Re: Why does confederation needs English documents?
Hi,
Sorry for the slow reply...
>And these reasons seems to imply that the documents are for APNIC and
>APNIC members, not for the confederation members. Is this right?
Yes, more or less. The confederations would have the policy documents in
their local language, thus they would not need to rely on the translated
documents provided to APNIC. However, there have been cases where a foreign
ISP has set up in a country where there were no policy documents available
in English and as a result, APNIC received queries regarding the
confederation's policies.
>Another aspect is maintenance of the documents. Must the confederation
>registry re-submit updated documents to APNIC when it changes its policy?
If it doesn't:
- resource allocation policies among the various confederations are likely
to become unsynchronized
- other confederations may re-invent the policy wheel
- complaints directed to APNIC regarding confederation policies would likely
result in confusion among the various parties involved
- APNIC would not be able to verify the new policies conform to standard
registry guidelines
>Maintenance often needs more efforts than one-time translation.
I am, of course, open to counter-proposals...
Regards,
-drc
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