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>>>>> Written Testimony Of Donald M. Heath
President/CEO
Internet Society
To
U.S. House of
Representatives
Committee On Science Subcommittee On Basic
Research
Suite 2320 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515-8301
For: Hearing On Internet
Domain Names 30 September 1997
***Extract 1:***
The IAHC has defined an additional
set of seven (7) gTLDs. Any
additional gTLDs will be defined under the aegis
and policy
coordination of the gTLD-MoU. The newly-defined gTLDs are:
.firm
for businesses, or firms
.store for businesses offering goods to purchase
.web
for entities emphasizing activities related to the WWW
.arts for entities emphasizing
cultural and entertainment activities
.rec for entities emphasizing recreation/entertainment
activities
.info for entities providing information services
.nom for those wishing
individual or personal nomenclature
*** Extract 2:***
CONCLUSION
The IAHC
plan as developed by the Internet community under the
leadership of members selected
from that community, is a sound plan
that has been designed to evolve through
continuing evaluation and
input from the Internet community. It represents a
solid foundation
upon which a stable and secure Internet may flourish. However,
it
needs cooperation and active involvement by the Internet community in
a
constructive manner, as well as financial resources for its
successful implementation
and operation.
For the past two years the Internet community has been paying a
surcharge on its registrations through the monopoly registrar
operating under
the auspices of the U.S. Government. The surcharge
amounts to 30% of each registration
fee and the fund that it has
built is approaching US$50,000,000. The purpose
of this fund was
designated for the purpose of reinvestment in the "Intellectual
Infrastructure" of the Internet. iPOC will be pleased to present a
startup
budget to effect the acquisition and development of the
required shared database
software and equipment necessary to begin
the operation of CORE, as part of a
proposal for funding from this
Intellectual Infrastructure fund. CORE is intended
to be a self-
supporting organization, but until operations under the IAHC plan
can
begin, financial resources are lacking.
What better place to allocate
a fraction of the money in the fund
than to the establishment of the system which
meets the principles
and requirements of the U.S. Government as defined in the
Department
of Commerce "Request for Comments on the Registration and
Administration
of Internet Domain Names," [Docket No. 970613137-7137-
01], http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/dn5notic.htm?
Mr. Chairman, to sum up my written testimony, I would like to leave
the committee
with four key points:
A sound plan exists to introduce competition into the domain
name
registration process and is being implemented;
The U.S. Government must
state its concerns as quickly as possible to
avoid causing a chilling effect
on the plan;
The U.S. Government must request, under the terms of the NSI/NSF
Cooperative Agreement, a final report as well as a copy of software
and data
plus documentation;
Funding to support the development of the intellectual infrastructure
under
the IAHC plan should be provided from the Intellectual
Infrastructure fund made
possible by the surcharge on registrations.
Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee,
thank you.