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Re: [DNSOP] [Ext] HTTPSSVC/SVCB bikeshed: poll for what to name them

Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@icann.org> Wed, 20 November 2019 09:58 UTC

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Thread-Topic: [Ext] [DNSOP] HTTPSSVC/SVCB bikeshed: poll for what to name them
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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] [Ext] HTTPSSVC/SVCB bikeshed: poll for what to name them
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On Nov 20, 2019, at 5:18 PM, Shane Kerr <shane@time-travellers.org> wrote:
> 
> Viktor,
> 
> On 20/11/2019 10.04, Viktor Dukhovni wrote:
>> My proposal:
>> 1. SVCB  ->  SRVLOC
>>    Service location, less cryptic than SVCB, and manifestly a
>>    generalization of SRV.
>> 2. HTTPSSVC  ->  HTTPLOC
>>    HTTP location, manifestly a variant of the generic service location,
>>    with HTTP in the name.
>> Definitely agree on the need for a single lexeme, these names end up as
>> enum names in various programming languages.
> 
> Unfortunately these are similar to the fun but rarely-used LOC record:
> 
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1876
> 
> And also similar to the even less-frequently used NIMLOC record (which seems to be from a routing architecture that hasn't been worked on in 20 years):
> 
> http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/nimrod/dns.txt
> 
> Not necessarily a complete veto, but definitely a mark against SRVLOC/HTTPLOC, I think.

Even though this is bikeshedding, I fully disagree with the concern that Shane brings up here. RRtypes are exact match, and we haven't seen any "sounds like" problems in the past.

I like "fooLOC" as a naming scheme here.

--Paul Hoffman

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