[arin-ppml] Revised - Draft Policy ARIN-2020-11: Add Textual Description for the Number Resource Hierarchy Image in Section 2

[Owen DeLong]

> On Feb 10, 2021, at 11:43 , John Santos <john at egh.com> wrote:
> 
> Generally support this.  I have a little nit-picking that people might want to consider, though.
> 1) Inapplicable to ARIN, but some RIRs have an intermediate level between them and the actual ISPs and end users: NIRs (National Internet Registries.)
> 2) The generic term for organizations below the level of RIRs (including NIRs and ISPs) appears to be LIR (Local Internet Registry.)  Should we use that term, or would that be more confusing than edifying?

ISPs are an example of LIR. Where they exist, NIRs are not. An NIR is not an LIR. NIRs issue address space to LIRs and end users, just as RIRs do.

In some cases national law requires use of the NIR within the country. NIRs are, by definition scoped to countries.

> It could be my terminology, which I got from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_Internet_registry and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Internet_registry), is incorrect or obsolete.  If so, I would be happy to keep the current wording and support this proposal.

There are no NIRs in the ARIN region, so I’m not sure the the NIR discussion needs to be part of the NRPM.

As to the choice to use LIR, I support substituting LIR in place of ISP in the proposal. 

I will note that there is a section 2.4 definition of an LIR in the NRPM.

There is no such definition of ISP, though 2.4 does mention that LIRs are generally ISPs.

Within IPv6, section 6.5.1 mentions that the terms ISP and LIR are used interchangeably within the document and that use fo either term shall be construed to include both meanings.

As such, I think this provides further support to normalize on the term LIR.

Owen

> 
> 
> On 2/9/2021 2:51 PM, ARIN wrote:
>> The following Draft Policy has been revised and retitled:
>> * ARIN-2020-11: Add Textual Description for the Number Resource Hierarchy Image in Section 2
> 
>> Draft Policy ARIN-2020-11: Add Textual Description for the Number Resource Hierarchy Image in Section 2
>> 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 those with sight-related disabilities, or if the NRPM is translated into other languages.
>> Policy statement:
>> Proposal:
>> Add the following text before the image in Section 2:
>> Responsibility for management of number resources is distributed globally in accordance with the following procedures:
>> * Global number resource management is performed by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). IANA distributes number resources to RIRs (AfriNIC, APNIC, ARIN, LACNIC, and the RIPE NCC), but not directly to ISPs or end users.
>> * RIRs, such as ARIN, distribute number resources to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and directly to end-user organizations.
>> * ISPs may further delegate number resources to other ISPs, as well as to other end-user organizations.
>> Timetable for implementation: Immediate
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