[RSSAC Caucus] [Ext] FOR REVIEW: RSSAC026v2: RSSAC Lexicon

[Terry Manderson]

Hi Warren,

“Letters” actually create a lot of confusion, especially when talking and thinking about measurements. This vernacular also has created a pain in geo-political arenas as it isn’t clear as to what that means precisely. (I am still living through this) So folks not of a tech background and suitably imbued with historical technical knowledge then apply their their own interpretation. It is stunningly hard to argue against such interpretations without clear definitions in existence. 

Of course translation to other languages is a curve ball in its own right.

So the problem is that “the spade” is only a spade if you have seen one before.

Cheers,
Terry
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> On 29 Jan 2020, at 2:02 am, Warren Kumari <warren at kumari.net> wrote:
> 
> I realize that this is not going to be popular / likely to succeed,
> but we seem to have created a lot of confusion for ourselves by
> desperately trying to avoid calling them "letters"; the term "letter"
> is the colloquial term, and I think that we all largely instinctively
> understand what it means - I know I hear root server operators, dns
> people, etc continuing to use the term without confusion -- I still
> believe we would be well suited to just "call a spade a spade", and
> not overcomplicate things....
> 
> W
> 
>> On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 10:52 AM Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman at icann.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Andrew brings up some good points here. It is clear that the metrics document uses some wrong terms in some places, although probably in ways that can be understood by someone who understand the new terminology. However, 026v2 is not finished, so we are not even sure which terms to use where in the metrics document.
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