Re: [MMUSIC] Comments on draft-ietf-mmusic-traffic-class-for-sdp-02

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: mmusic-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:mmusic-bounces@ietf.org] On
> Behalf Of Paul Kyzivat
> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 8:05 PM
> To: IETF MMUSIC WG
> Subject: [MMUSIC] Comments on draft-ietf-mmusic-traffic-class-for-sdp-02
> 
> I have some comments on this new version of the document. (Sorry!)
> 
> Section 3:
> 
> I know we have been through this many times, and its much better now.
> But I still see one issue:
> 
> The ABNF says an adjective is a tcl-token, which allows "-" and
> alphanumerics. But then the text says that an adjective and be preceded
> by underscore ("_") to indicate that it is non-standard. This means you
> are *extending* the syntax in text beyond what the ABNF allows. IMO that
> is a very bad idea.
> 
> Instead, I recommend altering the syntax to permit the underscore in
> adjectives in the way you intend it to be used. I would suggest some
> syntax for this but I don't know if you want to permit non-standard
> qualified adjectives.

I'd like to recommend removing the text regarding the '_' and leaving the ABNF as is. At IETF 84 I thought we agreed to address this by lowering the bar to register a new adjective.

Cheers,
Charles

> Also, as we have previously discussed, this way of using non-standard
> adjectives is quite analogous to the use "P-" or "X-" headers that has
> been found troublesome and generally banned. So I expect this might have
> trouble getting through IESG review. I thought we had discussed having
> the non-standard adjectives be registered using a
> first-come-first-served registration policy.
> 
> ISTM that the portion of this section that discusses "aq" ought to be in
> its own section, and then referenced from the iana considerations section.
> 
> Section 6.4:
> 
> I don't find any explanation of how or if to register qualified
> adjectives. The section title says "Unqualified Adjective Registration",
> but the inital set of registered values includes "aq" (the qualifier
> part of qualified adjectives), and some values intended to be qualfied
> by "aq:" (such as "admitted"). This certainly implies to me that I can
> use each of these as an unqualified adjective.
> 
> If the intent is to register such things then I would expect to see the
> full qualified adjectives listed for registration. E.g. "aq:admitted"
> 
> 	Thanks,
> 	Paul
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