Re: [eppext] FW: [IANA #814918] INSERT “Extensible Provisioning Protocol Mapping: Suggestion"

["Hollenbeck, Scott" <[e-mail]>]

Jim Gould can address the specific question about version numbering for this particular extension, but yes, it's entirely possible for a document to change (necessitating a change in a document version number) without the XML Schema and/or namespace version number changing.

Scott

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick Mevzek [mailto:[e-mail]]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2015 9:57 AM
> To: Hollenbeck, Scott
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> Subject: Re: [eppext] FW: [IANA #814918] INSERT “Extensible
> Provisioning Protocol Mapping: Suggestion"
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I've stumbled upon something, maybe irrelevant, maybe interesting in
> general for the WG.
> 
> The PDF quoted has a "Version 1.4" in preamble with also a nice summary
> at beginning with differences for each version.
> However the namespace is
> http://www.verisign-grs.com/epp/suggestion-1.1
> 
> Does that mean that the document changed without a change in namespace
> version?
> Or that the 1.1 namespace version was published after version 1.4 of
> the
> document?
> 
> To be more generic, if not done already, shouldn't the WG eventually
> give some guidance to authors and/or mandate a change of namespace
> version when documentation does change? With some related issues:
> - what for simple bugfixes or erratas?
> - what if the server/client behaves in practice differently from what
>   was documented?
> - also, should the WG discuss how to handle transitions from one
>   version to another?
> I'm aware of specific cases in the past, like for example a switch
> from one version to another where the server was allowing either one,
> of course with different capabilities…
> (this also creates the problem of namespace in polling messages… what
> is they are retrieved by registrar long after the fact, hence the
> namespace does not exist anymore or if the registrar did not choose
> the given namespace at login, should he still get it in its polling
> message?)
> 
> Hollenbeck, Scott <[e-mail]> 2015-03-23 19:05
> > Submitted for DE evaluation.
> >
> > Scott
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Amanda Baber via RT [mailto:[e-mail]]
> > Sent: Monday, March 23, 2015 12:45 PM
> > Cc: Hollenbeck, Scott
> > Subject: [IANA #814918] INSERT “Extensible Provisioning Protocol
> Mapping: Suggestion"
> >
> > #11 of 18.
> >
> > -----BEGIN FORM-----
> > Name of Extension:
> > “Extensible Provisioning Protocol Mapping: Suggestion"
> >
> > Document Status:
> > Informational
> >
> > Reference:
> > http://www.verisigninc.com/assets/epp-sdk/EPP-Suggestion-Mapping.pdf
> >
> > Registrant Name and Email Address:
> > VeriSign Inc., [e-mail]
> >
> > TLDs: Any
> >
> > IPR Disclosure: None
> >
> > Status: Active
> >
> > Notes: None
> > -----END FORM-----
> >
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> >
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> >
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