Re: Launch Phase EPP Extension Version 06

I can't disagree about the current state you've described, and the effort you and others are putting into this draft is really appreciated. Sure there is going to be divergence but we should always attempt standardization where there is common requirements - it's never an easy or 100% successful effort but its better than where we started :-)

Michael Young

M:647-289-1220

On 2013-02-26, at 10:09, Gavin Brown <[email protected]> wrote:

>> I want to second Rubens suggestion to avoid competing drafts - we have
>> enough largely unnecessary divergence in overlapping extensions with
>> existing TLDs. This is an opportunity to avoid further disparity.
> 
> This is probably going to happen anyway (I can hear various registrars
> groaning in pain: I feel your pain!). Various registries have different
> extensions baked into their gTLD applications. They can't be changed
> without cost, risk, or delay.
> 
> Wil and I (and later Jim) have been advocating development of a single
> EPP extension for registry launches since 2011 or earlier: some of you
> may recall a meeting we organised at the 2011 ICANN meeting in San
> Francisco. We had some interest but obviously not enough to gain any
> momentum, which is unfortunate.
> 
> Given that there will probably now inevitably be fragmentation, the most
> important issue to re-use as much as possible between competing
> extensions. That's why we now have an extension-agnostic draft to
> describe signed mark data. This won't take away the pain, but it might
> help sooth it a little.
> 
> G.
> 
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