Re: [admin-discuss] Attempt to diagram the structure of the IETF

Jay Daley <exec-director@ietf.org> Mon, 21 February 2022 21:01 UTC

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Subject: Re: [admin-discuss] Attempt to diagram the structure of the IETF
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> On 22/02/2022, at 9:01 AM, Russ Housley <housley@vigilsec.com> wrote:
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>> On Feb 21, 2022, at 2:58 PM, John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> wrote:
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>> It appears that Russ Housley  <housley@vigilsec.com> said:
>>> Jay:
>>> 
>>> IANA is missing.  The IAB provides oversign, but it does not "own" ot "appoint" any of the resources.  The IETF Trust does "own" the IANA IPR
>>> (i.e., trademark and domain name).
>> 
>> The IAB provides oversight to 1/3 of IANA, the parameters part. The
>> Trust does legally own the IPR but has contracts with PTI to do all of
>> the actual work. I don't think either of these are worth putting in
>> the picture unless we all get much larger screens.
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> I think that IANA Protocol Parameters should me on the picture, but I do not know how to label the arrows.

I agree that IANA should be there but the intent of this diagram is structure (bodies and roles) not assets or processes (for other diagrams) and so it should be IANA the org not the protocol parameters.  As IANA has a liaison role on the iESG and IAB I can add at least those arrows.

Jay

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