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This draft is a work item of the Domain Name System Operations of the IETF.
Title : The ALT Special Use Top Level Domain
Authors : Warren Kumari
Andrew Sullivan
Filename : draft-ietf-dnsop-alt-tld-07.txt
Pages : 11
Date : 2017-02-01
Abstract:
This document reserves a string (ALT) to be used as a TLD label in
non-DNS contexts, or for names that have no meaning in a global
context. It also provides advice and guidance to developers
developing alternate namespaces.
[Ed note: Text inside square brackets ([]) is additional background
information, answers to frequently asked questions, general musings,
etc. They will be removed before publication.This document is being
collaborated on in Github at: https://github.com/wkumari/draft-
wkumari-dnsop-alt-tld. The most recent version of the document, open
issues, etc should all be available here. The authors (gratefully)
accept pull requests. NOTE: This document is currently a parked WG
document -- as such, all changes are being handled in GitHub and a
new version will be posted once unparked.
It had been suggested (off-list) that the draft should contain <TBD>
instead of .ALT, and then make the WG choose a string before
publication. A version of the draft like this was published on
GitHub (https://github.com/wkumari/draft-wkumari-dnsop-alt-tld/
tree/7988fcf06100f7a17f21e6993b781690b5774472) (and generated no
feedback). This version reverts to .ALT -- the chairs stated that
the document was adopted with the string .alt, it has been discussed
as .alt. IMO, it is more readable as .alt; it would also be a
difficult consensus call, boiling down to beauty contests. If the WG
selects a different string ("not-dns" had been suggested in the
past), the editors will, of course, replace it. ]
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https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-dnsop-alt-tld/
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