[arin-ppml] Draft Policy 2020-11: Replace the Image in Section 2 With a Textual Description

[Brian Jones]

I support ARIN-2020-11 with one suggestion. Spell out what RIR stands for
similar to the way IANA and ISP are spelled out to increase clarity and
understandability.
—
Brian

On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 5:20 PM ARIN <info at arin.net> wrote:

> On 17 December 2020, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) advanced
> "ARIN-prop-295: Replace the Image in Section 2 With a Textual Description"
> to Draft Policy.
>
> Draft Policy ARIN-2020-11 is below and can be found at:
>
> https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2020_11/
>
> You are encouraged to discuss all Draft Policies on PPML. The AC will
> evaluate the discussion in order to assess the conformance of this draft
> policy with ARIN's Principles of Internet number resource policy as stated
> in the Policy Development Process (PDP). Specifically, these principles are:
>
> * Enabling Fair and Impartial Number Resource Administration
> * Technically Sound
> * Supported by the Community
>
> The PDP can be found at:
> https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/pdp/
>
> Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at:
> https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/
>
> Regards,
>
> Sean Hopkins
> Policy Analyst
> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
>
>
>
> Draft Policy ARIN-2020-11: Replace the Image in Section 2 With a Textual
> Description
>
>
>
> Problem Statement:
>
>
>
> The beginning of Section 2 in the NRPM shows a diagram of how addressing
> responsibility is delegated. However, this image does not appear to have a
> description or even alt text, and the actual text is not selectable. This
> could have accessibility implications, especially for blind people, if the
> NRPM is converted to plain text, or if the NRPM is translated into another
> language.
>
>
>
> Policy Statement:
>
>
>
> Proposal:
>
>
>
> Replace the lead section of Section 2 with the following:
>
>
>
> Responsibility for management of address spaces is distributed globally in
> accordance with the following procedures:
>
>
>
> - Global address space management is performed by the Internet Assigned
> Numbers Authority (IANA). IANA distributes address space to RIRs (AfriNIC,
> APNIC, ARIN, LACNIC, and the RIPE NCC), but not directly to ISPs or end
> users.
>
> - RIRs, such as ARIN, distribute address space to Internet Service
> Providers (ISPs) and directly to end-user organizations.
>
> - ISPs may further delegate address space to other ISPs, as well as to
> other end-user organizations.
>
>
>
> Timetable for implementation: Immediate.
>
>
>
>
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