Re: [wg-c] Working Group C agenda

[Milton Mueller <mueller@syr.edu>]

Two comments:

1. Mr. Tan:
The "diversity" principle was meant to incorporate those notions. I agree, however, that it would be desirable to make more explicit the concept of cultural diversity as a principle. As you may know, position paper B included such a statement and received significant support for it in the public comments. I am sure that Kathy Kleiman would support a modification of this sort, and I suspect that P. Sheppherd would have no objections, although I cannot speak for either of them.

tinwee@pobox.org.sg wrote:

> Multilingualism as a basic principle

Winer, Jonathan wrote:

> Some registrars
> may gain the reputation of being tough, even puritanical, in this area;
> others so loose as to accept e-graffiti spray painted randomly on their
> domains (see George Carlin's 7 dirty words, add in racial epithets, slurs on
> sexual orientation, domain names based on the writings of Joseph Goebbels).
> Kind of like neighborhoods in the off-line world. You decide which one you
> want to live in. You decide where "property values" are likely to appreciate
> over time. If you want to live in the low-rent district and that meets your
> needs, pay less rent. If the penthouse view's desired, you pay more. Isn't
> this what the world of AOL is all about?

Jonathan:I agree with this analysis, however, it presumes a regime in which registries are free to define their own standards for registration within their TLD space. It presumes a system of competing registries that differentiate their TLD "brand" by offering differing qualities of service. Many on this list don't think registries should be able to do that. I think you outline very clearly about why it is a good idea.

--MM