Hi Amanda, > On Jun 3, 2025, at 11:19 AM, Amanda Baber <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Eric, > > Just to expand, with [AB]: > > > > > ### Section 4.30.3 > > > > Unsure whether a 2025 I-D should still contain reference to `3des- > > cbc` and for > > sure to `6to4`. These terms were probably current when RFC 8407 was > > published, > > but let's avoid them in the -bis. > > [Med] These are examples from current registries maintained by IANA to insist > on the importance on providing guidance on how to spell out when ids begin > with a number > > - If the name in the IANA registry does not comply with the > naming conventions listed in Section 4.3.1, the procedure MUST > detail how IANA can generate legal identifiers from such a > name. Specifically, if the name begins with a number, it is > RECOMMENDED to spell out the number when used as an identifier. > IANA should be provided with instructions to perform such task. > > As we worked this part with IANA, I prefer to not touch it. > > > > EV> :( but the choice is yours > > > [AB] The initial example was that ‘3des-cbc’ should be written as > ‘tripleDes’, and not knowing how to pronounce ‘3des-cbc’, we wondered if we > were being given general guidance as to how to write out numbers that appear > at the beginning of a name (e.g., a name beginning with ‘2’ would be > presented as ‘double’). ‘6to4’ seemed to be the only readily available > counterexample. (And it’s not uncommon for a newly-created IANA-maintained > YANG module to include registrations that are 20+ years old.)
I would agree that the general guidance of spelling out numbers starts to fall apart with some of these examples. Maybe a statement that says that in cases where a translation is not apparent to IANA, it should consult with YANG doctors on how they would like to see the identity spelt out. Would that help? Cheers. > > Thanks, > Amanda Mahesh Jethanandani [email protected]
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