Re: [Pso-discuss] Looking for a layman example on what PSO does.

Steve 

thanks for your reply.
It helps, though I am trying do write a less abstract statement. 

Would you say that the following statement conveys a correct understanding
of the matter of fact:  

---- the Internet protocol contains numerous parameters, for example to
identify the character set of a text, or a operating system. (A character
set is a set of conventions to code a traditional alphabet, e.g. latin,
cyrillic, japanese). The values of these parameters need to be assigned
uniquely. ICANN/PSO is to make those unique assignments and to maintain a
registry of the currently assigned values.

(here I am cutting & pasting statements from IANA's web site)  

mario

ps do you have a two lines definition of what a port is? 

At 13.37 06/07/00 -0400, Steve Coya wrote:
>
>Mario,
>
>I'm not a technical expert (or any other kind), but I can take a stab at
>this.
>
>If one were to look at the construct of certain header records (IP, TCP,
>ICMP, etc), there are fields which can contain certain values. Some of
>these fields define the set of permissible values from which the
>appropriate value is selected/chosen. Many protocol header records include
>a space for the inclusion of options,
>each of which is assigned a particular value for uniqueness.
>
>
>For example, in the IP header, there is a IP Version field. There are
>also such things as Type of Service fields, option fields, protocol
>fields, traffic class fields (in IPv6), etc.
>
>I hope this helps.
>
>
>Steve
>
>
>>>Due to lack of technical knowledge, I am not sure to understand what
>>>'assignment of parameters for Internet protocols' really means. (I
>>>understand that that is PSO main business, isn't it?) 
>>>
>>>Any 'easy to understand'  explanation is very welcome. In particular, I
>>>would appreciate a couple of simple examples of the kind: the protocol
>>>..... includes the parameters ....., and they are usually fixed in such and
>>>such way as ......... 
>
>

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