Re: Revised draft charter for DNSEXT

[Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews@isc.org>]

> On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 02:20:59PM +0200, Olaf M. Kolkman wrote:
> 
> > >The DNS protocol is an essential component of the Internet  
> > >architecture.
> 
> Speaking as a failed philosopher, the word "essential" bugs me there.
> Do we really think we can't have the Internet without there being a
> DNS?  You could alter this to be
> 
>       The DNS protocol is a fundamental component of the Internet
>       architecture, and is relied upon by large numbers of network
>       applications.

	Sounds reasonable.

> The idea of the second clause there is to emphasise the importance of
> the DNS to the things that use the network, rather than some intrinsic
> importance of DNS itself.  It's probably just my twitchy reaction to
> the word "essential", though.  I don't have a strong feeling about
> it.  I like the rest of the altered text. 
> 
> > In that way the text talks about what we, as a group, are working on:  
> > a protocol and not the infrastructure. 
> 
> I like that emphasis in particular.
> 
> A
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