On 27 Nov 2010, at 18:25, Joe Abley <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> That argument speaks to the question of whether 1123 imposes a requirement, 
> but not whether the requirement discussed in 1123 existed. The fact that it 
> was discussed, in a DISCUSSION section as you point out, surely suggests that 
> it did exist, and absent any subsequent clarification, presumably still does.

The alphabetic requirement was part of the allocation policy, not as part of 
the syntax. The syntax is explained perfectly precisely in the normative text 
and it very clearly makes no restriction on the syntax of TLDs.

Why is it so hard to keep the policy separate from the underlying syntax?

Tony.
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