RE: IANA considerations update for NETCONF protocol draft

["McDonald, Ira" <imcdonald@sharplabs.com>]

Andy Bierman wrote:
> 
> Rob Enns wrote:
> 
> >
> >The last alternative would be to forget the idea of IANA allocated
> >enterprise capabilities, and let enterprises do their own thing 
> >with URIs.
> >
> >I'd like the WG to weigh in on this question.
> >  
> >
> 
> I don't think we really need this Enterprise Capability Registry.
> We created our own template for extending the standard (Appendix C)
> but that does not mean that IANA or the IETF needs to be involved
> whatsoever in proprietary extensions to the NETCONF protocol.
> 

Forget the IANA Enterprise Capability Registry.  Unless you bend
IETF best practices badly, an IANA allocation should ALWAYS require 
_at_least_ IETF Designated Expert review.  

Instead, simply specify that Enterprise Capabilities MUST choose a
_durable_ globally unique URI within one of the registered DNS domains 
for that enterprise (i.e., using GUIDs based on MAC address is NOT
allowed).

Cheers,
- Ira


Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect)
Blue Roof Music / High North Inc
PO Box 221  Grand Marais, MI  49839
phone: +1-906-494-2434
email: imcdonald@sharplabs.com

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