On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 11:49:47AM -0700, Paul Hoffman wrote:

> > "Name Error" as a synonym for NXDOMAIN seems like it is worth including, 
> > somewhere.
> 
> Are you sure that "name error" always refers to NXDOMAIN? If not, this is not 
> a can of worms we should open.
> 

To the extent it doesn't, such usage is not in line with STD 13.
NXDOMAIN is the neologism here.  RFC 1035 names RCODE 3 as "Name
Error".

> > In "origin", (a), the usual word for this in my experience is "apex". It 
> > would seem as well to mention apex here. If we're able to provide value 
> > judgements, we might recommend apex over this use of origin.
> 
> "Apex" is defined two terms later".
> 

I think Joe is right that people usually use "apex" to mean "origin"
in the way the document defines it.  I think we are attempting to
reinforce a distinction that used to be in the RFCs but that seems to
have blurred over time: the difference between the graph-theoretic
space of the DNS and the implementation.  It might be worth adding a
sentence, however, that notes the way the terms are often used
interchangably.

> I searched for supporting material in RFC 5155 that could explain why to use 
> opt-out in words that would make sense in this document; I failed. If you 
> find some, that would be great.
> 

If I recally correctly, it was excluded on socio-political grounds.

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