Hello Wes,
Hello IAB members,
Hello IETF members,
This is to clarify that I am appealing the IESG's decision to not allow IANA to place my records into the uri.arpa zone. Below I am presenting the facts behind my reasoning on why they should have allowed the assignment.
The uri.arpa assignment procedures are specifically spelled out within RFC3405. The administrative and operational management of the uri.arpa zone are undertaken by IANA as it states in Section 9 of RFC3405 [1]. That Section also states:
The DNS records to be inserted in these zones are subject to the review process described in this document.
The only review process with a description in that document is in Section 5 where an implementer is required to submit a registration template to the register uri mailing list so objections can be made over a two week period. No objections were made to my submission. (IANA#1167794).
I also read the above as saying, there are no other review processes required for the submission of records into uri.arpa. To further back this belief, any other such processes or documents would require a listing in the Resource Registry Matrix by agreement of the 2020 MOU between IANA and the IETF (Services section 1.) [2]. There is no additional listings in that matrix for the uri.arpa registry. The IESG is charged with ensuring that these required procedures have been followed and any necessary prerequisites have been met [3]. The IESG is also the principle agent to the IETF to insure the technical viability of the standards created. Because of this responsibility, any argument of oversight in regards to the IETF tree by the IESG should be directed back to the IESG and not be a cause to thwart new assignments.
My application uses the entire DDDS and is very much simpatico. The authors of the DDDS give similar examples in RFC3402 Section 6.1 and 6.2(automobile parts and document identification services) [4]. This shows that the DDDS was expected to be used for a wide variety of services.
I'm asking the IAB to have the IESG decision annulled and recommend the IESG allow IANA to continue processing my assignment request. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Tim McSweeney
On August 3, 2020 at 7:58 PM Wes Hardaker <hardaker@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Timothy,
It is important that an appeal sent to the IAB explicitly state what decision from the IESG that you're appealing. I recognize it should be self evident, given recent history; but to ensure we do not misperceive your request, can you please clarify which decision you are appealing (if for no other reason than to form a proper document chain)? And, if possible, explain why the IESG's response was incorrect in your interpretation (in other words, the underlying basis for your appeal). Is your appeal against the whole conclusion and response, or only parts of it, for example?
Cheers,Wes
