On 1/22/26 7:37 AM, Hollenbeck, Scott wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Andy Newton <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2026 1:44 PM
>> To: Antoin Verschuren <[email protected]>; [email protected]
>> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [regext] Re: I-D Action: 
>> draft-ietf-regext-ext-registry-epp-
>> 01.txt
> 
> [snip]
> 
>>> -Are informational RFCs allowed to use IETF  namespaces?
>>
>> If you are asking about the XML registry, I believe they are allowed.
> 
> [SAH] I think Antoin has identified an exception, Andy. Note this text from 
> RFC 3688:
> 
> "NOTE: in order for a URN of this type to be assigned, the item being 
> registered MUST have been through the IETF consensus process.  Basically, 
> this means that it must be documented in a RFC."
> 
> Antoin mentioned  RFC 9095. It's an Informational RFC, but it was published 
> using the Independent Submission stream. It didn't go through the IETF 
> consensus process. My understanding of 3688 suggests that 9095 shouldn't use 
> IETF namespace URIs because it didn't go through the IETF consensus process. 
> If my understanding is correct, we should indeed add text to the draft to 
> capture this case. Perhaps something like this in Section 2.1:
> 
> "RFC documents published using the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) 
> stream meet that requirement. RFC documents published using the Independent 
> Submission stream do not meet that requirement."
> 
> Scott

I missed that detail. Thanks for clarifying. Your text is looks good.

-andy, no hats

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