RE: IETF tree URL registration procedure incomplete
"Larry Masinter" <[email protected]> Wed, 25 Aug 1999 14:34:09 PDT
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> In some ways, URL schemes bear some resemblance to top level domains > in their role as a root of a naming authority and in the desire of > some organizations to 'own' the 'short name'; the uproar over a private > use of 'tv' without apparent consensus of the TV community would not be > there if the name of the URL scheme were 'directtv-tune:', as > draft-ietf-urlreg-procedures-07.txt might propose. > ... > This is the first I have heard of any "uproar" over the use of "tv:." > In my experience reviewing this issue, I've only support or > indifference to it. Never an "uproar." > > Now, there have been questions about the RFC _process_, but those have > nothing to do with the technical merits of the issue. Yes, I'm talking about the process. That's why I brought this up as a discussion point for draft-ietf-urlreg-procedures-07.txt. Is there a required technical review, even for Informational RFCs, if they register IETF tree URL schemes? Larry