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Re: [mdnsext] mDNSext features/requirements rollup

RJ Atkinson <rja.lists@gmail.com> Fri, 15 February 2013 18:00 UTC

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On 15  Feb 2013, at 12:51 , Joe Touch wrote:
> UI considerations are out of scope, ...

Well, I'm glad we all agree on that. :-)

> The IETF has as much obligation to describe the upper layer
> events ("API") as it has describing the format "on the wire".

I agree with the obligation to describe "upper layer events"
that are inherently part of some IETF standards-track
protocol (i.e. elements required for interoperability).

However, the IETF routinely chooses not to define
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).  

I don't think this WG is *obliged* to produce an 
Application Programming Interface specification.
That seems optional to me.

Cheers,

Ran

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