So what is the best nomenclature for referring to the "ICANN-authorized registries"? Dave's phrase or something else?
On Mon, Feb 22, 2021, 10:26 AM Dave Crocker <dcroc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>> Actually that's a community that I would expect to know exactly what > all those terms mean and > >>> how they are all related. > > yes. But it's worse than that. The current language is not > automatically clear even for folk with good knowledge about DNS > administration. > > As is being noted, I too think a great deal of the problem is > over-reliance on the word register. > > It is being used as if it explains a basic difference in administrative > roles. It doesn't. Not even close. > > > >> To work with the example you gave here, I agree that "facebook.com" is > registered (under "com"), but > >> disagree that "www.facebook.com" is registered at all; > > Right, of course it's not. > > I disagree. Strongly. The fact that one registration is internal and > another is through a third-party, semi-regulated service does not make a > difference, for the use of that word. > > I work with an organization that has an IT department that is just as > formal typical ICANN-authorized registries. To get a sub-domain is a > Very Big Deal. Don't think for a moment that it is fundamentally > different than interacting with the TLD registeries. > > > > I didn't say that it is: I said that > > people who don't fully understand this stuff *think* it is, and that's > > the part that the text isn't making clear. > > > >> To my mind, "register" involves a specific transaction, sometimes > involving money, with whoever gates > >> access to make those delegations. > > How much do you pay to register to vote? > > However the rest of the above statement is correct. A transaction to > record gain access to a resource or to reserve access to it. > > Registration is a process of signing up. That's all. And it says > nothing about the role or relationship of the entity the registration is > with. > > > > d/ > > > -- > Dave Crocker > dcroc...@gmail.com > 408.329.0791 > > Volunteer, Silicon Valley Chapter > American Red Cross > dave.crock...@redcross.org > > _______________________________________________ > dmarc mailing list > dmarc@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dmarc >
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