[Din] DINRG Rechartered

[Colin Perkins <[e-mail]>]

I'm pleased to confirm that the revised DINRG charter, discussed on the 
mailing list and during the DINRG meetings at IETF 115 in London and 
IETF 116 in Yokohama, has been approved by the IAB. The new charter is 
enclosed below.

Colin Perkins
IRTF Chair


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**Decentralization of the Internet Research Group (dinrg)**

Recent years have witnessed the consolidations of the Internet 
applications, services, as well as the infrastructure. The 
Decentralization of the Internet Research Group (DINRG) aims to provide 
for the research and engineering community, both an open forum to 
discuss the Internet centralization phenomena and associated potential 
threats, and a platform to facilitate the coordination of efforts in 
identifying the causes of observed consolidations and the mitigation 
solutions.

*Main Objectives*

DINRG's main objectives include the following:

* Investigation of the root causes of Internet centralization, and 
articulation of the impacts of the market economy, architecture and 
protocol designs, as well as government regulations;

* Measurement of the Internet centralization and the consequential 
societal impacts;

* Characterization and assessment of observed Internet centralization;

* Development of a common terminology and understanding of 
(de-)centralization;

* Interaction with the broader research community to explore new 
research topics and technical solutions for decentralized system and 
application development;

* Documentation of the outcome from the above efforts via different 
means (e.g., research papers and RFCs) as inputs to the broader 
conversation around centralization; and

* Facilitation of discussions between researchers, organizations and 
individuals involved in Internet standards and regulations.

DINRG will operate as an open platform to different technology 
solutions, not limited to specific technical approaches. We expect DINRG 
to foster a better understanding of the merits and constraints of 
specific technologies with respect to Internet decentralization.

*Way of Working*

DINRG plans to meet at least once per year at IETF meetings, and may 
hold additional meetings, either as standalone interim meetings, or 
co-located meetings at technical conferences and similar events. DINRG 
will coordinate, and leverage synergies, with other IRTF groups and with 
the IAB and broader research community.

DINRG will reach out to non-networking communities such as regulatory 
bodies and economics researchers and explore the opportunity of 
organizing different formats such as panels and workshops that focus on 
broader research topics related to the Internet (de)centralization.

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