Andy, One other recommendation is to have the REGEXT working group proactively register known implemented abandoned IETF drafts in the EPP extension registry, which would apply to the IDN mapping extension that looks to have been implemented by many registries. Those extensions could be considered for progression to RFC, but since they have the IETF copyright its best to have the IETF register them instead of each of the implementing registries. This would meet the goal of publicizing the implementation of past abandoned IETF drafts without getting into the negative side effect of forking them as proprietary extensions on a per-registry basis. I'm unsure how that would work, but having an accurate list of implemented EPP extensions in the EPP extension registry would have helped with the EPP Extensibility and Extension Analysis work. Again, I would not go down the path of registering the XML namespace in the XML registry, since they are known non-final extensions.
-- JG James Gould Fellow Engineer [email protected] <applewebdata://13890C55-AAE8-4BF3-A6CE-B4BA42740803/[email protected]> 703-948-3271 12061 Bluemont Way Reston, VA 20190 Verisign.com <http://verisigninc.com/> On 11/7/25, 9:20 AM, "Andrew Newton (andy)" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Caution: This email originated from outside the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. On Thu, Nov 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM Gould, James <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > To allow I-Ds, the EPP extensions registry could be modified to allow > "provisional" or "early" registrations that sidestep the XML namespace > registration requirements. This is done in many IANA protocol registries > setup by the IETF, and IANA knows how to periodically check on provisional > and early registrations. > > JG - This is an unnecessary step to fulfil the undefined goal in RST 2.0 and > the Next Round Registry Agreement. Setting aside this incorrect assertion, if you don't like the "provisional" registrations then another solution is to use a URI like "file:///dev/null" in I-Ds and have IANA assign the URN at publication time according to the provisions of RFC 3688 via a note in the IANA considerations section to both IANA and the RFC editor (for changing examples). This means I-Ds would not be registered until publication. -andy _______________________________________________ regext mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
