One of the topics on the agenda to discuss in Seoul is Registrar-Registry integration - the extend to which registrars and registries can be affiliated (that is, have shared ownership in one way of another) and still market the same gTLDs. Currently such joint ownership is largely prohibited. Earlier versions of the DAG have allowed affiliates of a registry to market the domains in their own TLD (a VAST oversimplification of the issue). The DAG V3 withdraws the specific proposals and opens the issue for community discussion. See Section 2.9 on page 4-5 of the proposed Registry Agreement - http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/draft-agreement-specs-redline-04oct.... Two recent articles talk about the issue: http://www.circleid.com/posts/registry_registrar_cross_ownership_framing_the... - Discussion of Registrar-Registry integration - Moderately balanced but clearly favouring one solution. http://www.circleid.com/posts/vertical_integration_a_view_from_the_bottom_up... - A rebuttal of the above. The issue is not just about business and economic issues. Getting the right answer may be critical, particularly to cultural TLDs and perhaps some IDN TLDs. Alan