Re: [Emailcore] Ticket #8: Need a registry of header fields that are Ok to add after submission

[Dave Crocker <[e-mail]>]

On 7/27/2021 10:39 AM, Ned Freed wrote:
> 
>> Given the work of maintaining a registry -- and that risk of it getting
>> out of sync with the normative specifications -- I'd suggest that the
>> expected utility needs to be /very/ high.
> 
> This makes no sense to me. The registry exists and is being maintained, so
> that's a sunk cost. Adding a column to it seems to me to a minimal
> cost addtion.
> 
> What am I missing here?

It takes effort to get all of the actors who are involved in creating 
and maintaining those entries to get all of the information into the 
registry correctly.

The core information, such as name, authority agent, and specification 
citation, is part of every registry and therefore part of everyone's 
understanding of what to do.

The current topic is about information that isn't ingrained, even among 
subject matter experts.  I suggest that that will make it more likely to 
be handled inconsistently.

d/

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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
bbiw.net