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Re: [DNSOP] Clarifying referrals (#35)

Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> Wed, 29 November 2017 15:06 UTC

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From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] Clarifying referrals (#35)
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Andrew Sullivan <ajs@anvilwalrusden.com> wrote:

> But I shall not include a change to the definition of referrals such
> that upward referrals are defined away.  They exist, today, all over the
> Internet, and it would be extremely foolish lexicography to attempt to
> hide that.

Upward referrals exist, but bare "referral" is short for "downward
referral". Other things that look like referrals (such as upward
referrals or implicit referrals) have to have a qualifier.

Tony.
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