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GA-DIGEST          Thursday, August 16 2001          Volume 01 : Number 675

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Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 18:39:48 +0200
From: Jefsey Morfin <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] Advisory Concerning Unqualified .info "Sunrise" Registrations

Ditto, for the WIPO or at least with WIPO consent. TM rights
over DNs are just for TMs in online service class.

Larger organizations than me having refused to register their
TM in the on-line service class what I did have more rights
on the internet than me. This is a blattant violation of the TM
rules. I certainly intent to make that clear to the IPC tomorrow
when talking with them.

My position as a candidate regarding the IPC issues are:

1. IPC should also include TM holders. Not only TM organizations
     and pros.

2. IPC should be adamant on the protection of the online class
     TMs as a priority to every other TM

3. UDRP should be a tool to remove user confusion not to settle
     disputes.

4. Pragamatic and fair solutions should be favored, such as
     calling on a randomly chosen wide user jury rather than on a
     single panelist. The size of the Jury (250 more accounting for
     the various languages and cultures). "famous" TLM would
     obviously be protected that way (I am sure that no jury would
     accept pepsi.info by CocaCola :-)

5. Realistic policy should be carried and TM protection should
     be discussed with every TLD Manager, including those the
     ICANN has not yet got the time to register.

6. Bold attitude should be developped over the defense of authoring
     rights preventing linking collisions over time: whan an author
     creates a link to a site, he is entitled to expect - and so are the
     readers too -  that in clicking that link the intended page will
     be displayed or absent. But not a page from another site.

7. UDRP should be possible on an informational/portection basis.
     I should be able to take an UDRP. If I am confirmed no one
     can UDRP me.

I would be interested in your support or suggestions.
Jefsey

On 06:41 15/08/01, William S. Lovell said:
>And thus, without any authority from any national or international
>body that has any legal competence to address the issue, ICANN
>is now determining the rights to domain names based on trademark
>law over which it likewise has no competence (in every sense of the
>word) or authority.
>
>Bill Lovell
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> > An ICANN advisory has been posted at:
> > http://www.icann.org/announcements/icann-pr14aug01.htm
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Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 10:05:23 -0700
From: "Tim Langdell" <[email-masked]>
Subject: [ga] XTNS Launches New Domain Naming System

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Press Release

XTNS Domain Namespaces Revolutionize Navigation, Brand Identities and
Trademark Control on the Internet

Pasadena-Based Start-Up Unveils a Domain Namespace System Powered by
RealNames Technology To Enable Limitless Creation of New Internet Addresses
that Are Simple, Memorable, and Work in All Languages.

PASADENA, Calif., August 15, 2001 - Today, XTNSSM (Extended Name Services,
Inc., http://www.xtns.net) announced the first availability of its "Extended
NamespacesSM ," a new form of Internet domain names set to revolutionize the
way we navigate the Internet worldwide and leverage commercial brands. XTNS'
s new Domain Namespaces answer at least three major market demands: massive
over-crowding of the ".com" domain and the extreme need for new domains; the
need for a new more simple naming convention to replace existing
hard-to-remember lengthy URLs; and the substantial worldwide demand for
language-specific domain names. Now corporations can own and control entire
XTNS Domain Namespaces such as "anything.brand" and create their own names
in over 150 languages worldwide.

XTNS is working in partnership with RealNames Corporation, whose technology
is already embedded worldwide in the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser.
Being based on UNICODE the RealNames system enables XTNS names to work
automatically and immediately in all languages and character sets. Thus XTNS
Extended Namespaces can now be accessed and queried by 88% or over 360
million of the world's Internet users -- in their own language without any
need to download additional software or enroll with a particular ISP.

"Corporations can now finally gain control of their brand identity on the
Internet," said Tim Langdell, XTNS's CEO. "No longer constrained to market
new products and services to the public in the form of
http://www-dot-something-dot-something, forward-slash some complex series of
letters and numbers, companies can now use our new simpler names in the form
'service.company' or 'product.brand' and do so in virtually any language in
the world. A key thrust will be to enable global corporations to control
their branding around the world enabling Internet navigation in Japanese,
Chinese, Korean, Spanish, French, German and over 150 other languages. We
believe this is a watershed event, marking a new era of a vastly simplified
marketing message and intuitive navigation of web content worldwide."

Keith Teare, founder and CEO of RealNames Corp. said of this new partnership
"XTNS is the first to offer this new form of namespace to the world based
upon RealNames Keyword technology, and to understand the limitless potential
and flexibility this technology can bring to Internet users - specifically,
easy to remember and use names that work automatically in any language from
virtually any desktop on the planet. The beauty of Keyword technology is
that it is not constrained by syntax and it allows virtually limitless
combinations in delivering custom namespaces with prefix.something or
something.brand."

Simpler Multilingual Domain Namespaces That Anyone Can Remember.

Because XTNS namespaces rely on the RealNames system which utilizes
UNICODE-based encoding and which sits as a layer on top of the DNS, the
company can create and activate new Domain Namespaces in virtually any
language in the world. XTNS is unique in being able to offer a wide range of
multilingual domain names that are universally accessible to the global
Internet community.

In addition to offering corporate and multilingual names, XTNS plans a
number of "Open Domain NamespacesSM" that operate like existing top level
domains (such as ".com", ".biz", ".info" etc) and will permit users to
register unique addresses within these Domain Namespaces. However, XTNS'
primary attention is to ensure that its Open Domain Namespaces are not
confused with top level domain names released via ICANN or the U.S.
Department of Commerce by requiring Open Domain Namespaces to be in the form
"name.trademark", "name.corporation", or in the form "genericprefix.name".

"Having already experienced a substantial interest from global corporations
wanting their own domains, our current focus is upon Domain Namespaces based
upon trademarks, brand names, corporate names and association names," said
Langdell. "Soon, though, we plan to launch a number of Open Domain
Namespaces for the domestic and overseas markets aimed at satisfying
individual and small business domain name demand to further relieve the
immense pressure on the '.com' domain."

Immediate Availability

XTNS Corporate Domain Namespaces and multilingual Corporate and trademark
Domain Namespaces are available immediately. The first of XTNS's Open Domain
Namespaces for second level name registration in both Roman characters
("English") and multilingual characters will be announced shortly, with a
special focus on the Asian, Hispanic and European markets. Names in these
Open Domain Namespaces are anticipated to sell for flat fee of between
$25-$50 per annum. A trademark protection policy will be announced at that
time.

Registry/Registrar Channels

XTNS itself acts as a Registry for most of the new Domain Namespaces that it
launches. However, it also licenses other entities to act as registries for
proposed and sponsored new Domain Namespaces, and projects a world-wide
network of registrar re-sellers for XTNS's and its client's second level
name sales. XTNS is currently accepting proposals for sponsored and
un-sponsored Open Domain Namespaces with a scheduled launch in late 2001 and
in 2002.

What's Next?

"These first XTNS names are merely an introduction to a wealth of new
extended naming possibilities we will be creating over the coming years, "
said Langdell. "Because we can set up pay-per-view and member-only Domain
Namespaces, we have the flexibility to create new namespaces that provide
safe-havens for children, or namespaces that can be securely regulated and
restricted."

XTNS namespaces feature geographic location capabilities as well as provide
the potential for enhanced security (e.g. for enhanced virtual private
networks). XTNS's GeoLocTM features enable companies to route web traffic
according to territory or country of origin, making fully automated language
specific web navigation a reality. No longer will web-users need to face a
menu to determine which language version or territory version of a web site
they are seeking. These features will also enable XTNS customers to have
important marketing data about the source location of their web site's
visitors.

Future XTNS namespaces will also permit advanced search capabilities. Added
Langdell, "Our namespaces sit on top of DNS in a complementary relationship
and form a perfect fit with anticipated extensions and enhancements to the
DNS, meaning we permit new functionality over the existing system and future
developments. By doing so, we enable XTNS's system to overlay the DNS,
enhancing it without interfering with it or damaging it in any way. We have
the clear potential to also include easy navigation using wireless devices
(cellular phones, PDAs, etc) as well as providing critical assistance with
the integration of voice, text and other media, while maintaining a truly
global scope and vision. It is central to XTNS's intent to work closely with
bodies such as IETF and ICANN, and be supportive of the ongoing work of
these bodies, and the single root structure or DNS."

About XTNS (Extended Name Services, Inc.)

XTNS is a Pasadena, California based corporation which is in process of
opening offices in Korea, China, Japan and Europe. XTNS is an Internet
Domain Namespace registry as well as an Internet Domain Namespace resolution
service provider. The vision of XTNS is to bring about global acceptance for
a new form of Internet naming and navigation that is far simpler and more
intuitive than the existing system, while working closely with and utilizing
the existing DNS system rather than replacing it. Using the existing DNS,
XTNS Domain Namespaces replace complicated URLs with simple, easy to
remember names in virtually any language in the world. The XTNS technology
is based upon the RealNames (RealNames Corporation) system which is
integrated directly into the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser (version
5.0 and above).Therefore the XTNS's system already built into the Microsoft
IE Browser is today already operational in hundreds of millions of PCs
worldwide. For more information please visit the XTNS website at
www.xtns.net

About RealNames Corporation

RealNames Corporation is the global infrastructure provider of Keywords and
offers a naming

platform for the next generation Internet. The RealNames registration and
resolution name

services platform provides a modern naming layer on top of DNS. Keywords are
a superior Web

naming registration platform that extends the existing Domain Name System,
and are integrated

into Microsoft Internet Explorer browser software and the Openwave Mobile
Access Gateway.

RealNames Keywords and name services are available through a worldwide
channel of Registries and Registrars. For more information, please enter
Keyword: RealNames to visit our Web site.

XTNS, XTNS System, Extended Namespaces, Domain Namespaces, Open Domain
Namespaces, Open Domains, and GeoLoc are all trademarks or service marks of
Extended Name Services, Inc. All rights reserved. RealNames, and RealNames
System are either service marks or registered service marks of RealNames
Corporation.

Contact Information:

For Press Related Inquiries

[email-masked]

T: 626-449-4334 / F: 626-844-4334

For Business Development or Partnering Inquiries

[email-masked]

T: 626-449-4334 / F: 626-844-4334

For Investor Relations

[email-masked]

T: 626-449-4334 / F: 626-844-4334

Copyright (C) 2001, Extended Name Services, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 19:05:49 +0200 (MET DST)
From: DNSO Secretariat <[email-masked]>
Subject: [ga] Remider: NC telecon 16 August 2001 - agenda

Includes phone number and URLs to documents.
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ICANN/DNSO

        DNSO Names Council Teleconference on 16 August 2001 - agenda

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1 August 2001.

This agenda was established according to the Rules of Procedure for the DNSO
Names Council
http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20010711.NCprocedures-v3.0.html.

Date, time, phones and webcast

  1. The Names Council teleconference will be held on 16 August at the
     following time:

     (6:00 LA, 9:00 New York, 15:00 Paris, 22:00 Japan/Korea, 23:00 Melbourne)
      ------------------------------------------------------------
      Local time between April and end October, SUMMER in the NORTH hemisphere
      ------------------------------------------------------------
      Reference (Coordinated Universal Time)     UTC         13:00
      ------------------------------------------------------------
      California, USA                            UTC-8+1DST   6:00
      Missouri, USA                              UTC-6+1DST   8:00
      Monterrey, Mexico                          UTC-6+1DST   8:00 since 6 May
      Panama, Panama                             UTC-5+0DST   8:00
      Washington DC, USA                   (EST) UTC-5+1DST   9:00
      St.Thomas, Virgin Islands                  UTC-4+0DST   9:00
      Santiago, Chile                            UTC-4+0DST   9:00 since 11 Mar
      Buenos Aires, Argentina                    UTC-3+0DST  10:00
      London, United Kingdom                     UTC+0+1DST  14:00
      Brussels, Belgium                    (CET) UTC+1+1DST  15:00
      Barcelona, Spain                     (CET) UTC+1+1DST  15:00
      Frankfurt, Germany                   (CET) UTC+1+1DST  15:00
      Paris, France                        (CET) UTC+1+1DST  15:00
      Seoul, Korea                               UTC+9+0DST  22:00
      Tokyo, Japan                               UTC+9+0DST  22:00
      Melbourne, Australia                      UTC+10+0DST  23:00 since 25 Mar
      Auckland, New Zealand                     UTC+12+0DST  01:00 next day
      ------------------------------------------------------------
      The DST ends/starts on last Sunday of October (with some exceptions)
      ------------------------------------------------------------
      For other places see http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

  2. The teleconference bridge will be provided by NeuLevel

  3. The NC will not be webcast due to budget constraints.

          Dial in number: 1 (800) 993-8735
          International participants should dial: 1 (847) 413-2904

          Conference Company: NeuStar, Inc
          Conference Host: Mr Richard Tindal
          Call Title/Reference: NC
          For security purposes your participants MUST know the Host
          and Company or the Confirmation number to join the
          conference.

          10 ports "listen only" will be reserved for remote
          participants

          The full participants are the 21 NC members as listed in
          http://www.dnso.org/constituency/ncmembers.html, DNSO
          Secretariat, ICANN Officers and Invited Guests

          The conference Scribe will be Maca Jamin

          The conference MPEG3 recording will be provided by Bret
          Fausett

Agenda and related documents

Philip Sheppard will be chairing the NC teleconference.

Scheduled time for meeting -120 mins. Allotted time - 90 mins.

Deadline documents (7 days): 10 August 2001.

  1. Adoption of agenda - 5 mins

  2. Approval of summary of 29 June 2001 meeting - 5 mins

        o http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20010629.NCtelecon-minutes.html

  3. DNSO election timetable - (Philip Sheppard) 5 mins

     The following URLs are related to the ICANN Board Director election by
     the DNSO in 2001:
       A. Main document: Description of the election process in 2001
          http://www.dnso.org/elections/2001.DNSO-ICANN-election.html
       B. Procedure for nominations, acceptances and endorsements by the GA,
          and calendar for 2001:
          http://www.dnso.org/elections/2001.DNSO-ICANN-nomination-proc.html
       C. A list of nominations, acceptances and their endorsements ,
          updated daily at:
          http://www.dnso.org/elections/2001.DNSO-ICANN-nominees.html
       D. The NC voting procedure:
          http://www.dnso.org/elections/2001.DNSO-ICANN-voting-proc.html

  4. Report from Budget/Search committees on secretariat services provision
     - (Roger Cochetti) 10 mins

        o http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20010808.NCbudget-report.html

  5. Proposal by GA Chair for an automated stop to excessive daily postings
     on GA lists - (Vany Martinez) 10 mins

        o 10 July 2001, GA Chair request
          http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/nc-intake/Arc00/msg00272.html

  6. Reported problems in TLD transfers - (Ken Stubbs) 5 mins

  7. Reported problems in lapsed TLDs: renewals - (Ken Stubbs) 5 mins

  8. Montevideo agenda - (Philip Sheppard) 5 mins

  9. Updates on business plan task forces

        o UDRP TF formation update (Caroline Chicoine, 10 mins)
        o IDN TF formation update (YJ Park, 5 mins)
        o Dot org TF formation update (Milton Mueller, 10 mins)
        o WHO Is survey update (Paul Kane, 5 mins)
        o Review TF update (Philip Sheppard, 5 mins)

 10. Any other business

 Next NC meeting will be held on 8 September 2001, in Montevideo, 
 Uruguay, see dates for the NC meetings in 2001 in:
 http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/2001.NC-calendar.html
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Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 10:33:03 -0700
From: William X Walsh <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] Net-block issues

Registries should not be involved in MAPS like operations at all.

You can't seriously be suggesting that?

MAPS is not a functionality, it is a disfunctionality, and if it is to
exist at all, it should be managed privately.

Wednesday, Wednesday, August 15, 2001, 8:38:35 AM, Roeland Meyer wrote:
> The fundimental process disconnect here is that, IMHO, the various
> registries should be performing the MAPS function as part of their policy
> enforcement mechanism. This is not written into any of the
> registrar/registry agreements.

> If anything argues for a centralised systems approach, the MAPS
> functionality does. IMHO, this makes it an ICANN issue. Yes, this also
> politicizes it somewhat. No, some NANOG denizens won't like it and that is
> guaranteed.

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Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 13:46:55 -0700
From: [email-masked] (Kristy McKee)
Subject: Re[2]: [ga] Re: Documentation request

The mission statement would have to be something like:

Our mission is to support and represent views and opinions of our members 
without exception.

~k

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Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 13:21:20 -0700
From: [email-masked] (Kristy McKee)
Subject: Re: [ga] Re: Documentation request 

Widgital is comfortable donating server space to this group.

We are in the process of creating a ISA (Internet software application) to 
handle complaints more efficiently and would be happy to create space for 
the IDNO web and ftp site as well host the domain (no need to include us as 
contacts, just make sure the name servers are listed correctly), if that is 
path folks want to take.

Many other companies and individuals have offered as well, so it's not like 
there is no where to build.

:)

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Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 14:09:38 -0700
From: [email-masked] (Kristy McKee)
Subject: Re: [ga] Re: Documentation request 

Oh, yeah, and yes we would donate a template including a style sheet as well.

~k

At 01:21 PM 8/15/2001 -0700, Kristy McKee wrote:
>Widgital is comfortable donating server space to this group.
>
>We are in the process of creating a ISA (Internet software application) to 
>handle complaints more efficiently and would be happy to create space for 
>the IDNO web and ftp site as well host the domain (no need to include us 
>as contacts, just make sure the name servers are listed correctly), if 
>that is path folks want to take.
>
>Many other companies and individuals have offered as well, so it's not 
>like there is no where to build.
>
>:)
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Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 07:13:35 +1200
From: DPF <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] Consensus... Definition?

On Tue, 14 Aug 2001 18:08:59 -0400, "Gomes, Chuck"
<[email-masked]> wrote:

>If every decision has to be a consensus decision, nothing will ever get
>done.  Moreover, not all decisions are policy decisions.  Some decisions are
>contractual, some are business decisions, some are legal, etc.

I agree with this.

However the ICANN staff have beyond any doubt been making policy
decisions with no input from the DNSO.  An example I have used before
and asked someone to explain is that in the new TLDs there is a ban on
registering a ccTLD at the 2LD unless you have permission of the
Government concerned.

This is not a technical issue.  This is not a business issue.  This is
a policy issue.

It should not be in there as there is no mandate for it.  I know WIPO
is in favour of such a thing but any ideas from WIPO should go through
the IPC to the DNSO and then the ICANN Board surely?

DPF
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Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 15:13:08 -0400
From: "Gomes, Chuck" <[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: [ga] Consensus... Definition?

I suspect that we will continue to have a lot of disagreement about what is
policy and what is not.  On first glance, I would personally tend to agree
with you on this one.

Chuck

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Subject: Re: [ga] Consensus... Definition?

On Tue, 14 Aug 2001 18:08:59 -0400, "Gomes, Chuck"
<[email-masked]> wrote:

>If every decision has to be a consensus decision, nothing will ever get
>done.  Moreover, not all decisions are policy decisions.  Some decisions
are
>contractual, some are business decisions, some are legal, etc.

I agree with this.

However the ICANN staff have beyond any doubt been making policy
decisions with no input from the DNSO.  An example I have used before
and asked someone to explain is that in the new TLDs there is a ban on
registering a ccTLD at the 2LD unless you have permission of the
Government concerned.

This is not a technical issue.  This is not a business issue.  This is
a policy issue.

It should not be in there as there is no mandate for it.  I know WIPO
is in favour of such a thing but any ideas from WIPO should go through
the IPC to the DNSO and then the ICANN Board surely?

DPF
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Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 12:28:45 -0700
From: "William S. Lovell" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] Does someone knows the REAL rules?

Jefsey:

I believe the answer is that there are none. That's why issues have
been bouncing back and forth for years with no results.  Since the
ICANN documents say that the GA is to "self-organize" so as to
be able to create "bottom-up" policy suggestions, and since one
must have some set of rules by which to do that, that is what we
are doing: we are self-organizing a set of rules.

And nothing is being "enforced": the GA has the choice of
continuing to waller in babble for a few more years, or of
adopting some clear cut means for arriving at decisions.  The
Best Practices draft sets out (or will, when Parts III and IV
are finished) such a clear cut means.

Bill Lovell

Jefsey Morfin wrote:

> On 21:38 09/07/01, Joanna Lane said:
> >according to our BEST PRACTICES Draft Document
>
> Could someone tell me where I can find the REAL rules in use?
>
> I only hear from people wanting to enforce their own conceptions.
> Jefsey
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Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 20:37:15 +0100
From: "Paul Cotton" <[email-masked]>
Subject: [ga] Re: XTNS Launches New Domain Naming System

I've been wondering when someone would get around to using realnames
keywords but with a dot in them and offering them as "domain names".

Can't wait to see how they handle email with it.

Funny how they have not even registered "xtns" as a realnames keyword
though!

Regards

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Director
SafetyNet Systems Ltd
www.joinin.com

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Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 16:04:56 -0400
From: "Cade,Marilyn S - LGA" <[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: [ga] Re: Documentation request

Let's be careful to avoid even accidently, mission creep.

For example, I don't see any role for ICANN in operating systems or
software...at all.  

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From: Jefsey Morfin [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 9:31 AM
To: [email-masked]
Subject: Re: [ga] Re: Documentation request

Bravo. I wished you would accept being a candidate.
The IP issue is very important and totally neglected.
As is the IPv6 implementation which may lead to a
total blocking of the network - over routing updates
and information transfers - if not coordinated with every
kind of existing and foreseeable stakeholders. And
there are legion from banks to WebTV, Govs to
Health Care, Telcos to lotteries, Polices to consumer
organizations, etc... etc...

DN is small fun when compared with IP issues.
IP ICANN policy is documented by ICP-none.

Jefsey

On 10:58 15/08/01, Elisabeth Porteneuve said:
>     I do believe it makes much more sense if the Mission Statement
>     of Individuals organization within ICANN, which is still
>     to be devised, could focus on preserving the possibility
>     to Individuals to be both on the Internet, producer and consumer.
>     To well describe what are fundamentals to that (IP number
>     and domain name, but also freedom of choice of operating system
>     and softwares for PC of Individuals).
>     It implies subsequently to consider responsibilities and duties
>     of everybody.

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Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 15:38:59 -0700
From: [email-masked] (Kristy McKee)
Subject: RE: [ga] Re: Documentation request

At 04:04 PM 8/15/2001 -0400, Cade,Marilyn S - LGA wrote:
>Let's be careful to avoid even accidently, mission creep.
>
>For example, I don't see any role for ICANN in operating systems or
>software...at all.
>

Thanks, that much needed to be stated as we are already dealing with too 
much as you wrote: "mission creep".

Maybe something to consider would be defining what we think the DOC 
intended for ICANN to work with.

??

~k

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Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 00:04:49 +0200
From: Jefsey Morfin <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] XTNS Launches New Domain Naming System

Dear Tim,
The GA is becoming more "unlocked Internet" oriented than
the TLDA!

If I understand your reasoning, when a Registrant registers:
"my_name.my_corp"

For me                    my_name is an SLD and my_corp is a TLD.
For you                   my_name is a 3LD and my_corp is an SLD
For New.net             my_name is a 4LD and my_corpo is a 3LD.
For NameSlinger      they are already registered
For the TLD Trust     they might be protected.
For Stuart Lynn        it is an heresy unless my corp could sign a
                               contract with the ICANN in that case it is
                               a TLD that ICANN is going to sell to VeriSign.

Great. So you work on top of the DNS, New.net on top of the top of the DNS, 
I respect the DNS as per RFC 920 and Stuart Lynn protects his own 
understanding of the DNS as per the second version of his permanent ICP-3.

Actually it boils down to try to solve the single authoritatve point of 
stockpiling by VeriSign.
Stuart: permanent ICP-3 needs a new release again.

Jefsey

On 19:05 15/08/01, Tim Langdell said:
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>-------------------------
>Press Release
>XTNS Domain Namespaces Revolutionize Navigation, Brand Identities and
>Trademark Control on the Internet
>Pasadena-Based Start-Up Unveils a Domain Namespace System Powered by
>RealNames Technology To Enable Limitless Creation of New Internet Addresses
>that Are Simple, Memorable, and Work in All Languages.
>
>PASADENA, Calif., August 15, 2001 - Today, XTNSSM (Extended Name Services,
>Inc., http://www.xtns.net) announced the first availability of its "Extended
>NamespacesSM ," a new form of Internet domain names set to revolutionize the
>way we navigate the Internet worldwide and leverage commercial brands. XTNS'
>s new Domain Namespaces answer at least three major market demands: massive
>over-crowding of the ".com" domain and the extreme need for new domains; the
>need for a new more simple naming convention to replace existing
>hard-to-remember lengthy URLs; and the substantial worldwide demand for
>language-specific domain names. Now corporations can own and control entire
>XTNS Domain Namespaces such as "anything.brand" and create their own names
>in over 150 languages worldwide.
>
>
>XTNS is working in partnership with RealNames Corporation, whose technology
>is already embedded worldwide in the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser.
>Being based on UNICODE the RealNames system enables XTNS names to work
>automatically and immediately in all languages and character sets. Thus XTNS
>Extended Namespaces can now be accessed and queried by 88% or over 360
>million of the world's Internet users -- in their own language without any
>need to download additional software or enroll with a particular ISP.
>
>"Corporations can now finally gain control of their brand identity on the
>Internet," said Tim Langdell, XTNS's CEO. "No longer constrained to market
>new products and services to the public in the form of
>http://www-dot-something-dot-something, forward-slash some complex series of
>letters and numbers, companies can now use our new simpler names in the form
>'service.company' or 'product.brand' and do so in virtually any language in
>the world. A key thrust will be to enable global corporations to control
>their branding around the world enabling Internet navigation in Japanese,
>Chinese, Korean, Spanish, French, German and over 150 other languages. We
>believe this is a watershed event, marking a new era of a vastly simplified
>marketing message and intuitive navigation of web content worldwide."
>
>Keith Teare, founder and CEO of RealNames Corp. said of this new partnership
>"XTNS is the first to offer this new form of namespace to the world based
>upon RealNames Keyword technology, and to understand the limitless potential
>and flexibility this technology can bring to Internet users - specifically,
>easy to remember and use names that work automatically in any language from
>virtually any desktop on the planet. The beauty of Keyword technology is
>that it is not constrained by syntax and it allows virtually limitless
>combinations in delivering custom namespaces with prefix.something or
>something.brand."
>
>Simpler Multilingual Domain Namespaces That Anyone Can Remember.
>
>Because XTNS namespaces rely on the RealNames system which utilizes
>UNICODE-based encoding and which sits as a layer on top of the DNS, the
>company can create and activate new Domain Namespaces in virtually any
>language in the world. XTNS is unique in being able to offer a wide range of
>multilingual domain names that are universally accessible to the global
>Internet community.
>
>In addition to offering corporate and multilingual names, XTNS plans a
>number of "Open Domain NamespacesSM" that operate like existing top level
>domains (such as ".com", ".biz", ".info" etc) and will permit users to
>register unique addresses within these Domain Namespaces. However, XTNS'
>primary attention is to ensure that its Open Domain Namespaces are not
>confused with top level domain names released via ICANN or the U.S.
>Department of Commerce by requiring Open Domain Namespaces to be in the form
>"name.trademark", "name.corporation", or in the form "genericprefix.name".
>
>"Having already experienced a substantial interest from global corporations
>wanting their own domains, our current focus is upon Domain Namespaces based
>upon trademarks, brand names, corporate names and association names," said
>Langdell. "Soon, though, we plan to launch a number of Open Domain
>Namespaces for the domestic and overseas markets aimed at satisfying
>individual and small business domain name demand to further relieve the
>immense pressure on the '.com' domain."
>
>Immediate Availability
>
>XTNS Corporate Domain Namespaces and multilingual Corporate and trademark
>Domain Namespaces are available immediately. The first of XTNS's Open Domain
>Namespaces for second level name registration in both Roman characters
>("English") and multilingual characters will be announced shortly, with a
>special focus on the Asian, Hispanic and European markets. Names in these
>Open Domain Namespaces are anticipated to sell for flat fee of between
>$25-$50 per annum. A trademark protection policy will be announced at that
>time.
>
>Registry/Registrar Channels
>
>XTNS itself acts as a Registry for most of the new Domain Namespaces that it
>launches. However, it also licenses other entities to act as registries for
>proposed and sponsored new Domain Namespaces, and projects a world-wide
>network of registrar re-sellers for XTNS's and its client's second level
>name sales. XTNS is currently accepting proposals for sponsored and
>un-sponsored Open Domain Namespaces with a scheduled launch in late 2001 and
>in 2002.
>
>
>
>What's Next?
>
>"These first XTNS names are merely an introduction to a wealth of new
>extended naming possibilities we will be creating over the coming years, "
>said Langdell. "Because we can set up pay-per-view and member-only Domain
>Namespaces, we have the flexibility to create new namespaces that provide
>safe-havens for children, or namespaces that can be securely regulated and
>restricted."
>
>XTNS namespaces feature geographic location capabilities as well as provide
>the potential for enhanced security (e.g. for enhanced virtual private
>networks). XTNS's GeoLocTM features enable companies to route web traffic
>according to territory or country of origin, making fully automated language
>specific web navigation a reality. No longer will web-users need to face a
>menu to determine which language version or territory version of a web site
>they are seeking. These features will also enable XTNS customers to have
>important marketing data about the source location of their web site's
>visitors.
>
>Future XTNS namespaces will also permit advanced search capabilities. Added
>Langdell, "Our namespaces sit on top of DNS in a complementary relationship
>and form a perfect fit with anticipated extensions and enhancements to the
>DNS, meaning we permit new functionality over the existing system and future
>developments. By doing so, we enable XTNS's system to overlay the DNS,
>enhancing it without interfering with it or damaging it in any way. We have
>the clear potential to also include easy navigation using wireless devices
>(cellular phones, PDAs, etc) as well as providing critical assistance with
>the integration of voice, text and other media, while maintaining a truly
>global scope and vision. It is central to XTNS's intent to work closely with
>bodies such as IETF and ICANN, and be supportive of the ongoing work of
>these bodies, and the single root structure or DNS."
>
>
>
>About XTNS (Extended Name Services, Inc.)
>
>XTNS is a Pasadena, California based corporation which is in process of
>opening offices in Korea, China, Japan and Europe. XTNS is an Internet
>Domain Namespace registry as well as an Internet Domain Namespace resolution
>service provider. The vision of XTNS is to bring about global acceptance for
>a new form of Internet naming and navigation that is far simpler and more
>intuitive than the existing system, while working closely with and utilizing
>the existing DNS system rather than replacing it. Using the existing DNS,
>XTNS Domain Namespaces replace complicated URLs with simple, easy to
>remember names in virtually any language in the world. The XTNS technology
>is based upon the RealNames (RealNames Corporation) system which is
>integrated directly into the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser (version
>5.0 and above).Therefore the XTNS's system already built into the Microsoft
>IE Browser is today already operational in hundreds of millions of PCs
>worldwide. For more information please visit the XTNS website at
>www.xtns.net
>
>
>
>About RealNames Corporation
>
>RealNames Corporation is the global infrastructure provider of Keywords and
>offers a naming
>
>platform for the next generation Internet. The RealNames registration and
>resolution name
>
>services platform provides a modern naming layer on top of DNS. Keywords are
>a superior Web
>
>naming registration platform that extends the existing Domain Name System,
>and are integrated
>
>into Microsoft Internet Explorer browser software and the Openwave Mobile
>Access Gateway.
>
>RealNames Keywords and name services are available through a worldwide
>channel of Registries and Registrars. For more information, please enter
>Keyword: RealNames to visit our Web site.
>
>
>
>XTNS, XTNS System, Extended Namespaces, Domain Namespaces, Open Domain
>Namespaces, Open Domains, and GeoLoc are all trademarks or service marks of
>Extended Name Services, Inc. All rights reserved. RealNames, and RealNames
>System are either service marks or registered service marks of RealNames
>Corporation.
>
>
>
>Contact Information:
>
>For Press Related Inquiries
>
>[email-masked]
>
>T: 626-449-4334 / F: 626-844-4334
>
>For Business Development or Partnering Inquiries
>
>[email-masked]
>
>T: 626-449-4334 / F: 626-844-4334
>
>For Investor Relations
>
>[email-masked]
>
>T: 626-449-4334 / F: 626-844-4334
>
>Copyright (C) 2001, Extended Name Services, Inc. All rights reserved.
>
>
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