Re: [dmarc-ietf] DMARC aggregate reports XML Schema inconsistencies

["Kurt Andersen (b)" <[e-mail]>]

On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 2:47 AM Freddie Leeman <freddie=
[e-mail]> wrote:

> I’ve been processing millions of DMARC aggregate reports from a lot of
> different organizations, and have been trying to make sense of them for
> quite some time now. I’ve noticed that most of them, even those from large
> parties like Google and Yahoo!, fail to follow the DMARC RFC guidelines
> (Appendix C.  DMARC XML Schema). I’ve written a blog about this that can be
> found here:
> https://www.uriports.com/blog/dmarc-reports-ietf-rfc-compliance/
>
>
>
> The bottom line is that the RFC 7489 Appendix C is a mess and contradicts
> itself numerous times in both schema and comments. I think it’s important
> to be clearer and stricter about the xml elements and their values. Too
> much of this section is open to interpretation.
>

Freddie,

Thanks for your observations - would you mind proposing concrete language
to replace Appendix C? Speaking from experience, it can be helpful to be
able to do in-place comments/markup so I've posted
http://bit.ly/dmarc-rpt-schema - please make any adjustments in "Suggest"
mode or comments you feel appropriate. The invitation extends to all
members of this group.

--Kurt Andersen