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> From: Gould, James <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2025 9:21 AM
> To: Hollenbeck, Scott <[email protected]>; [email protected]; draft-ietf-
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> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [regext] Re: WG Last Call: 
> draft-ietf-regext-ext-registry-
> epp-00 (Ends 2025-10-27)
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> Scott,
>
> I believe the language needs to be "IETF namespaces SHOULD be reserved for
> IETF specifications" to cover the use case of the registration of implemented
> Internet Drafts that have been abandoned by a working group.  This case came
> into play for the registration of "Verification Code Extension for the 
> Extensible
> Provisioning Protocol (EPP)" that is associated with the abandoned draft-ietf-
> regext-verificationcode-06.  The ICANN RST 2.0 requires for the extensions to 
> be
> registered in the EPP extension registry, which then required the 
> registration of
> the implemented "Verification Code Extension for the Extensible Provisioning
> Protocol (EPP)" (draft-ietf-regext-verificationcode-06) that would not be 
> able to
> register the IETF namespace.  I believe the same use case applies to the
> abandoned IDN Mapping draft in draft-ietf-eppext-idnmap-02, which has been
> implemented by many registries and registrars.  Changing of the namespace is
> not an option based on the implementation impact and interoperability with the
> registrars.  This is a true corner case, but it needs to be covered with a 
> SHOULD
> instead of a MUST.

[SAH] I could use some additional perspectives on this, people. Andy is saying 
MUST. Jim is saying SHOULD. More input would be helpful.

Scott
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