On 2013-10-27 19:44, S Moonesamy wrote:
... The HTTP Transfer Coding namespace (Section 8.4) is currently "First Come First Served". The new registration procedure required IETF Review. What is the reason for the change? ...
My understanding is that we wanted to set a high bar because this really ought to happen with lots of care and review.
The related ticket is <http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/188>, and it was discussed during IETF 75 (<http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/minutes?item=minutes75.html>).
Best regards, Julian