[Ietf-not43] Status element in dreg

Andrew Newton anewton at ecotroph.net
Thu Oct 16 12:31:35 EDT 2003


I think what was proposed takes care of everything you just said, except 
for the new attribute for the realm.  That's a pretty good idea.  Should 
it be named 'realm' or 'origin'?

-andy

Chris Ambler wrote:
> Well, we've got the standard RRP and EPP status flags, as well as any that a
> registrar might care to add, if they're responding to the query. Indeed,
> some status flags aren't mutually exclusive. Additionally, I can forsee
> non-registry/non-registrar servers that have more, uncontemplated status
> flags, some of which might even be internal (and, more than likely, additive
> to other flags)
> 
> So if there were to be a <status> element, it might make sense to add an
> attribute that describes from what realm the status derives, such as "epp"
> or "rrp" or "podunk-registry-services" and the like, and to allow multiple
> children.
> 
> Advanced codification of EPP and RRP status flags could be put into the XSD
> with the note that more can be added at any time - or it could just be a
> string value, with the known values documented for easy reference.
> 
> I'm all for localization, but in the case of EPP and RRP, the values have
> codified meaning. In that case, we might want to have two fields, one for
> the codified meaning and one for localized-for-display?
> 
> All off the top of my head, and without any prior knowledge of what has been
> discussed in the past, so apologies if I'm treading on well-worn ground.




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