Re: [apps-discuss] Comments on draft-ietf-appsawg-media-type-regs-04

[SM <[e-mail]>]

Hi Ned,

Thanks for the explanation you provided.

At 14:12 15-04-2012, Ned Freed wrote:
>Actually, it does no such thing. A document that has to be approved 
>by the IESG
>is more or less by definition going to be a consensus document, since a key
>aspect of the IESG's job is to assess consensus. Your proposed change actually
>makes things less aligned.

Ok.

>Wrong again, I'm afraid. A document can be approved but not published. That's

Ok. :-)

>This document isn't registering it. The tree already exists; this document
>simply isn't removing it. I'm not inclined to remove it because we 
>have no idea
>if it's in use or not (I suspect it's not, but my suspicions are not 
>evidence),

Please leave it.

>It's probably a bit too strict, but I'll go ahead and do this. I can always
>back it out if there are objections.

I'll leave it to others to provide input on this (Section 4.2.8).

>This must already be fixed because I cannot find it.

 From the diff of -05, I see that it has been fixed.

>I prefer application. But it does need to be plural.

Ok.

>Can't find this one either.

It's fixed in -05.

>That was intentionally changed in the other direction. We don't really want to
>encourage a flood of RFCs containing the vendor format du jour.

I misinterpreted that text.

>You're proposing a specific mechanism, one of many possible mechanisms. It is
>completely inappropriate to restrict this to one mechanism or even suggest a
>mechanism - the key point is that IANA has the right to copy, not how it is
>done.

Ok.

>No, actually, it's not. We'll be consulting with IANA before final publication
>on what changes need to be made to the web form. That will be the time to
>change the URL, assuming such a change is needed.

Ok.

>Thanks for the review; sorry I didn't get to it before posting -05.


It's alright.  BTW, there isn't a sentence in the Abstract or 
Introduction in -05 about this document obsoleting RFC 4288.  That 
may have to be added.

Regards,
-sm