JINMEI Tatuya / [EMAIL PROTECTED]@C#:H wrote:
>
> >>>>> On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 11:49:47 +0100,
> >>>>> Brian E Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> >> textual representation
> >> 2.2 (1) has to state how many digits are permitted as "x"
> >> (one component between colon). my personal preference is that
> >> "x" has to be 1 to 4 digits (5 digits or more is invalid).
>
> > I think an informative reference to draft-main-ipaddr-text-rep-00.txt
> > is needed.
>
> In Minneapolis, I made a similar comment and Bob said the reference
> from addr-arch to ipaddr-text is not necessary (see
> http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/03nov/minutes/ipv6.htm and search for
> "ABNF")
I understood he was saying we should not have a *normative* reference,
because that would block the document. An *informative* reference to
an I-D is OK, because the RFC Editor can publish it as a "work in
progress" reference.
Apart from that we seem to agree!
Brian
>
> I myself does not have a particular opinion, but would like to see a
> consensus. I'm currently revising the scoping architecture draft, and
> the consensus might affect the references section there, too.
>
> > I agree that the limit should be 4 digits (optionally including
> > leading zeros) and the draft-main- syntax specifies that.
>
> Regarding this part, I agree. It should also be noted that we had the
> same discussion in this April to June (at the ipngwg ML with the
> subject "IPv6 Address validation"). Unfortunately, we did not reach a
> consensus at that time as far as I can see. It's nice if we can make
> it this time.
>
> JINMEI, Tatuya
> Communication Platform Lab.
> Corporate R&D Center, Toshiba Corp.
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