> > Date: 2005-01-05 10:33 > > From: ned.freed@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > Section 2.5 (2.4.1 in the draft) states the matching rule in a succinct > > > fashion. ÂEverything in 2.4.2 is a non-normative elaboration of this. > > > > ??? Which in no way refutes my assertion that no matching rule algorithm > > was given in RFC 3066! > I believe that John meant sect. 2.5 of RFC 3066, which does indeed > mention a matching algorithm. However, the proposed changes in the > structure of tags interact badly with that algorithm. My reading of that text is that it goes out of its way to try and avoid direct discussion of a matching algorithm, talking instead about "rules" and "constructs". I no longer recall the circumstances behind this, but my guess would be that talking about algorithms directly moved this specification a bit too close to implementation work, which in turn would argue for the normal standards track and its ability to assess interop status, not BCP. This present yet another problem for the current draft, BTW. Ned _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf