[arin-ppml] Revised - Draft Policy ARIN-2022-8: Streamlining Section 11 Policy Language

[Owen DeLong]

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> Draft Policy ARIN-2022-8: Streamlining Section 11 Policy Language
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> Problem Statement:
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> Section 11 of the NRPM contains a great deal of language that is either explicitly not policy, or is not impactful on ARIN's administration of Internet number resources for experimental allocations, or to the customers requesting said resources. A revision to transform Section 11 into a collection of policies for experimental allocations serves to make the Section more easily digested by the reader, and a more functional reference for customers and ARIN staff during experimental allocation requests.
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> Policy Statement:
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> Section 11 Overview
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> Current text:
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> 11. Experimental Internet Resource Allocations
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> ARIN will allocate Numbering Resources to entities requiring temporary Numbering Resources for a fixed period of time under the terms of recognized experimental activity.
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> "Numbering Resources" refers to unicast IPv4 or IPv6 address space and Autonomous System numbers.
> The following are the criteria for this policy:
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> Proposed text:
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> 11. Experimental Internet Resource Allocations
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> ARIN will allocate Number Resources to organizations requiring temporary Number Resources for a fixed period of time under the terms of a recognized experimental activity.
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> Section 11.1
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> Current text:
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> 11.1. Documentation of Recognized Experimental Activity
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> A Recognized Experimental Activity is one where the experiment's objectives and practices are described in a publicly accessible document. It is a normal requirement that a Recognized Experimental Activity also includes the undertaking that the experiment's outcomes be published in a publicly accessible document at the end of the experiment. The conditions for determining the end of the experiment are to be included in the document. Applicants for an experimental allocation are expected to demonstrate an understanding that when the experiment ends, the allocation will be returned; a successful experiment may need a new allocation under normal policies in order to continue in production or commercial use, but will not retain the experimental allocation.
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> A "publicly accessible document" is a document that is publicly and openly available free of charges and free of any constraints of disclosure.
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> ARIN will not recognize an experimental activity under this policy if the entire research experiment cannot be publicly disclosed.
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> ARIN has a strong preference for the recognition of experimental activity documentation in the form of a document which has been approved for publication by the IESG or by a similar mechanism as implemented by the IETF.
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> Proposed text:
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> 11.1. Eligibility Criteria for Recognized Experimental Activity
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> The eligibility criteria for a recognized experimental activity under this policy are:
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> The experiment’s description and objectives are published in a publicly accessible document, which for the purpose of this policy means that the document is readily available free of charges to the public, and free of any constraints of disclosure within one year after the end of the experiment;

Said document should also be required to be made available to ARIN for approval of the allocation/assignment.

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> The experiment’s outcomes must also be published in a publicly accessible document;
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> * Demonstration to ARIN that the experimental activity is technically sound within the meaning of ARIN’s Policy Development Process;
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> * Demonstration to ARIN that the experimental activity is technically coordinated in that consideration of any potential negative impact of the proposed experiment on the operation of the Internet and its deployed services has been considered, and a description of experimenter mitigation plans to contain any negative impacts has been provided.

Should we consider requiring ARIN (and/or the experiment organizer(s)) to publish the intent to issue an allocation/assignment  and contact information for how to report negative impacts and/or request mitigation?


Otherwise, looks good to me.

Owen


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