Internet Registry Evolution (ire)
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 Charter
 Last Modified: 11/04/1996

 Current Status: Concluded Working Group

 Chair(s):
     David R. Conrad  <David_Conrad@isc.org>

 Operational Requirements Area Director(s):
     Scott Bradner  <sob@harvard.edu>
     Michael O'Dell  <mo@uu.net>

 Operational Requirements Area Advisor:
     Scott Bradner  <sob@harvard.edu>

 Mailing Lists: 
     General Discussion:ire@apnic.net
     To Subscribe:      ire-request@apnic.net
     Archive:           ftp://ftp.apnic.net/mailing-lists/ire

Description of Working Group:

IRE will focus on the future direction the Internet Address Registry
system should take.  There will be four major goals of IRE, namely:
 
- creation of a document defining the Internet address registry system
  goals, specifically what role(s) the Internet address registry
  system should be performing, can perform, and what functions are
  best performed by other bodies.
 
- creation of a document detailing the administrative structure of
  the Internet address registry system, including chains of delegation
  and appeal.
 
- creation of a document which can be used as a skeleton for future
  Internet Address Registry policies, providing background information
  to help balance the conflicting goals of allowing for growth and
  avoiding routing problems.
 
- creation of a document providing guidelines to Internet service
  providers regarding allocation and assignment policies and the
  implication of registry allocation policies with respect to service
  provider address assignments.
 
IRE, having a focus specifically on Internet addresses, is explicitly
NOT exploring, developing, and/or analyzing domain name registry
developments or evolution,
 
It is expected that all four objectives of the IRE working group will
result in documents which will be used in the operational functions of
the Internet Registry system.
 

 Goals and Milestones:

   DEC 96       First Internet-Draft of registry goals document available 

   DEC 96       First Internet-Draft of administrative structure document 
                available 

   APR 97       First Internet-Draft of registry policy document available 

   APR 97       Revised goals document submitted as an Internet-Draft 

   APR 97       Revised administrative structure document submitted 

   APR 97       First Internet-Draft of guidelines document available 

   JUL 97       Final administrative structure document submitted 

   JUL 97       Final goals document submitted as Internet-Draft 

   JUL 97       Revised guidelines document submitted as an Internet-Draft 

   JUL 97       Revised policy document submitted as an Internet-Draft 

   DEC 97       Final guidelines document submitted as Internet-Draft 

   DEC 97       Final policy document submitted as Internet-Draft 


 Internet-Drafts:

  No Current Internet-Drafts.

 Request For Comments:

  None to date.