[db-wg] Re: Implementation of POEM object

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Paul Wilson wrote:

> i'm finding this discussion rather anglo-centric. was any
> consideration given to a "language" descriptor in discussion of
> this object.

Good point. This clearly needs some global coordination.

I propose the establishment of a VFSO (Verse-Form Supporting
Organization) underwritten by the RIRs, with authority to arbitrate
as necessary on the validity and merit of a verse-form or
verse-form instance, its transposition from one language and
cultural environment to another, suitable encodings where us-ascii
and UTF-8 are inadequate and cryptographic support for global
intellectual property rights.
The VFSO will also need to delegate authority for languages or
verse-forms peculiar[1] to a region to the RIR primarily serving
that region, who may at their discretion delegate it further to
appropriate agencies[2].

The constitution of the VFSO will be written entirely in canonical
verse-forms (though until the canon is defined some transitional
arrangement may be necessary).

I see commercial opportunities here. For instance, I understand
from other recent postings to the list that there is an agency
in NL (or at least accessible through NL, though its physical
location, if any, is a closely guarded secret) which might be in
a position to offer verse-form validation services to APNIC or
others. I do not see why they should not make a charge for those
services (though under present regulations for money laundering
payments might have to be made in CO2 credits, oil or gold).

How do we organise the elections to the VFSO?

Rodney Tillotson, JANET-CERT
+44 1235 822 255


[1] A nice word in English english, meaning specific or distinctive
rather than just queer or odd.
[2] For instance, the Limerick English segment of the work might be
assigned to the Town Council of a small town in one of the English
counties to the west of London, UK; the Bawdy Song English segment
to a carefully-selected Welsh (UK) rugby club (possibly not the
same as the one that oversees Bawdy Song Welsh), and so on.


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