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

Gary Buhrmaster gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com
Fri Sep 29 23:59:55 EDT 2023


On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 9:51 PM Owen DeLong via ARIN-PPML
<arin-ppml at arin.net> wrote:
>
> Personally, I am of the opinion that if we are going to take this step, we should
> consider new terminology altogether.
>
> Perhaps “registration” or “issuance” or similar.
>
> The meaning of allocation and assignment while a source of multiple misunderstandings over the years hsve
> been etched into many of our brains as having distinct connotations. If we’re going to change the connotation,
> then I think rather than moving to one of the previous terms, we should use a new term.

+1



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