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Re: [apps-discuss] Fwd: I-D Action: draft-saintandre-xdash-03.txt

Tony Hansen <tony@att.com> Thu, 18 August 2011 13:11 UTC

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Cc: Ned Freed <ned.freed@mrochek.com>, apps-discuss@ietf.org
Subject: Re: [apps-discuss] Fwd: I-D Action: draft-saintandre-xdash-03.txt
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On 8/18/2011 1:59 AM, Mykyta Yevstifeyev wrote:
> 17.08.2011 17:53, Ned Freed wrote:
>> Not sure I see why. Listing all the extant things the document 
>> doesn't apply to
>> is going to be a long list.
>
> But x. convention and vnd. convention are quite contiguous; they both 
> imply that the parameter has a limited use as an experimental/vendor 
> specific; herewith the first often covers the latter - I mean that x. 
> parameters are used in the meaning of vendor-specific.  So I think, 
> for the sake of clarity, this should be mentioned.

There are some vnd types that are extremely widely used. vnd has never 
implied limited use. It has a well defined meaning that is extremely 
dissimilar to x-. Trying to equate or draw analogies between 
experimental use and vendor-specific is simply erroneous.

I'm with Ned here.

     Tony Hansen

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