George Michaelson wrote:
] I'd like to see a 1-2 paragraph or a cite to the BCP/RFC on how you transit
] the delegation as in what kind of authority they want to see to vary the NS
] for a domain. This is the context where munnari.oz.au. stops being the
] authority for .AU and mulga.cs.mu.oz.au the other onshore secondary.

I also think it would be appropriate to quote from RFC1591, as Geoff did.

But I would suggest not getting bogged down in implementation details
(talking about NS records and specific hosts) when discussing this sort
of transfer of authority.  The important thing is who has the responsibility.

For example, a self-regulatory regime could decide that it will set policy
for the top level AU domain, and (for the short term at least) direct
Robert Elz to implement that policy.  So kre would still physically be
the one typing in the edits to the AU zone file (on the rare occasions
where the top level domain needs to be editted), but `editorial control'
and responsibility would lie elsewhere.  Or have a `stealth primary' as
we do with com.au.
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