Re: [DNSOP] Working Group Last Call for: draft-ietf-dnsop-attrleaf

Dave Crocker <dcrocker@bbiw.net> Fri, 06 July 2018 15:39 UTC

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From: Dave Crocker <dcrocker@bbiw.net>
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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] Working Group Last Call for: draft-ietf-dnsop-attrleaf
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Stephane, thanks for the comments.

Inline...

On 7/6/2018 8:22 AM, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 12:27:17PM +0200,
>   Benno Overeinder <benno@NLnetLabs.nl> wrote
>   a message of 27 lines which said:
> 
>> This starts a Working Group Last Call for draft-ietf-dnsop-attrleaf
> 
> I've read -10 and it seems OK. It solves a real issue, and does it
> properly.
> 
> Editorial: I would prefer all occurrences of "right-most" to be
> replaced by "most general", to emphasize that it is not the position
> which matters, it is the closeness to the root.



So let's start by making sure we're seeking the same goal:  reader 
comprehension.  While I can imagine there is phrasing that is better 
than right-most, to achieve that comprehension, I believe 'most general' 
isn't it.  My impression has been that 'right-most' is the most common 
phrasing people have used over the years.


> Editorial: 'that is they are the "top" of a DNS branch, under a
> "parent" domain name.' I assume that "top" is used instead of "apex"
> because the sentence does not always refer to the top of a zone?

'zone' is almost certainly not the term to apply here.  While it 
encompasses a sub-tree, its boundary is not explicit in a domain name.

The DNS is a hierarchy.  I would have though 'top of a sub-branch' was 
therefore clear, concise and accurate.  Again, if there is other 
phrasing that is more established, we should use it.  But I'm not used 
to seeing 'apex', though it's certainly a more erudite choice...

d/


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Dave Crocker
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