaning as a domain name's creator?

Yes, actually.  The registrant is the programmer in this description. 
 He assigns the label that points to an address.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Sotiris Sotiropoulos
> 
> Roberto Gaetano wrote:
> 
> > Sotiris,
> >
> > I may miss the point, but to me a domain name is exactly what
> > defined in the document referenced by Sandy, i.e. a mnemonic way to
> > reach a "thing" that has an Internet address.
> >
> > This is why they have been created, anyway.
> >
> > This is the same reason why "labels" have been introduced in
> > assembler programs: to avoid to be obliged to reference the relative
> > address of a code statement.
> >
> > Regards
> > Roberto
> >
> > Sotiris Sotiropoulos wrote:
> > >
> > >Sandy Harris wrote:
> > >
> > > > The closest thing to a definition, in rather formal terms:
> > > >
> > > > | 3.1. Name space specifications and terminology
> > > > |
> > > > | The domain name space is a tree structure.  Each node and leaf
> > > > on the | tree ... | | Each node has a label, ... One label is
> > > > reserved, and that is | the null (i.e., zero length) label used
> > > > for the root. | | The domain name of a node is the list of the
> > > > labels on the path from | the node to the root of the tree.  By
> > > > convention, the labels that | compose a domain name are printed
> > > > or read left to right, from the | most specific (lowest,
> > > > farthest from the root) to the least specific | (highest,
> > > > closest to the root).
> > >
> > >Thanks for digging this up Sandy, but as you know, this is simply a
> > >description of the DNS.
> > >
> > >Is anyone else aware of anything approaching a definition of Domain
> > >Names? I must admit, I am rather surprised that we have not heard
> > >from anyone in the IP field on this matter.  It seems to me that
> > >domain names must be *something* if they can be subjected to a
> > >"sham" (a la Bill Lovell) process such as the UDRP in the first
> > >place!  Surely somebody representing the IP community must have
> > >something to offer us on this topic?
> > >
> > >Sincerely,
> > >
> > >Sotiris Sotiropoulos
> > >
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