Re: [wg-review] The Number 1 Problem

[Sotiropoulos <sotiris@hermesnetwork.com>]

I think this list has already achieved about the only consensus we're likely to achieve: we all agree that a review of to-date DNSO and NC agendas, 
initiatives and directions is important enough to warrant our participation in this WG.  

This having been said, let me offer up something which may help to initiate some movement in our discussion:

Towards a definition of a domain name:

Domain names are an addressing schema akin to a telephone number or IP string.  The only difference between a telephone#/ip address and a domain 
name is that the syntax of the latter is composed of linguistic characters as opposed to numerals.  One of the most primary (for many THE most primary) 
issue(s) of contention with regards to domain names is the to-date de facto conflation of domains with trademarks.  Unless they are coined words or fall 
within the purview of an sTLD schema, I fail to see why TLDs should be considered cognates of trademarks.  For, just as nobody can claim to own a 
telephone number except the phone company which provides the service, a domain name is a public service offered in the most equitable fashion 
imaginable: first come, first served.

Sotiris Sotiropoulos
          Hermes Network, Inc.




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