[saag] Re: [Ext] Re: draft-paulwh-crypto-components-02
Paul Hoffman <[email protected]>
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On Feb 12, 2025, at 07:23, Salz, Rich <[email protected]> wrote: >> Can an Informational level document give guidance? > > • I think so. Isn't that what most informational level documents do? > They shouldn’t. > 4.2.2 Informational > An "Informational" specification is published for the general > information of the Internet community, and does not represent an > Internet community consensus or recommendation. The Informational > designation is intended to provide for the timely publication of a > very broad range of responsible informational documents from many > sources, subject only to editorial considerations and to verification > that there has been adequate coordination with the standards process > (see section 4.2.3). Plenty do, regardless of what RFC 2026 says. This document does not fit cleanly into any of the categories of RFCs in RFC 2026, and Informational is good description of what the document does. --Paul Hoffman _______________________________________________ saag mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]