I think the following point made by the RSSAC is very significant and certainly deserves further discussion.

 

 

 

Hard to balance this with freedom of expression goal, but it should be given more consideration.  In addition, the marketplace trend is toward apps – not more websites.

 

Anne

 

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From: Gnso-newgtld-wg [mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Neuman
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2018 7:05 AM
To: gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org; gnso-newgtld-wg-wt4@icann.org
Subject: [Gnso-newgtld-wg] Fwd: New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP WG: Request for Input

 

Just in from the RSSAC.  We will add the questions asked of us to the appropriate Work Tracks.  Although some of the, may naturally fit in Work Track 4, others may be overall questions to the Working Group.

 

If you have any thoughts on responses, please do not hesitate to weigh in and we will start keeping track on a Google Doc.  

 

Jeffrey J. Neuman

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Begin forwarded message:

From: Steve Sheng <steve.sheng@icann.org>
Date: February 2, 2018 at 8:49:36 AM EST
To: Jeff Neuman <jeff.neuman@comlaude.com>, avri doria <avri@apc.org>
Cc: Rubens Kuhl <rubensk@nic.br>, Cheryl Langdon-Orr <langdonorr@gmail.com>, Emily Barabas <emily.barabas@icann.org>, Steve Chan <steve.chan@icann.org>, Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund@icann.org>, "rssac@icann.org" <rssac@icann.org>
Subject: Re: New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP WG: Request for Input

Dear Jeff and Avri,

 

Per your request on 14 September 2017, attached please find RSSAC’s response on root scaling.

 

In addition to its formal advice, the RSSAC raises the following questions for the wider community (including GNSO) to consider. These questions go beyond the specifics of operations of DNS, the IANA functions, and the root server system, to broader issues of the costs and benefits of aggressive expansion of the root zone:

 

  • Independent of expanding the commercial buoyancy of the DNS industry, how does the addition of many thousands of new gTLDs to the root zone make the Internet better for the people who use it, aside from the addition of IDNs for language and culture?

 

  • Using concepts from the disciplines of library and cognitive science, what number of TLDs results in their loss of memorability and significance?

 

  • Is adding a significantly large number of TLDs (e.g., more than 100,000) to the root zone, and presumably augmenting the business interests in the addressing system, a sustainable model for the DNS? At what point might this model fail. What next steps for naming system innovation are required, and when?

 

 

Best Regards

Steve Sheng on behalf of

 

Tripti Sinha and Brad Verd

Co-Chairs, Root Server System Advisory Committee

 

 



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