Alexey,
There is an AFI (Address and Format Identifier) that has
been allocated to IETF/IANA for several years. The intent is the
same as for many other AFI assignments - to establish an NSAPA
number space that belongs to some specific entity to be allocated
as they see fit (subject to certain limits).
Presumably, the IETF has experts sufficient to determine
some form of "as they see fit". I doubt that more than a little
further IANA action will ever be required for this number space,
but I am reluctant to recommend imposing unnecessary restrictions
that may later need to be removed.
At last check, there was a draft in the works that proposed
allocation of a block of "Internet Code Points" (ICP) to allow for
storage of certain address information in an NSAP format. The ICP
was specifically intended for NSAPA encodings that would "never be
seen on the wire."
For some applications, the most obvious "experts" are the
people who have decided to publish something they have been doing
for some time - i.e. - the authors of any specific proposal under
review. In such cases, we would not ask any of the authors to
subject the work to a further review (presumably the outcome would
not depart very much from expected) and assigning anyone else to
be an "expert" could be fairly arbitrary.
I assume that this is essentially a restatement of your own
point. That being the case, you should probably agree that a more
open review approach is likely to produce a better result.
--
Eric
--> -----Original Message-----
--> From: Alexey Melnikov [mailto:alexey(_dot_)melnikov(_at_)isode(_dot_)com]
--> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 11:29 AM
--> To: Brian E Carpenter
--> Cc: ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org; swallow(_at_)cisco(_dot_)com;
Eric(_dot_)Gray(_at_)Marconi(_dot_)com;
--> iesg(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org; John(_dot_)Rutemiller(_at_)Marconi(_dot_)com
--> Subject: Re: Last Call: 'Internet Code Point Assignments'
--> to Proposed
--> Standard
-->
-->
--> Brian E Carpenter wrote:
-->
--> > 2. IANA Considerations
--> >
--> > ...
--> > Remaining decimal values '2' through '9999' SHOULD be
--> assigned on
--> > an IETF consensus basis, with IANA consent.
--> >
--> > I don't understand "with IANA consent." Also SHOULD seems
--> ambiguous.
--> > Suggest:
--> >
--> > Remaining decimal values '2' through '9999' MUST be assigned on
--> > an IETF Consensus basis [ref RFC 2434].
--> >
--> > but I wonder whether Expert Review wouldn't be sufficient? Do we
--> > really need to trouble the whole IETF for this?
-->
--> IMHO, Expert Review would be sufficient, but does IETF have
--> experts to
--> review NSAPA allocations?
-->
--> Alexey
-->
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