Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-tsvwg-iana-ports-09.txt> (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Procedures for the Management of the Service Name and Transport Protocol Port Number Registry) to BCP

[Michelle Cotton <[e-mail]>]

David has said this well.  Thank you.

Please let me know if there are any other questions.

--Michelle



On 1/30/11 10:52 AM, "David Conrad" <[e-mail]> wrote:

> Cullen,
> 
> On Jan 29, 2011, at 8:54 PM, Cullen Jennings wrote:
>>> AFAICT, the experts team reports to IANA. We make recommendations to
>>> them. They are the ones who have the conversation with the applicant.
>>> They can take our advice or not - that's their decision.
>> 
>> I think you are pretty misrepresenting the situation. My impression of the
>> reality of the situation is that if the IANA did not like the advice of the
>> expert reviewer, they might ask the AD to override but short of that they
>> pretty much do whatever the expert says.
> 
> 
> Joe is closer.  
> 
> In general, IANA staff are not technical experts in any of the wide variety of
> areas for which they are asked to provide registry services.  As such, they
> rely on technical experts to provide input/advice/recommendations.  In the
> past, there were some very rare cases in which the advice provided by the
> technical experts was deemed insufficient and IANA staff looked to the ADs or
> the IESG for additional input.  However, at least historically, IANA staff
> viewed the maintenance of the registries as their responsibility (at the
> direction of the IESG), not the technical experts' responsibility. I would be
> surprised if this had changed.
> 
> Regards,
> -drc
> 
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