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From: Andy Newton <andy@hxr.us>
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Subject: [Gen-art] Re: draft-ietf-regext-rdap-extensions-15 early Genart review
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Hi Sue,

I replied too hastily, as I do have some followups. My apologies.

On 8/17/26 5:13 PM, Sue Hares via Datatracker wrote:
> Document: draft-ietf-regext-rdap-extensions
> Title: RDAP Extensions
> Reviewer: Sue Hares
> Review result: On the Right Track
> 
> This Early review finds the document is clear and comprehensive, except for the
> points below.
> 
> The text is on the right track. As my familiarity with RDAP and JSON is dated,
> I have 3 suggestions and 1 question .
> 
> 1) Split section 7.2 into pieces similar to :
> 7.2.1 - Registration procedures,
> 7.2.2 - Expert review
> 
> The split will help the expert review process by clearly defining registration
> and expert review separately.
> 
> 2) Section 7.2 paragraph 5, starting with "all registrations SHOULD"
> 
> Do you want to state this as a registration requirement, or as an instruction
> to the expert as "latitude" accepted by this document?  It is rather unclear.
> At the very least, make it clear whether it is a requirement or a suggestion
> for the expert reviewer.

These changes are in github: 
https://github.com/anewton1998/draft-regext-rdap-extensions/blob/a3eae71202542efaad9fbeb9c05811bfb8b46240/draft-regext-rdap-extensions.md?plain=1#L1063

> 
> 3) Multiple experts reviewing the document
> Without at least 2 experts, this may become difficult for IANA to manage.  I
> assume that the

The last sentence is incomplete.

> 
> 4) How does the TLD list get expanded?  I'm a little unclear on this point.  Is
> it by expert review, IETF review or something else? Did I miss this or
> misunderstand the text? If I have, just kindly let me know.

Which text are you referencing? If this is about the bootstrap, it is maintained by IANA.

> 
> Suggestion:
> It seems like text on redirect and security repeats several time.  Have one of
> the authors look toward reducing the repetition.
Some part of me wants a bit of the explanation in the security considerations section, but I see the point of duplication. We'll see what we can do here.

-andy