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Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-openpgp-rfc2440bis-01.txt

2000-10-03 02:01:37
This draft still does not say anything about name spaces for
notation data tags, making notation data essentially useless.

Suggestion:

   The present document defines two name spaces for notation data
   names: The IETF name space and the user name space.
   
   Notation data names in the IETF name space consist of an
   arbitrary string of UTF-8 encoded characters, with the exception
   that the character "@" ("at") MUST NOT occur in such a name.
   
   XXX - describe IANA registration procedures.
   
   Notation data names in the user name space consist of a tag,
   followed by the "@" character, followed by a DNS domain name.
   The tag may be an arbitrary string of UTF-8 encoded characters,
   with the exception that the character "@" MUST NOT occur in such
   a name.  The DNS domain name must be under the exclusive control
   of the person or entity which introduces the notation data name
   in question.
   
   For example, if The Example Corporation wishes to introduce
   sample notation data, the appropriate notation data name could be
   "sample(_at_)example(_dot_)com".

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Thomas Roessler                         <roessler(_at_)does-not-exist(_dot_)org>