Hi Dave, At 21:41 21-10-10, Dave CROCKER wrote: >right. I think that clear references and careful use of terminology >should suffice. The specification need not be a tutorial on the >differences between two technologies or RFCs that it cites. Correct?
Yes. A specification is not a tutorial. >I am confused. In a technical specification a normative reference >provides material that is part of the technical detail. It's not >for background or explanation. It is for /use/. A normative reference provides material which the reader must read to understand the specification. In this case, it is a way to have a reference to STD 13 which covers domain name concepts and implementation. >We need to be careful not to let odd formalities get in the way of >basic pragmatics. I am fine with that as long as there is a good reason. Regards, -sm _______________________________________________ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html
