Re: [urn] Formal request for URN for ITU

[[e-mail] (Dale R. Worley)]

Scott Mansfield <[e-mail]> writes:
> The word "published" is used in the Abstract but nowhere else.  [...]
>
> <scott>
> I'm not sure I understand how 'published' is overly restrictive.  I
> want what the itu puts under the itu NID to be limited to resources
> published by the itu (not by other groups).
> </scott>

As written, the ITU can only assign URNs to things that it *publishes*.
Whereas many other organizations want to be able to assign URNs to
some things that they do not publish.

> Section 2.5 describes the purpose of this namespace entirely in terms
> of Yang module names.  [...]
>
> <scott>
> Section 2.5 says "including those used in YANG modules", that
> indicates that identifiers can be used for other things.  YANG is the
> example here because that will be the first use of this namespace.
> </scott>

Sorry, I read that section hastily and overlooked that the first
sentence permits URNs to be assigned to other things than Yang modules.
Nonetheless, I find the emphasis on Yang modules to be surprising.

Dale