RE: New I/D: draft-hoeneisen-enum-validation-epp-0 0
"Hollenbeck, Scott" <[email protected]>
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> > Well, then perhaps a more basic question: why is the number > needed in the > > extension at all? You already have the domain name; the > number can be > > trivially derived from the name. > > For the major part of the cases I agree with you. > But I am trying to make the extension as generic as possible. > Im can imagine, that certain validation procedures might need this > optional field. I still don't get it. If the number is needed, it can be derived from the domain name. Why carry it twice? The only scenario I can imagine is one in which some kind of formatting or some extra information (such as over-dialing numbers) needs to be preserved. Is that what you have in mind? -Scott-