Re: Last Call: <draft-cotton-rfc4020bis-01.txt> (Early IANA Allocation of Standards Track Code Points) to Best Current Practice

[Barry Leiba <barryleiba@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> In Section 2:
>
>   'a.  The code points must be from a space designated as "Specification
>        Required" (where an RFC will be used as the stable reference),
>        "RFC Required", "IETF Review", or "Standards Action".'
>
> I suggest not having the comment (where) and leaving it to RFC 5226 to
> define "Specification Required".

Yes, except that's not what this means.

I tripped over the same text, and I suggest rephrasing it this way:

NEW
   The code points must be from a space designated as "Specification
   Required" (in cases where an RFC will be used as the stable reference),
   "RFC Required", "IETF Review", or "Standards Action".

Barry