| 词条 | Kevin Robert Elz |
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Kevin Robert Elz, often referred to in computing circles as Robert Elz, or simply kre, is a computer programmer and a pioneer in connecting Australia to the Internet, and more recently, in connecting Thailand. CareerSome of his achievements include developing a number of important Internet RFC documents, helping connect Australia to the world-wide Internet, developing the internet-based research network within Australia, and operating the .au domain registry from 1986 through to the late 1990s.[1] He also managed the aus.* Usenet hierarchy from its inception in the 1980s until the mid-1990s. He is an Honorary Fellow at the University of Melbourne,[2] where for some years he worked in the Computer Science department. He is also credited for pioneering online text commentary for cricket matches.[3] Having previously lived and worked in Melbourne for many years, he currently lives in Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand,[4] where he is an honorary lecturer in the Computer Engineering Department of the Prince of Songkla University.[5] Operation of .com.auAs the architect of the early domain-name eligibility criteria for ".com.au", Elz is largely responsible for Australia's not experiencing a domain name gold rush in the mid-1990s. The eligibility policy required a direct connection between a company's official name and its domain name, in contrast to the strictly first-come-first-served policy of the .com registry. Elz was, however, criticised during his tenure, as domain name applications often took many months to be examined{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}}, despite the commercialisation of the Internet and customer demands for quick turnaround times{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}}. He was also responsible for the controversial handing-over of the operation of ".com.au" to Melbourne IT in 1996.[6] References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rogerclarke.com/II/OzI04.html|title=The Internet in Australia}} by Roger Clarke {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Elz, Kevin Robert}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://newsroom.melbourne.edu/studio/ep-31|title=It started with a ping|publisher=University of Melbourne Newsroom|accessdate=19 December 2011}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/cricinfoat20/content/story/666085.html|title=Espn Cricinfo}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://old.coe.psu.ac.th/en/staff_detail.php?staff=17|title=Elz's staff listing at Thailand's Centre for Network Research}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://old.coe.psu.ac.th/en/|title=Department of Computer Engineering at the Prince of Songkla University}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.caslon.com.au/audaprofile2.htm |title=auDA and dot-au: History |accessdate=19 December 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227043536/http://www.caslon.com.au/audaprofile2.htm |archivedate=27 December 2011 |df= }} 8 : Australian engineers|Australian expatriates in Thailand|Scientists from Melbourne|Living people|Year of birth missing (living people)|University of Melbourne alumni|University of Melbourne faculty|Australian computer scientists |
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