On Apr 30, 2015, at 9:02 AM, Andrew Sullivan <a...@anvilwalrusden.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 11:14:24AM -0400, Lyman Chapin wrote: >> >> "Label - The identifier of an individual node in the sequence of nodes that >> comprise a fully-qualified domain name." >> > > I am not sure this is quite right, or if it is it's circular with the > other definitions in RFC 1034. > > 1034 says this: > > Each node has a label, which is zero to 63 octets in length. > Brother nodes may not have the same label, although the same label > can be used for nodes which are not brothers. One label is > reserved, and that is the null (i.e., zero length) label used for > the root. > > The domain name of a node is the list of the labels on the path > from the node to the root of the tree. By convention, the labels > that compose a domain name are printed or read left to right, from > the most specific (lowest, farthest from the root) to the least > specific (highest, closest to the root). > > The problem therefore that I see is that the identifier of the node is > the domain name (which we have clarified as the "fully-qualified > domain name"). This is why the text I'd previously sent to Suzanne > used "portion". For while I agree that it's not great, it does anchor > this in the discussion already in 1034. > > What about > > Label - the identifier of an individual node in the DNS namespace > taken apart from its location in a fully-qualified domain name. > > I think this is consistent with the "Each node has a label" language. > But it's pretty hard to understand, and still faintly circular.
These are all circular, and I think we have to live with that. This last one is fine with me too. We now have: The portion of a domain name at each node in the tree making up a fully-qualified domain name. The identifier of an individual node in the sequence of nodes that comprise a fully-qualified domain name. The identifier of an individual node in the DNS namespace taken apart from its location in a fully-qualified domain name. --Paul Hoffman _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop