On Oct 29, 2013, at 9:03 AM, Patrik Fältström <paf(_at_)frobbit(_dot_)se> wrote:
I think it is important to not restart discussions already held regarding
different requirements on identifiers, requirements that in turn lead to
various alternatives on how they are allocated, managed and resolved. I do
not think one can have one identifier that fits all. Instead multiple kind of
identifiers are needed. Because of requirements on uniqueness (absolute, low
risk of collisions or not needed at all), persistence, human
readable/understandable, whether allocation and resolution should be designed
for read (lookups) or write (allocation), what the identifier is to be used
for (see id/loc discussions).
Having sat through many of those discussions with Patrik 15 years ago: +1
If ICANN wants to create and control some additional identifier spaces, let
them spend/waste their resources on all those questions.
--Paul Hoffman