<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 23, 2024 at 12:05 PM William Herrin <<a href="mailto:bill@herrin.us">bill@herrin.us</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 9:24 PM Martin Hannigan <<a href="mailto:hannigan@gmail.com" target="_blank">hannigan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 5:07 PM Tyler O'Meara via ARIN-PPML <<a href="mailto:arin-ppml@arin.net" target="_blank">arin-ppml@arin.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Overall I support this change, but I have a few nitpicks:<br>
>><br>
>> 1) We should only include abbreviations/other names for the term if they're<br>
>> actually used in the NRPM; I think future text that uses this definition would<br>
>> be clearer if we selected a single acronym.<br>
><br>
> But that's not the way the real world works. All the acronyms are in use unfortunately.<br>
<br>
Then you spell out the acronym first. What is NAP? Is it Network<br>
Access Point? If it's not even obvious to someone like me, the text<br>
needs work.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Or you simply add it to the definition where Internet Exchange becomes a defined term so we can continue to try and write in English. <br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
>> 2) I would remove the reference to Ethernet (or provide it as an example); we<br>
>> shouldn't prescribe what L2 switching technology gets used by the IXP<br>
><br>
> Open IX OIX-1, an ANSI standard, prescribes ethernet for IX's and <a href="https://github.com/peeringdb/peeringdb/issues/1555" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/peeringdb/peeringdb/issues/1555</a><br>
> There's pretty much a slammed door on the idea that a router is an IX as well.<br>
<br>
To hell with 'em. <br></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>There is a world out there other than the PPML mailing list that can be helpful and supportive with respect to writing internet number resource policy. But are also dependent on the community. In the shortening of 4.4 you can see the authors considered the "principles" and sought to tighten the requirements while addressing more sharply the needs they have to operate critical infrastructure as well as make language more concise to enable staff to do their jobs a little more seamlessly. Discarding the hard work of others only because they're external should be carefully thought through. The vast majority of those groups are well meaning, supportive of ARIN's mission and trying to do good for the Internet.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Warm regards,</div><div><br></div><div>-M<</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div></div>