> > This opens the door to the author forgetting to check and the various > > reviewers assuming the prsence of the sections means a check was done. > The goal of putting it in the template is to encourage it be addressed, > rather than forgotten altogether. I am well aware of what the goal is, and have been from the beginning of this discussion. There has never been disagreement as to the goal, only as to the best means to achieve it. I have asserted that requiring IANA considerations sections in drafts submitted for publication is at best useless and potentially quite harmful, and that the best way to insure coverage of IANA issues is to have an explicit check for such things as part of our review process. I also predicted that two things would happen: (1) A draft containing IANA considerations and an empty IANA considertions section would be approved and (2) That this section would take on the status of boilerplate in some draft templates. Both predictions have now come to pass. Ned _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf