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Re: An IANA Registry for DNS TXT RDATA (I-D Action: draft-klensin-iana-txt-rr-registry-00.txt)

John C Klensin <john-ietf@jck.com> Fri, 30 August 2013 16:13 UTC

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From: John C Klensin <john-ietf@jck.com>
To: Phillip Hallam-Baker <hallam@gmail.com>, Cyrus Daboo <cyrus@daboo.name>
Subject: Re: An IANA Registry for DNS TXT RDATA (I-D Action: draft-klensin-iana-txt-rr-registry-00.txt)
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--On Friday, August 30, 2013 11:48 -0400 Phillip Hallam-Baker
<hallam@gmail.com> wrote:

>> I believe that draft was superseded by RFC6335 and all
>> service names (SRV prefix labels) are now recorded at
>> <http://www.iana.org/**
>> assignments/service-names-**port-numbers/service-names-**
>> port-numbers.xhtml<http://www.iana.org/assignments/service-na
>> mes-port-numbers/service-names-port-numbers.xhtml>> - indeed
>> several of those come from RFCs I have written that add new
>> SRV names.
> 
> 
> Ah, its there but not in the DNS area where I was looking.

And that is exactly the reason why that temporary appendix calls
for some rethinking and reorganization of how the registries are
organized so as to make that, and similar registries, easier to
find.  

While I continue to believe that doing the work would be a good
exercise for a relative newcomer, if one of you wants to go at
it, please do so with my blessings.

   john

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