Re: [dnsext] draft-lewis-dns-undocumented-types-01 -- was: Want this to be a WG doc?
Alfred Hönes <ah@TR-Sys.de> Thu, 05 April 2012 00:01 UTC
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From: Alfred Hönes <ah@TR-Sys.de>
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Subject: Re: [dnsext] draft-lewis-dns-undocumented-types-01 -- was: Want this to be a WG doc?
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Pleeeeze use concise, 'speaking' Subject lines that allow to identify the document you talk about! So this is about draft-lewis-dns-undocumented-types-01. I support the document and already have reviewed it, but did not send comments so far because I only had noted minor editorial nits, and I thought the I-D was intended as a 'lingering' informational draft for the information of the WG (cf. Datatracker WG state "For WG Info only") and the interested DNS community -- which I expect to roughly follow dnsext anyway. :-) However, the I-D IMHO would make a good Individual (AD-sponsored) submission, since the directions to IANA will be bound to rfc6195bis. The document "simply" assembles the results of archive research and does not need formal WG adoption and support or IETF consensus. So, this way, the WG overhead incurred with formal draft adoption would be avoided, and if the idea of the document is properly described to the AD, it should not take too much time to bring it forward as an Informational RFC. Given the current circumstances, it might be better for the WG to not adopt additional work that is not closely related to protocol specification, but to help support it on the alternate path to RFC publication. As an alternative, we might consider including the body of the draft as an Informative Appendix into the rfc6195bis draft; this way, IANA would find the necessary material to retrofit the missed past actions for the RRtype registry during the publication process for rfc6195bis. However, if the AD refuses the individual submisison or the WG does not like this 'combining' of I-Ds, but the WG indicates its general support of the I-D, it could also be submitted as an Independent Submission to the RFC-ISE; then the IESG only has to confirm lack of collision with work in DNSEXT and elsewhere in the IETF. BTW: Unfortunately, there is a big grain of salt with publishing this I-D as an RFC: Much of the substance of the draft is based on precise URLs to semi-official documents, which RFC Editor policy will likely to allow to be included 'as is'. If these documents will eventually be available as escrow copies at the IANA site, linked to the registry entries, the need for the subject draft will melt down, although the updated references to these copies would likely make it better suitable for RFC publication. :-( Kind regards, Alfred. -- +------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ | TR-Sys Alfred Hoenes | Alfred Hoenes Dipl.-Math., Dipl.-Phys. | | Gerlinger Strasse 12 | Phone: (+49)7156/9635-0, Fax: -18 | | D-71254 Ditzingen | E-Mail: ah@TR-Sys.de | +------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
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