Re: [Jsonpath] JSONPath WG next steps

Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com> Thu, 24 December 2020 07:51 UTC

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From: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2020 23:51:14 -0800
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Subject: Re: [Jsonpath] JSONPath WG next steps
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Hmm, draft-ietf-jsonpath-00 certainly wouldn't offend me, but on the
other hand there's a lot to be said for sticking to conventions.  I'm
imagining someone writing a bot to plow through WG drafts and relying on
the convention. I've added Murray to the "To" line to see if he has an
opinion.  James? Anyone else?

On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 11:27 PM Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org> wrote:

> On 2020-12-24, at 08:14, Glyn Normington <glyn.normington.work@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Out of interest, why the "stutter" in the name? Wouldn't draft-ietf-
> > jsonpath-00 be less cumbersome? I don't feel strongly, but it would be
> > good to know the rationale.
>
> Internet-draft naming for WG documents is
>
> draft-ietf-wgname-subject-subject-subject-nn
>
> Now if there is only one draft in the WG, we might leave the subject off
> entirely.
> I actually find a few cases where this has been done:
>
> draft-ietf-cnrp-12.txt
> draft-ietf-geojson-04.txt
> draft-ietf-gsmp-11.txt
> draft-ietf-itrace-04.txt
> draft-ietf-lisp-24.txt
> draft-ietf-otp-01.txt
> draft-ietf-sming-02.txt
> draft-ietf-upsmib-05.txt
>
> Most of these are older cases (1994 to 2006, with geojson at 2016 being
> the newest), but it sure could be done again.
>
> (Some of the WGs then did develop further drafts with non-empty subject
> parts, e.g., lisp.)
>
> Grüße, Carsten
>
>