[arch-d] Value system in the achitecture

[S Moonesamy <[e-mail]>]

Hi Niels, Cath,

I read the following in your document:

>The main disagreement between these two academic positions lies
>mostly in the question on whether a particular value system should be
>embedded into the Internet's architecture or whether the architecture
>needs to account for a varying set of values.

Another question is whether a particular value system is part of the 
internet's architecture.  Once a value system is embedded in the 
architecture it is difficult to remove it or not use it.  For 
example, I could argue that if you do not do not like the existing 
Domain Name System you can choose another system as there isn't any 
technical limitation to prevent that.  I would be ignoring that there 
are dependencies on the Domain Name System in the architecture.

Or is the question about whether a particular ideological system 
should be embedded into the architecture, or where the architecture 
needs to account for a varying set of ideological systems, or what to 
do when there are incompatible ideologies?

Regards,
S. Moonesamy