[regext] Re-chartering REGEXT?

[Maarten Wullink <[e-mail]>]

Hello everyone,

The REGEXT WG charter seems to be limited to only allow work on EPP extensions?

The WG preliminary consensus is that updating the charter for new transports (requires RFC5730, sec 2.1 compliance) is not required.
Because a new transport is regarded as a type of extension, so for anything else we would need to update the charter?

This means there is no defined process anywhere, currently, for EPP related work, such as RESTful EPP (or anything else that is not a extension),
which according to some in this WG is not a transport but something else. 

RESTful EPP does not require modification of the EPP RFCs, it does include support for alternative data representations such as JSON.

The participants of this WG are the experts in this area, and the right people to also work on improvements and/or enhancements of the EPP protocol and new work such as RESTful EPP. 

Therefore, I propose that we expand the charter of this WG to also include the above-mentioned activities e.g. not strictly limiting the WG to extensions only.

I’m willing to help in updating the charter if this something we agree on doing.

Best,

Maarten

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ps:

The previous version of the charter included text, that did allow work on more than extensions only: 

“The working group may also, in consultation with its responsible area
director, take on work related to the operation of Internet identifier
registries, beyond the EPP and RDAP protocols.”

See: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/charter-ietf-regext/01-00/

This was modified for the current charter, but still not very specific and may allow for work on RESTful EPP?

"The working group may also take on work to develop specifications that
describe the following types of information exchanged between entities
involved in Internet identifier registration that are using the RDAP or
EPP protocols:
    • Uniform representation formats for publishing local policy or
configuration options regarding EPP and RDAP use.
    • Data formats for files exchanged between registration entities that
need insertion in or extraction from EPP or RDAP.
    • Technical guidance for registration processes that are supported by
EPP or RDAP.”