This is really sad that you can't even remove a provisional uri from the IANA registry without some kind of orchestrated obstruction. Starts at the bottom. > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: Timothy Mcsweeney <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: iana-prot-param@xxxxxxxx > Date: 10/03/2022 6:22 PM EDT > Subject: Re: [IANA #1240282] drop uri scheme > > > Hi Sabrina, > > Graham is not a change controller as you can clearly see on my uri registrations, only I am and therefore he cannot control any changes. So please make my desired changes which is to delete the provisional drop uri scheme from the registry. > > Tim > > On 10/03/2022 4:10 PM EDT Sabrina Tanamal via RT <iana-prot-param@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Tim, > > > > Unfortunately, the other provisional URI schemes were deleted incorrectly. Per Graham, we will need to create new “tombstone” entries to assist people who may have heard that the scheme once existed. The status field for those entries will be marked “historical” rather than “provisional,” and your information will be deleted from the registry. > > > > Please see the proposed new templates below. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Sabrina Tanamal > > Lead IANA Services Specialist > > > > ==== > > > > [[ > > Scheme name: > > drop > > > > Status: > > Historical > > > > Applications/protocols that use this scheme name: > > (Unknown. This scheme was previously registered provisionally in 2019, subsequently updated, and then withdrawn in 2022 by original registrant.) > > > > Contact: > > IESG > > > > Change controller: > > IESG > > > > References: > > (unavailable) > > ]] > > > > On Wed Sep 28 23:27:35 2022, tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > Sabrina, > > > I've deleted provisional URIs before. UPT was the last of mine to be > > > deleted I think. So please delete the drop uri. Thank you. > > > > > > Tim > > > > On 09/28/2022 6:09 PM EDT Sabrina Tanamal via RT <iana-prot- > > > > param@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Tim, > > > > > > > > Graham Klyne suggested the following: > > > > > > > > The registration procedure doesn't say anything about deletion, but > > > > suggests > > > > that once registered, a scheme is changed to "historic" when > > > > discontinued. > > > > > > > > So, I suggest changing it to historic by replacing the current > > > > template with > > > > this (using the simpler, updated template): > > > > > > > > [[ > > > > Scheme name: > > > > drop > > > > > > > > Status: > > > > Historical > > > > > > > > Applications/protocols that use this scheme name: > > > > (Unknown. Scheme registration withdrawn by original registrant.) > > > > > > > > Contact: > > > > Tim McSweeney <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > > > Change controller: > > > > Tim McSweeney <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > > > References: > > > > (unknown) > > > > ]] > > > > > > > > ==== > > > > > > > > Please let us know if we should proceed with the changes listed > > > > above. > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > > > Sabrina Tanamal > > > > Lead IANA Services Specialist > > > > > > > > On Wed Sep 28 12:59:07 2022, tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > Would you please remove the drop uri scheme from the uri registry. > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > > > > > Tim
