Re: "Status of I-D Submission: draft-evain-ebu-urn-01.txt" - Request for publication as 'informational'

[Leslie Daigle <leslie at thinkingcat.com>]

Hi,

Sorry, I thought I had sent this some time ago, but it seems
not to have gone out.   Looking back in my archive, I think
I confused myself because of structural similarities
to the DVB document (which had the same issue, noted
below).   Consider these now comments on the
-02 document.

The Namespace Considerations should have sentences that explain
why no existing URN namespace is adequate, and a new
formal NID should be assigned.  Per RFC3406, the specific
requirement of this section is:

"  [...] a "Namespace Considerations" section, which
   outlines the perceived need for a new namespace (i.e., where existing
   namespaces fall short of the proposer's requirements).
"

The current document does not make a clear statement as
to why a new namespace is needed.

Check out the first para in that section of the updated
DVB document draft-adolf-dvb-urn (-03 as of this moment).


Also, this document shares an issue that was flagged in
the DVB document in last call.  Your document says:

"   Identifier uniqueness considerations:

      The EBU will establish unique identifiers as appropriate.

      Uniqueness is guaranteed as long as the assigned string is never
      reassigned.
"

The second sentence is tautologically true.  If what you
mean is that you will ensure an assignment process such
that they don't get reassigned, you must say that.

Similarly,

"   Identifier persistence considerations:

      The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is committed to maintaining
      the accessibility and persistence of all resources that are
      officially assigned URNs by the organization.  Persistence of
      identifiers is dependent upon suitable delegation at the level of
      "{category}"s, and persistence of category assignment."

If the intention is to ensure that {category}s are suitably
delegated and persistent, through EBU control of assignment,
you should say that.

Thanks,
Leslie.


Evain, Jean-Pierre wrote:
> Dear urn-nid editor,
>  
> please find attached the draft-evain-ebu-urn-01.txt  for which I have 
> requested publication as 'informational.
>  
> Draft ID 
> reference: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-evain-ebu-urn-01.txt.
>  
> Thanks in advance,
>  
> Best regards,
>  
> Jean-Pierre Evain
>
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