Re: [Ohttp] Discovery

[Vittorio Bertola <[e-mail]>]

> Il 25/06/2021 10:24 Mark Nottingham <[e-mail]> ha scritto:
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> Yes - but there's a difference between doing that work and achieving certainty that there aren't any substantial negative effects on operations.

Indeed, innovation often disrupts pre-existing operations and even entire industries, and this in itself is not a good reason to stop it (some would say it is actually a good reason not to stop it). However, the point is whether the change in its entirety will lead the Internet to a state which is better or worse than the current one, especially when judged from the viewpoint of the end-users. If something benefits one industry, damages another, but makes things better for end-users, let's bring it forth. If however the change benefits the industry but damages many of the end-users, then it is not in line with the IETF's declared priority of stakeholders.

Then, the question is who would make that evaluation, as it clearly requires non-technical input from non-technical stakeholders. While I concur that this is a more general discussion that cannot be addressed as part of the chartering of a specific WG, it's also true that it cannot be deferred forever because it is too complex to discuss it here and now.

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