On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 12:36:16PM -0400, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
One of the things we seem to lack in IETF is some sort of friction
when it comes to creating new registries. JOSE has just created a new
set of crypto registries instead of re-using the PEM set and there are
a half dozen other crypto registries besides. We seem to re-invent the
MIME content-type registry repeatedly. And quite why .well-known, URI
and SRV should be separate is a mystery to me.
In general, the way to get interoperation between protocols and avoid
silos is for people to use existing registries whenever possible.
Sounds reasonable at first blush. Perhaps this (more generally
unnecessary "siloization") is something sponsoring ADs and the IESG
might keep an eye on?
--
Viktor.