Re: [Inip-discuss] Domain Names

[Suzanne Woolf <[e-mail]>]

Warren,

Thanks, you saved me the cutting and pasting on what we’ve published about the INIP program, IAB programs generally, and this list. I’ll skip to your more specific question:


> On Dec 18, 2015, at 2:22 PM, Warren Kumari <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
> Which leads to some of my confusions about how this related to the design team vs discussions in dnsop, what the status of all this is, etc.

First— the IAB INIP program, and this list, have no direct relationship with “the design team” (I presume you mean the discussion of special use names in DNSOP), or the DNSOP WG, or any IETF WG. They’re defined by an area of interest for the IAB in the architecture of the internet (see the program description you quoted).

To expand on that a little bit— the IAB’s technical programs are there to provide input and advice to the IAB on issues for the architecture of the internet— things the IAB should (or even should not) be working on. They’re a supplement to the knowledge of individual IAB members, meant to persist beyond any individual IAB member’s term, and a mechanism for doing intensive work when specific areas are identified where the IAB and the larger community might benefit from coherent advice in a timely way. But unless a WG or AD ask, there’s no direct relationship at all between an IAB program and an IETF WG.

The IAB recently decided that all of the technical programs should have public, open-subscription lists, to make sure we’re getting the widest input possible on those topics if architectural interest and to support transparency in “what are the programs doing anyway?”

For this list in particular: When Ed first sent his email  about his draft to the IAB, he got several responses, including some discussion within the INIP program, at least one detailed review I know of, and a suggestion that the draft might be good as an IAB-stream RFC. He also got a suggestion that since the IAB has decided to spin up open lists associated with Program topics, he might want to seek review of his document and his ideas among like-minded folks on this list.

As the IAB lead for the INIP program, I’d be very, very happy to see review of Ed’s document and associated ideas here, especially towards an IAB RFC that might provide guidance to the wider community.

And if you have a related topic you’d rather discuss, please feel free. But if it’s on-charter for an IETF WG, it might be too narrow and specific to bring here.


best,
Suzanne
(also happy to have other IAB members chime in)