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Marcel Schneider <schneider@switch.ch>
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Tue, 02 Jan 2001 19:10:35 +0100
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Re: Draft provreg charter (v01)
On Tuesday, 2 Jan 2001, Dave Crocker writes: > Provisioning Registry Protocol (ProvReg) ... > DESCRIPTION OF WORKING GROUP: > Administration of Domain Name Service (DNS) registration increasingly > distinguishes between the operation of a "back-end" registry data base > service for registrations, versus "front-end" sales and support services by > registrars who interact with registrants and with the registry. Would suggest to omit the word sale - * a name could then be seen as a property (some doubt it is) * some registries do not charge * some registries charge maintenance fees * we should not imply that registrars need to sell names - and replace it by something like 'customer suport services'. > Especially > for various Top-Level Domains, the desire is to permit multiple registrars > to share access to the database. This working group will develop a > specification of the requirements and limitations for a protocol that > enables a registrar to access multiple registries and will develop a > protocol that satisfies those requirements. The protocol will permit > interaction between a registrar's own application and the data base service > running a domain name service registry repository. 'the data base service running a domain name service registry repository' ??? Could someone tell a simple mind like me what that means ;-)? The expressions thin and thick sould probably be explained if they will stay. Thick: 'full data base services provided by registry' or something similar. Marcel