Re: comments on draft-ietf-ipv6-addr-arch-v4-00.txt

>>>>> On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 11:49:47 +0100, 
>>>>> Brian E Carpenter <brc@zurich.ibm.com> said:

>> textual representation
>> 2.2 (1) has to state how many digits are permitted as "x"
>> (one component between colon).  my personal preference is that
>> "x" has to be 1 to 4 digits (5 digits or more is invalid).

> I think an informative reference to draft-main-ipaddr-text-rep-00.txt
> is needed.

In Minneapolis, I made a similar comment and Bob said the reference
from addr-arch to ipaddr-text is not necessary (see
http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/03nov/minutes/ipv6.htm and search for
"ABNF")

I myself does not have a particular opinion, but would like to see a
consensus.  I'm currently revising the scoping architecture draft, and
the consensus might affect the references section there, too.

> I agree that the limit should be 4 digits (optionally including 
> leading zeros) and the draft-main- syntax specifies that.

Regarding this part, I agree.  It should also be noted that we had the
same discussion in this April to June (at the ipngwg ML with the
subject "IPv6 Address validation").  Unfortunately, we did not reach a
consensus at that time as far as I can see.  It's nice if we can make
it this time.

					JINMEI, Tatuya
					Communication Platform Lab.
					Corporate R&D Center, Toshiba Corp.
					jinmei@isl.rdc.toshiba.co.jp

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