[ICANN-EU] Access engine - CNRP - DN/TM cf. ISOC

[Jefsey Morfin <jefsey@wanadoo.fr>]

Andreas and TM concerned:

I though this might interest you. It comes from ISOC.
The .WIZ  project of ".wiz" TLD is access engine oriented:
with the same concepts as the CNRP.

At 14:00 19/09/00, you wrote:
>Notwithstanding the
>complexity of the application form and the considerable
>expense involved, numerous applicants have stepped forward
>with a wide variety of proposals. Some proposals involve
>open generic top level domains and others involve restricted
>domains, such as .banc for financial institutions. The
>trademark interests regard all of these with deep suspicion
>because of fears that any new top level domains will simply
>increase opportunities for cybersquatting.
>
>There may be a glimmer of light at the end of this tunnel.
>Internet engineers have long recognized that the domain name
>system has been put to use for purposes far different than
>originally intended. When the domain name system was
>invented, it was easy to say that domain names and
>trademarks were totally separate concepts. Since then, there
>has been tremendous growth of web sites with new trademarks,
>such as Amazon and Yahoo, as well as the obvious connection
>of existing trademarks such as IBM and AT&T to .com, .net
>and .org. This has led millions of users to believe
>that they have a right to type in any name or trademark they
>can think of between www and .com in order to arrive at a
>particular web site. The fact that they often don't does not
>deter them. Trademarks and domain names may still be
>separate, but there is a lot of litigation over the
>conflicts that have arisen.
>
>But what if there was a system specifically designed to
>handle common names which led the user to the desired web-
>site? The IETF is working on just such a system, the Common
>Name Resolution Protocol (CNRP). Several Internet drafts
>have been distributed, and work is proceeding. In the words
>of one draft, "The goal of CNRP is to create a lightweight
>search protocol with a simple query interface…."
>
>There are already commercial services such as RealNames and
>NetWords that offer a limited scope of common name
>resolution. The intent of the current IETF work is to
>produce a standard protocol that can be widely applied. Its
>applications should include business directories, white
>pages, e-commerce directories, yellow page services and many
>other similar resources.
>
>We can all hope that this project moves forward swiftly, so
>that domain names can go back to their original functions,
>and trademark lawyers can concentrate again on trademark
>issues.

I do  not think that the CNRP (which is something similar to our
.WIZ project, but .WIZ wants also to investigate in real tests
the public behavior and the user demand in terms of words)
will not kill the DNS system but will probably work jointly,
as the DNS is really appropriate for documentation (URL).

The .SYS project of ".sys" TLD is a first step corresponding
to a first demand. The technical test is to progressively
introduce and test a TLD plug-in concept into the DNS. .SYS
only handles patterns, while .WIZ will handle rules.

This type of "access engine" as we name it is certainly
the future and is well accepted and understood by the public.
(My experience and statistics for two years). But they lead
to many changes, one of them being that a DN does not
lead to the same site every day, but leads to the best fitting
service that day.

Obviously the TM lobby will get lost into this and will not protect
its rights appropriately if it does not do the necessary effort now
over semantic analysis and DN vs. TM legal analysis.
This is what asking for.
Jefsey