I am with Izumi and Andrew on this. It is difficult enough to explain to Generation Y'ers (welded to their Cell Phones) what Domain Names are... el -- Sent from Dr Lisse's iPad mini
On 26 Nov 2015, at 05:12, Izumi Okutani <izumi@nic.ad.jp> wrote:
I agree. Please add me to support replacement suggested by Andrew.
I think stating as "domain name" and "natural language" is straight forward and sufficiently achieves what we need. I would be more concerned about having unintended consequences by making further changes to "identifiers formed by sequences of labels consisting of strings".
I empathize with the positive motivation to make the text better, but at this point, I strongly encourage us to forward based on Beck's suggestion unless there is specific concern.
my two cents, Izumi
On 2015/11/26 9:20, Mueller, Milton L wrote: I appreciate the technical accuracy of Eric's formulation, but I strongly prefer Andrew's formulation. It says basically the same thing but seems easier to understand and thus less likely to cause trouble. Domain names are "identifiers formed by sequences of labels consisting of strings" are they not? And the "sequences of labels" refers to any and all levels of the DNS, when ICANN should be restricted to TLDs. "Natural language' seems to encompass "different scripts" as well, although the "strings" of which domain names are composed are still ASCII; they are (if I understand correctly) simply mapped to unicode when displayed.
By the way, in "the use of domain names as identifiers in various natural language." language should be plural.
--MM
From: accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org [mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Eric Brunner-Williams Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2015 3:06 PM To: accountability-cross-community@icann.org Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Confirm language regarding string as content
Becky,
I think its fine. The only change I suggest is to use "identifiers formed by sequences of labels consisting of strings" and "in various scripts", rather than "domain names" and "natural language".
Eric
On 11/25/15 11:25 AM, Burr, Becky wrote: The Mission Statement language that I circulated tester permits ICANN to take into account "the semantic meaning of domain names."
Andrew Sullivan has proposed that the language reference taking into account "the use of domain names as identifiers in various natural language."
I indicated that I was fine with Andrew's tweak - will make that substitution in the text unless folks respond to the contrary!
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