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Re: [alac] Fwd: [gtld-com] Draft final report (v4)
- To: Wendy Seltzer <wendy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [alac] Fwd: [gtld-com] Draft final report (v4)
- From: Thomas Roessler <roessler-mobile@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 10:53:50 +0200
On 2003-05-09 17:57:29 -0700, Wendy Seltzer wrote:
> I'm concerned that the detailed recommendations perpetuate the
> "beauty contest" mode of selecting new gTLDs rather than making
> name addition a routine process.
Criteria 4 and 6 in particular seem to be going into that direction,
in particular -- they just don't seem to be accessible to an
objective evaluation, and should therefore be left for market
forces. We might wish to ask for a dissenting opinion to be added
to these specific points. (The *objective* in 6 is of course fine,
but it's not suitable for use in an evaluation...)
With respect to 7 (IDNs and confusing similarity between ASCII and
IDNs' ASCII representation), I can't come up with an example to
which this should apply, so while I wouldn't recommend opposing it,
I have a feeling that this recommendation might be moot.
With respect to 8 ("translations or transliterations"), I'm not sure
I really understand what's meant by this. I can see an argument in
favor of specific protection if there is a realistic danger of
confusion -- but that case is covered elsewhere. If there is no
danger of confusion (as seems most likely in the "translation"
case), then I don't see the need for recommendation 8. We could
seek some clarification, and possibly add a dissenting opinion here,
too.
Have a nice week-end,
--
Thomas Roessler <roessler-mobile@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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