On 2/20/15, 14:31, "John Levine" <[email protected]> wrote:

>>There's an interesting specification in the ICANN new GTLD agreements:
>>... 
>
>>It's not concise or comprehensive; it's mostly a list of features of the
>>master file format to not use.  It looks like a wish list from those
>>who've had to write custom parsers for the different "ZFA" file formats
>>that the gTLD operators generate.
>
>That was mostly me and, yes, I tried to get them to specify a subset
>of master file format that matched what we were already seeing from
>large gTLDs so we could parse it easily.  It took a few rounds to
>explain to other people that the general 1035+all-other-DNS-RFCs
>master file format was both impossible to specify and way more than
>any TLD zone would need.

If just to wrap up - I’m aware of the ICANN specification.  I guess I just
want to translate it into an RFC and also put it up for IETF vetting.
(Yes, I work for ICANN but my motivation is not to do something that would
impact the new gTLDs agreements, my motivation is just to have a document
for future reference.)

Defining a canonical form in no way is meant to imply that any other form
is wrong.  The objective is to put a name on a canonical form, and provide
a reference, so that anyone who wants to see zone files meeting a strict
format can say so succinctly.  (Plus, the document can discuss other
issues, provide updated references, etc.)

So, when I get around to it...

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