Re: [Json] Call for WG Consensus on Whether or Not to Adopt Nomenclature Document(s) in the Charter

Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com> Fri, 14 March 2014 23:27 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Json] Call for WG Consensus on Whether or Not to Adopt Nomenclature Document(s) in the Charter
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I’m generally opposed to this work item on the basis that nobody has
provided an example of an existing RFC that would clearly be improved by
the availability of such a thing.


On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 4:22 PM, Matt Miller <mamille2@cisco.com> wrote:

> The chairs are seeking comment on whether or not the WG wants to adopt
> one or more nomenclature / schema / description documents in the WG
> charter. A few such documents have been brought to the WG, but our
> initial take is that the WG doesn't want to make any of them WG
> documents. They could proceed towards becoming RFCs without any
> interaction from the WG, depending on the wishes of the ADs and/or the
> Independent Stream Editor. Once a nomenclature document is an RFC, other
> RFCs could use it to describe the JSON in those later RFCs.
>
> Please speak up whether or not you believe our charter should be amended
> to include a work item that would adopt one or more nomenclature /
> schema / description documents.
>
>
> --Paul Hoffman and Matt Miller
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