Re: [weirds] Scope and guiding principles (was Re: I-D Action: draft-hollenbeck-dnrd-ap-query-00.txt)

Peter Koch <pk@DENIC.DE> Fri, 04 May 2012 08:57 UTC

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On Thu, May 03, 2012 at 04:56:12PM -0700, Francisco Arias wrote:

> 1. The protocol MUST enable policy options, not dictate them. (We should
> specify all the features that are requested, subject to principle #2

if only the boundary was that sharp. ("now that we have this nice
specification of the Guillotine, we really should do something with the
self sharpening blades ...")

> 2. We MUST only specify features that are already required/implemented by
> registries/registrars. )Other features can be specified later by those
> interested in extensions to the protocol.)

Limiting scope makes sense, but where's the threshold? At least one? The "majority"?
Is the ICANN/gTLD world what counts?

-Peter