Internet Registry Evolution (ire) 




Charter



Status: Concluded January, 1997 







Chair(s):







 David R. Conrad 







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.