This I-D uses the term 'deprecated' without defining it nor is the term defined in "IANA Considerations" [RFC5226] " (It does however already appear in the IANA Registry). I am familiar with the SMI definition but that seems not quite right for this context; some of the IANA uses of this have been there for decades and are unlikely ever to be removed. I think that this I-D needs a definition and, since I have seen disagreement on WG Lists as to what the term means, I think that that definition should be agree on the ietf list before this I-D is approved by the IESG. Tom Petch ----- Original Message ----- From: "The IESG" <iesg-secretary@xxxxxxxx> To: "IETF-Announce" <ietf-announce@xxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 10:52 PM > > The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider > the following document: > - 'Early IANA Allocation of Standards Track Code Points' > <draft-cotton-rfc4020bis-01.txt> as Best Current Practice > > The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits > final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the > ietf@xxxxxxxx mailing lists by 2013-09-24. Exceptionally, comments may be > sent to iesg@xxxxxxxx instead. In either case, please retain the > beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. > > Abstract > > This memo describes the process for early allocation of code points > by IANA from registries for which "Specification Required", "RFC > Required", "IETF Review", or "Standards Action" policies apply. This > process can be used to alleviate the problem where code point > allocation is needed to facilitate desired or required implementation > and deployment experience prior to publication of an RFC that would > normally trigger code point allocation. > > This document obsoletes RFC 4020. > > The file can be obtained via > http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-cotton-rfc4020bis/ > > IESG discussion can be tracked via > http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-cotton-rfc4020bis/ballot/ > > > No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D. >