This is the workspace for the Root Server System Governance Working Group (RSS GWG).
Mailing List
Source Documents
- RSSAC037: A Proposed Governance Model for the DNS Root Server System
- RSSAC038: RSSAC Advisory on a Proposed Governance Model for the DNS Root Server System
- Concept Paper on a Community-Driven Process to Develop a Final Model Based on RSSAC037
Public Comment Proceeding (May 2019-August 2019)
Several other RSSAC publications provide background about the Root Server System, Root Server Operators, and global root service as context for the work of evolving the governance of the Root Server System.
- RSSAC042: RSSAC Statement on Root Server Operator Independence
- RSSAC030: RSSAC Statement on Entries in DNS Root Sources
- RSSAC024: Key Technical Elements of Potential Root Operators
- RSSAC023: History of the Root Server System
- RSSAC021: RSSAC Statement Concerning the Impact of the Unavailability of a Single Root Server
- RSSAC020: RSSAC Statement on Client Side Reliability of Root DNS Data
- RSSAC002v3: Advisory on Measurements of the Root Server System
- RSSAC001: Advisory on Service Expectations of Root Servers
Additionally, the RSSAC published reports from the six workshops where it developed RSSAC037 and RSSAC038.
- RSSAC034: Report from the RSSAC May 2018 Workshop
- RSSAC029: Report from the RSSAC October 2017 Workshop
- RSSAC027: Report from the RSSAC May 2017 Workshop
- RSSAC025: Report from the RSSAC October 2016 Workshop
- RSSAC019: Report from the RSSAC May 2016 Workshop
- RSSAC016: Report from the RSSAC September 2015 Workshop
