[wg-c] reposted for Tim Vienneau

[Jonathan Weinberg <weinberg@mail.msen.com>]

From: Tim Vienneau <vienneau@cutlergrouplp.com>
To: wg-c@dnso.org
Subject: RE: [wg-c] Re: nine principles for domain names
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:57:44 -0800

My comments preceded by ##

Principles affecting the relationship between a gTLD Registry  operator
and
those who may register
1. Certainty: a gTLD should give the net user confidence that it stands
for
what it purports to stand for, ##which may be nothing.  There should be
some provision for the continuance of a gTLD in the event the registry
fails as an ongoing entity, such as a directory standard for the
transfer of registry data to another entity.

2. Honesty - a gTLD should not unnecessarily increase opportunities for
malicious or criminal elements who wish to defraud net users.

[From: "Ross Wm. Rader" <ross@tucows.com>]
> 3. Simplicity - a gTLD should not "impose" an overly bureaucratic
procedure
> on a registry.
> 

I'm not clear on how a name can increase/decrease complexity for
registry
operators. If you are saying that ICANN should not impose burdensome
guidelines for registry operators, I might agree, but you aren't being
clear.
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## This is something that needs to be defined in the scope of item 2 of
the agenda, 
[Jonathan Weinberg [weinberg@mail.msen.com]]
Kent suggested that it would have been desirable to develop a reference
model detailing different possible structures for the
ICANN-registry-registrar relationship, describing the possible models
for a "registry";
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Principles effecting the relationship between Registries
4. Differentiation - a gTLD should differentiate from all other gTLDs so
as
not to confuse net users.
5. Competition - new gTLDs should foster competition in the domain name
space.
6. Diversity - new gTLDs should foster the expression of views, both
commercial and non-commercial.

Timothy Vienneau
Chief Technology Officer
Cutler Group, LP
San Francisco, USA
(415) 217-3410