Tom, Not a complete answer but look in RFC 4020 (especially 3.3) and draft-cotton-rfc4020bis (currently in IETF last call). Adrian > -----Original Message----- > From: ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx [mailto:ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of t.p. > Sent: 29 August 2013 12:56 > To: ietf > Subject: "Deprecate" > > I recently saw 'deprecate' used in an IANA Considerations and turned to > "IANA Considerations" [RFC5226] to see how it was defined only to find > no mention of it there. I am used to the term from SMI, as quoted > below, but that seems not quite right, in that a deprecated IANA entry > never disappears, as in > http://www.iana.org/assignments/smi-numbers/smi-numbers.xhtml#smi- > number > s-5 > > Are there other, perhaps better definitions of the term 'deprecated' in > use outside SMI (and yes, I know about praying nuns!)? > > Tom Petch > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Fred Baker (fred)" <fred@xxxxxxxxx> > To: "IPv6 Maintanence" <ipv6@xxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 3:32 PM > Subject: "Deprecate" > > > > At the mike a moment ago, I referred to an existing formal definition > of "deprecate". For the record, the reference is to RFC 1158, which > reads: > > > > 3.1. Deprecated Objects > > > > In order to better prepare implementors for future changes in the > > MIB, a new term "deprecated" may be used when describing an object. > > A deprecated object in the MIB is one which must be supported, but > > one which will most likely be removed from the next version of the > > MIB (e.g., MIB-III). > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > IETF IPv6 working group mailing list > > ipv6@xxxxxxxx > > Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >