Re: [apps-discuss] Status of the malformed mail BCP

[Cyrus Daboo <[e-mail]>]

Hi Frank,

--On August 11, 2011 3:13:53 PM +0200 Frank Ellermann 
<[e-mail]> wrote:

>> IANA's job is to execute the IETF consensus. It still does not mean
>> that such a registry would be a good idea.  Personally I would see
>> a wiki as more appropriate.
>
> An "expert review wiki" can be a very good idea, I'd love to test it
> for some topic (if it is MediaWiki, otherwise I'm not sure).  And it
> could be hosted by IANA with an apparently "official" URI if they are
> still willing:  MediaWiki administration requires some special skills,
> mainly the "willingness" to update the installation at least once per
> year, and to care about its i18n features with templates, extensions,
> and other technical details.
>
> For a "malformed mail" registry (or Wiki) "apparently official" and
> "simple to understand" are both important, when mail administrators
> are forced to prove their point in a discussion about legal issues.

I've actually thought that every RFC should have an associated (expert 
review) wiki associated with it. Then implementors could post their own 
experiences, notes, issues etc there plus it could auto-link to rfc errata 
and other related stuff. Of course that could mean a lot of work for expert 
reviewers - maybe there should be two pages - one expert review, the other 
public?

-- 
Cyrus Daboo