Re: [apps-discuss] The acct: scheme question

SM <sm@resistor.net> Wed, 27 June 2012 06:23 UTC

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Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 23:06:54 -0700
To: "\"Martin J. Dürst\"" <duerst@it.aoyama.ac.jp>
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Hi Martin,
At 18:48 26-06-2012, Martin J. Dürst wrote:
>Warning: procedural nitpicking ahead!
>
>I think we should be careful about this. 
>uri-review@ietf.org is for review of URI/IRI 
>schemes in general. This has a rather low 
>barrier. The fact that it gets approved there 
>doesn't mean that it will pass through the IETF 
>standardization process. On the other hand, if 
>the IETF standardizes it, it has the possibility 
>of overriding the decision on uri-review@ietf.org if that should be necessary.
>I'm just mentioning this here because we have 
>been through this for another URI scheme.

I don't like the idea of mixing registration 
criteria and the standardization process.  The 
authors of the other URI scheme were nice not to 
turn such a matter into an issue.  This is the 
sort of issue which generate controversies.  It 
will be detrimental to the IETF as people will walk away.

Regards,
-sm