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Re: Working toward unity on XML

2004-06-16 08:23:51

At 10:59 -0400 6/16/04, Andrew Newton wrote:
has the extensibility we desire.

Extensibility, per se, is desirable. But, given that MARID WG is supposed to a "quick hit" effort, on a short time scale for that reason, I am not convinced that extensibility is a realistic (primary) goal. Don't avoid it, but don't reach for it.

The TXT RR is being favored by the group for expediency, against the architectural sensibilities of (at least some) DNS protocol experts. I think that the expediency argument holds more water if the solution derived in this group targets the immediate problem with an immediately focused solution, rather than being too concerned with extensibility.

I find it odd that some would like to retain support for two different syntax's, yet resist proposing a new RR while maintaining the TXT RR for transition.

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