Hi, A bit ironic... We should change the name of an acronym that has been in place since 1988 in order to guard against instability.
Andy On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 7:20 AM, Acee Lindem (acee) < acee=40cisco....@dmarc.ietf.org> wrote: > Hi Benoit, et al, > I couldn't agree more. The IETF has much more exigent issues with respect > to YANG models and the attendant protocol infrastructure than whether IANA > might go away in the future. > Thanks, > Acee > > On 7/22/18, 9:54 AM, "netmod on behalf of Benoit Claise" < > netmod-boun...@ietf.org on behalf of bclaise=40cisco....@dmarc.ietf.org> > wrote: > > Martin, > > I'm wonder whether this is really an important optimization, worth > changing now, in the hypothetical case that IANA is not called IANA > any > longer in the future? > Right now, "iana" n the YANG module name correctly states what this is > about > https://www.iana.org/assignments/yang-parameters/yang-parameters.xhtml > => "maintained by IANA" > I agree with Jürgen that documenting this in 6087bis is the right way > forward. > > Regards, Benoit. > > Hello > > > > As part of a recent IESG review (of draft-bfd-yang) a point came up > on > > the use of "iana" in yang modules' name/namespace/prefix. > > This is typically used in the case where the module refers to an > IANA > > maintained registry. However, the point raised was that the name of > > the registry operator might not always be IANA, and that using that > > name might not put modules on the most stable deployment footing > under > > all possible circumstances. > > > > On top of that, as far as I can tell, the use of "iana" is an > > undocumented convention. > > > > So, I wanted to collect views: > > on whether a convention should be documented, > > and, with regards to the point raised in IESG, on whether that > keyword > > should be changed going forward. In that context, what about "reg" > > (for registry) or "regop" (for registry operator)? Other proposals > are > > welcome. > > > > Thanks > > -m > > > > _______________________________________________ > > netmod mailing list > > netmod@ietf.org > > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/netmod > > . > > > > _______________________________________________ > netmod mailing list > netmod@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/netmod > > > _______________________________________________ > netmod mailing list > netmod@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/netmod >
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