[mile] Enumeration Version in ENUM-reference

Eric Burger <eburger@standardstrack.com> Tue, 30 July 2013 15:43 UTC

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I am not clear on the meaning of "Enumeration Version."  The entire specification is:

         Registry Version: The IANA-registry-specific version to which
         an enumeration identifier pertains as an integer greater than
         zero.  The Registry Version is intended to be incremented for
         each new entry, which permits any string representation for the
         Enumeration Version, but explicitly structures enumeration ID
         versions for the purpose of the registry.

         Enumeration Version: The version of the enumeration as a free-
         form string from the ASCII character set.

First of all, it is not clear that this means the Registry Version is the "most significant version thing" and Enumeration Version is the "less significant version thing."

Second, the specification, "a freeform string from the ASCII character set" does not say that it is the separator string.

Finally, my interpretation of the example,
      Full Name: Concept X Identifier
      Abbreviation: CXI
      Registry Version: 1
      Enumeration Version: any
      Specification URI: http://cxi.example.com/spec_url
tells me that I would expect a version in the table that would look something like "2any3any7". I do not think this is the intent.