Re: Last Call: <draft-cotton-rfc4020bis-01.txt> (Early IANA Allocation of Standards Track Code Points) to Best Current Practice

Barry Leiba <barryleiba@computer.org> Thu, 29 August 2013 16:43 UTC

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Subject: Re: Last Call: <draft-cotton-rfc4020bis-01.txt> (Early IANA Allocation of Standards Track Code Points) to Best Current Practice
From: Barry Leiba <barryleiba@computer.org>
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> In Section 2:
>
>   'a.  The code points must be from a space designated as "Specification
>        Required" (where an RFC will be used as the stable reference),
>        "RFC Required", "IETF Review", or "Standards Action".'
>
> I suggest not having the comment (where) and leaving it to RFC 5226 to
> define "Specification Required".

Yes, except that's not what this means.

I tripped over the same text, and I suggest rephrasing it this way:

NEW
   The code points must be from a space designated as "Specification
   Required" (in cases where an RFC will be used as the stable reference),
   "RFC Required", "IETF Review", or "Standards Action".

Barry