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Re: Locating RFC [2]822 headers

2001-09-19 10:13:17

If it were desirable to establish a header registry, the last thing I'd 
want to do is to make an update of 2076 be critical path for that effort.
These are large documents that take a long time to get right, and it's
difficult to ensure that they get adequate review.

It seems far simpler to write a short RFC that establishes the registry,
the rules for initially populating the registry, and the rules for 
adding or updating entries.    The rules for initially populating the
registry could say that 

- headers mentioned in 2076 are automatically included, and 
- when multiple definitions are available, all are listed, and
- those that are higher on the standards track take precedence. 

Keith

p.s. IMHO, the danger in creating such a registry is that it will be used
to legitimize certain bad practices that have been implemented with
little thought.