Re: [apps-discuss] Proposal for a Finance Area Mailing List

[Nico Williams <[e-mail]>]

On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 6:22 AM, Walter <[e-mail]> wrote:
>> All of the above are application-specific, and can be conveyed IMHO over
>> existing specified protocols.
>
> That's true. However, taking that view purely you could similarly
> argue that almost everything is out of IETF scope because IPv4, TCP
> and UDP exist.

Indeed, XMPP, for example, and many other protocols that are
application-specific are standardized here are standardized here.

I think the questions regarding whether to standardize financial
protocols here or not will be the same as with other application
protocols (and sub-IP protocols, for that matter).  Maybe someone more
familiar with past debates on similar issues can give us some
background.  I suspect it will all come down to: how many participants
are willing to work on this, how many are willing to review, whether
there is any running code, whether the wider community can be of help,
and so on.  We should at least consider it.  My fear is that there
isn't enough financial clue at the IETF to help the proponents, but
then, that probably could have been said about the media protocols
too.

Nico
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