[arin-ppml] Revised - Draft Policy ARIN-2022-12: Direct Assignment Language Update

[Owen DeLong]

> On Oct 2, 2023, at 07:21, Pellak, Kaitlyn via ARIN-PPML <arin-ppml at arin.net> wrote:
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> Hi all,
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>> The rationale used was that it was more straightforward to revise the
>> definition across the NRPM rather than replace each relevant
>> instance of “allocation” and “assignment” with another term
>> (allocation appears 245 times, and assignment appears 101 times.)
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> I'm sure this has already been addressed but could we not simply "find and replace" allocation and assignment with the new terms in the NRPM?
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> If not, perhaps we should consider a way to make those and similar updates given the ever-changing nature of internet terminology.

Expressing that to the community gets a bit more complicated than the act of doing so. 

However, I feel that the effort is warranted for the reasons previously stated. 

Owen

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> Best,
> Kaitlyn
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> Kaitlyn Pellak 
> Amazon – Technical Business Developer II 
> kaitjean at amazon.com <mailto:kaitjean at amazon.com> 
> 301.921.5566 
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> On 10/1/23, 7:10 AM, "ARIN-PPML on behalf of William Herrin" <arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net <mailto:arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net> on behalf of bill at herrin.us <mailto:bill at herrin.us>> wrote:
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>> On Sat, Sep 30, 2023 at 6:39 PM Douglas Camin <doug at dougcamin.com <mailto:doug at dougcamin.com>> wrote:
>> Reading the terms Allocation and Assignment, I see the primary
>> distinction between them as one is “for you” and one is “for you to give to others.”
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> Hi Douglas,
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> To the extent that there was a "primary" distinction, it's that one
> was for organizations acting like an ISP and one was for organizations
> acting like end-users. The associated nuance was extensive: everything
> from how you justified addresses to your public reporting
> responsibilities to not only how much you paid but the very framework
> for determining how much you paid. That's what made them "terms of
> art." https://www.justia.com/dictionary/term-of-art/ <https://www.justia.com/dictionary/term-of-art/>
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> Someone who looks up those terms in connection with ARIN is going to
> find all the myriad explanations for how they worked. And be very
> confused since things will no longer work that way.
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> The better plan is to pick a new term entirely. Leave assignment and
> allocation in the definitions so that you can note that they're
> obsolete and no longer used. Doesn't really matter what new words you
> choose: they'll become the new term of art attached to the new
> operating model.
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>> The rationale used was that it was more straightforward to revise the
>> definition across the NRPM rather than replace each relevant
>> instance of “allocation” and “assignment” with another term
>> (allocation appears 245 times, and assignment appears 101 times.)
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> Understood but respectfully: I think that would be a mistake for the
> reason described above.
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> Regards,
> Bill Herrin
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> William Herrin
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