Re: WGLC Comments on 6122bis

"Ben Campbell" <[email protected]> Tue, 10 Mar 2015 17:38:23 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.xmpp,gmane.ietf.precis
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BTW, I reviewed version 19, quite by accident :-)

On 10 Mar 2015, at 17:30, Ben Campbell wrote:

> (as individual)
>
> Hi,
>
> This is a very well written draft. It's easy to understand given the 
> complexity of the material. I support it's publication.
>
> I have a few minor comments:
>
> -- section 3.2, paragraph 6:
>
> Is there a reason to avoid a reference for IDNA2008?
>
> -- 3.3, implementation note:
>
> Are there any practical consequences for the implementor? Are there 
> potential conflicts where the XMPP implementation correctly forms a 
> Localpart, but it contains an identifier that is interpreted 
> incorrectly by some SASL mechanism?
>
> -- 3.3.1, implementation note:
>
> I have mixed feelings about XEP-0106 being an informational reference 
> (using the standard of "need to read to understand/implement this 
> document"). Even if an implementation chooses not to create JIDs with 
> escaped characters, it had to be prepared to receive them from 
> somewhere else, doesn't it?
>
> -- 4, para 10 (I think): "In such cases, clients SHOULD enforce..."
>
> The sending client, receiving client, or both?  Assuming the former, 
> it might be worth adding some words to the effect of "before 
> transmitting..."
>
> -- 8:
>
> While I don't object to the approach of the section, I think there's 
> some risk of confusion about which text is authoritative from a 2119 
> perspective. I think it might be worth noting that the authoritative 
> text is in the referenced sections, and only summarized here for 
> convenience.  (It only really matters if they conflict, but redundant 
> normative text makes life harder for future updates.)
>
> Thanks!
>
> /Ben.
>
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