Re: [regext] I-D Action: draft-ietf-regext-simple-registration-reporting-02.txt

Hi Joseph,
Hi Jim,

Thanks for updating this draft.

Some thoughts and comments from my side:

General thoughts
This document is intended to be informational. Therefore, I think it is better to avoid the word “standard” in the text. Because it would seem to be a de facto standard. I think that someone might be irritated by this later.

Abstract
I would open it up and write about Registries, Registrars, and Resellers.

1. Introduction
I would define “the producer” and “the consumer” by using the example Registries and Registrars as well as Registrars and Resellers. And reference later on only to producer and consumer.

2. Data Element Specification
I am missing the character encoding. You are mentioning it in section 7. I would add a reference in section 2 to 7.

2.1.11 Registrar
If you open it up to Resellers, then I would rename it to Consumer.

2.2.5. Trade
I would add the field trade here, which is not uncommon in the ccTLD world. Just to have it right from the start.

2.4.1. Registrar_ID
If you open it up to Resellers, then I would rename it to Consumer_ID

3. Report Definition Specification
After reading it, it is not 100% clear to me, what the delimiter is and if the values should be enclosed with (single or double) quotes.

Appendix A. Acknowledgment
There is a typo in bestpractices.domains. It is bestpractice.domains without a “s".

Best,
Tobias

> On 2. Nov 2020, at 23:21, internet-drafts@ietf.org wrote:
> 
> 
> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
> This draft is a work item of the Registration Protocols Extensions WG of the IETF.
> 
>        Title           : Simple Registration Reporting
>        Authors         : Joseph Yee
>                          James Galvin
> 	Filename        : draft-ietf-regext-simple-registration-reporting-02.txt
> 	Pages           : 33
> 	Date            : 2020-11-02
> 
> Abstract:
>   Domain name registries and registrars report to each other by sharing
>   bulk information through files.  This document creates two IANA
>   registries to establish a standard reporting mechanism between domain
>   name registries and registrars.  The first IANA registry lists
>   standard data elements and their syntax for inclusion in the files.
>   The second IANA registry lists standard reports based on the standard
>   data elements.  Each report is a file formatted as a CSV file.  The
>   advantage of this reporting mechanism is that report, each file, can
>   be imported by recipients without any prior knowledge of their
>   contents, although reporting is enhanced with a minimum of knowledge
>   about the files.  The mechanism for the transmission and reception of
>   the files is a matter of local policy.
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