Re: [port-srv-reg] SHORT name (14 CHARACTER MAXIMUM)

I'm waiting on my web person to finish the form.  I pinged him today.
I'll let you know what the ETA is.

--Michelle

On 8/30/11 2:24 PM, "Joe Touch" <touch@isi.edu> wrote:

> Hi, Stuart,
> 
> Yes - the form that's up right now is incorrect. I am hoping we can fix
> that very soon, and don't know why we haven't already posted the new
> form (which we do send to applicants after they apply). I'm not sure
> what we can do other than wait for that change and encourage it to
> happen soon.
> 
> Some suggestions below...
> 
> On 8/29/2011 8:30 PM, Stuart Cheshire wrote:
>> On 27 Aug 2011, at 7:50, Joe Touch wrote:
>> 
>>> FWIW, this form has not been updated to the new template. IANA is sending
>>> applicants the new template by email right now.
>>> 
>>> (I'm not sure if this is because the RFC hasn't been published, or just them
>>> catching up on updates)
>> 
>> I have updated the<http://www.dns-sd.org/ServiceTypes.html>  to say:
>> 
>>> This temporary registry of DNS SRV (RFC 2782) Service Names is now closed to
>>> new entries.
>>> 
>>> This temporary registry operated from 2003 to 2010, because during that time
>>> the IANA assignment procedures did not allow for registration of a service
>>> name without an associated port number.
>>> 
>>> The IANA assignment procedures have now been updated to allow registration
>>> of a service name without an associated port number. For more information
>>> see draft-ietf-tsvwg-iana-ports, soon-to-be RFC 6335.
>>> 
>>> If you already sent a Service Name registration request that does not appear
>>> in this list, it has been forwarded to IANA for inclusion in the new Unified
>>> Service Name and Port Number Registry. Please be patient while IANA
>>> processes the backlog and records these new entries.
>>> 
>>> If you have a new Service Name you wish to register, you can now do this
>>> directly through IANA.
>>> 
>>> <http://www.iana.org/cgi-bin/usr-port-number.pl>
>> 
>> However, right now, that link is not terribly helpful. When a
>> developer goes to the wrong page to register their service type, I
>> redirect them to the wrong form to register their service type. For now
>> should the<http://www.dns-sd.org/ServiceTypes.html> page be saying
>> something different, until the IANA pages are updated?
> 
> You might point out that the current pages are being updated and that
> additional information is already requested after the initial form is
> completed.
> 
>> In July and August (prior to me updating the page) we received 25
>> new registration requests, so we seem to be averaging about three
>> new requests per week. I don't want to be giving confusing guidance
>> to too many developers.
> 
> Agreed and appreciated! The note above might help until the form is changed.
> 
> Joe
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