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

[t.p. <[e-mail]>]

This I-D uses the term 'deprecated' without defining it nor is the term
defined in "IANA Considerations" [RFC5226] " (It does however already
appear in the IANA Registry).

I am familiar with the SMI definition but that seems not quite right for
this context; some of the IANA uses of this have been there for decades
and are unlikely ever to be removed.  I think that this I-D needs a
definition and, since I have seen disagreement on WG Lists as to what
the term means, I think that that definition should be agree on the ietf
list before this I-D is approved by the IESG.

Tom Petch

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>
> The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to
consider
> the following document:
> - 'Early IANA Allocation of Standards Track Code Points'
>   <draft-cotton-rfc4020bis-01.txt> as Best Current Practice
>
> The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits
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> Abstract
>
>    This memo describes the process for early allocation of code points
>    by IANA from registries for which "Specification Required", "RFC
>    Required", "IETF Review", or "Standards Action" policies apply.
This
>    process can be used to alleviate the problem where code point
>    allocation is needed to facilitate desired or required
implementation
>    and deployment experience prior to publication of an RFC that would
>    normally trigger code point allocation.
>
>    This document obsoletes RFC 4020.
>
> The file can be obtained via
> http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-cotton-rfc4020bis/
>
> IESG discussion can be tracked via
> http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-cotton-rfc4020bis/ballot/
>
>
> No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.
>