On 7/3/2014 8:07 AM, Pete Resnick wrote:
> OK, I see what you wanted to capture, but I guess what struck me about
> "careful" was that it implied that the default was "careless". How about
> this instead:
>
> The working group will seek to preserve interoperability with the
> installed base of DMARC systems, and will fully document the
> justification for any non-interoperability.
I finally recognized the right keyword in my earlier note, so I've
modified your text to:
The working group will seek to preserve interoperability with the
installed base of DMARC systems, and provide detailed
justification for any non-interoperability.
>> A sentence defining organizational domain is essential.
>>
>> The term does not have wide, common use. Yet it refers to a core
>> construct for DMARC. So the charter should both use the term and
>> provide a basic definition for it.
>>
>
> I'm willing to believe that. I think *I* know what's meant, but perhaps
> others don't, and a definition couldn't hurt. But:
>
>> An organizational domain is the 'base' name that is allocated from a
>> public registry, such as ".com" or ".co.uk".
>
> I think the "such as" clause confuses things because it leaves an
> ambiguity in the sentence as constructed: Is ".com" a public registry,
> or is it a 'base' name that is allocated from a public registry? (I
> believe you meant the former.) If you strike what's after the comma, I
> think that's OK, but not a great definition. Perhaps you want to say
> something like, "An organizational domain is the 'base' name that is
> allocated from a public registry over which the registrant is assigned
> authority" (or something to that effect), but I suspect there's some
> nuanced DNS-ese that could be used here.
An organizational domain is the 'base' name that is allocated from a
public registry; examples of registries include ".com" or ".co.uk".
That says what's needed, says no more, and says it unambiguously.
The nuance of 'assigned authority' invites icann and dns debates we
don't need. It's not that the phrasing is wrong but that it refers to
an issue that isn't relevant here, IMO.
d/
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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
bbiw.net
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