RIPE 34: TLD-WG Summary Place: Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Date: 22 September, 1999 Chair: Niall O'Reilly Scribe: Vesna Manojlovic Participants: 33 ccTLD Registries represented: 13 This short summary of the TLD-WG session was presented at the closing plenary session of RIPE 34. Please see the RIPE 34 TLD-WG Minutes (when available) for more detail. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Future of TLD WG The WG was closed. Now that CENTR is established, it appears to be the organisation which should best deal with most of the work areas belonging to the TLD WG. It is hoped that a CENTR working group will begin functioning soon and that it will meet at RIPE 35. Some work areas appear to fall more naturally to the continuing RIPE DNS WG. Work areas from the TLD-WG workplan were identified to be entrusted to DNS-WG and to CENTR, as shown below. DNS-WG: Stability of the DNS Root DNS Infrastructure Resources CENTR: IANA and ICANN Documentation and alignment of practices Emerging Registries Tools and Techniques ---------------------------------------------------------------- Input from other RIPE WG's DB-WG Input needed on specification of domain object for next revision of code. Operational difficulties around domain objects. Need decision on migration of domain objects -- CENTR to respond urgently. Specification input deferred until migration path decided. ---------------------------------------------------------------- CENTR Update Presentation by Fay Howard. CENTR has incorporated, is recruiting a Technical Project Officer, and is expected to have a technical programme, with its own working groups. CENTR is aware of problems wrt domain objects in RIPE DB and is in active dialogue with RIPE NCC. CENTR has had to concentrate on global ICANN and DNSO issues, and now expects to have a more "European" focus. Seven DNSO constituencies provisionally recognised, among which ccTLD constituency. ccTLD's have elected 3 NC members. Elections for ICANN Board follow in October. See http://www.centr.org. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Current Actions TLD-33.1 [Chair] Provide minutes for RIPE 32 TLD WG Draft ready; kept open; to be reviewed on list. TLD-33.2 [Chair] Initiate discussion of issues arising around domain objects in RIPE database. Some discussion has taken place between interested parties, especially RIPE-NCC, CENTR and certain registries. Transferred to CENTR, for decision during next week (beginning 27 September 1999). TLD-33.3 [Chair] Request information from registries on whether they are prepared to make their data available for pilot project using HARMONIC interface. NIC-FR is making contact directly. OBE; closed. TLD-33.4 [Chair] Place Future Direction of TLD-WG on Agenda for RIPE-34 and stimulate preparatory discussion on mailing list. Done; closed. TLD-33.5 [All] Contribute to workplan discussion on mailing list. OBE; closed. ---------------------------------------------------------------- New Actions TLD-34.1 [Chair] Ensure loose ends are tidied up, in particular by alerting inheritors of work areas and action items, and by taking care of minutes. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks I would like to thank everyone who has contributed to the TLD WG and who has made it an interesting experience for me as Chairman. I would particularly like to thank Vesna and also her predecessors at earlier meetings for taking the meeting notes. ---------------------------------------------------------------- -------- Logged at Tue Oct 5 00:00:53 CEST 1999 ---------