On Oct 21, 2022, at 12:52, Paul Vixie <[email protected]> wrote:
> it's a registry of carve-outs for use inside DNS, which happens to facilitate > client development by giving agents such as browser plugins a clear > activation signal that's unambiguous with respect to the DNS. I think the conversation is easier if we think of the namespace and the DNS not being the same thing, and take care not to use the terms interchangeably. (Perhaps you were doing that, but it seems possible you were not.) (Also perhaps this paragraph is just my own private delusion.) The namespace is older than the DNS; the DNS isn't the only naming system to use it, although it is the prevalent naming system; responsibility for its stewardship arguably lies with different sets of actors than responsibility for the DNS (contentious, and perhaps the two sets have a non-empty intersection). In that context, what we are talking about is defining a carve-out from the namespace that is not for use by the DNS, but instead intended for other naming systems. Joe _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
