RE: Charter last call summary

["Peter Mott" <peter@2day.com>]

> Registrant : "Entity" that wants to register a domain.
> Registrar  : "Entity" that requests (to a registry)
>               the registration of a domain for a registrant.
> Registry   : "Entity" that accepts and holds registrations
>              for a registrar.

The above role definitions are certainly the ICANN/gTLD view.

As we move to an Internet guided more by legal contract than technical
specification, I think you will see some modification to this view.  I see
the act of registration being the execution of a legal binding contract
between registrar and registrant.  Part of that contract requires the
registrar to insert a record into the register (administered by the registry
operator) for publication onto the public Internet.

The scenario above clearly places the registry in the business of providing
registrars with a public database.  From a contract perspective, quite
different to having registrars asking a registry to register a name.

Regards

Peter Mott
Chief Enthusiast
2day.com
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