Re: [iri] 4395bis #54 (new): Give more details about what 'provisional' status means

Hello all,

Since I have initiated this issue, I'd like to stateit more detailed and 
propose some ways to resolve it.

Firstly, what is the problem?  RFC 4395 mentions that there is a 
separate category 'Provisional' URI schemes.  However there are no 
explicit definition of its purpose.  Therefore, the community members 
have great misunderstandings with this status and this makes some sort 
of problem.

So I'd like to propose the following solution.  Firstly, set the clear 
criteria for Provisional URI schemes - that URI schemes are placed in 
the Provisional category to indicate the intention to define it more 
carefully later and perhaps set the time it would be deleted from this 
category if no acceptable specification appeared (maybe 6 to 9 months).  
This novelty will allow to revise the Provisional registrations if no 
specification of it are available.

Moreover, I'd like to ask to make a notice in your document regarding 
'afs' URI scheme.  I'd like to propose to mention its classification as 
Historic directly in the document to resolve all the issues concerned to 
'reserved' RFC 1738 schemes.

All the best,
Mykyta Yevstifeyev

> #54: Give more details about what 'provisional' status means
>
>   Mykyta Yevstifeyev in particular (see e.g.http://www.ietf.org/mail-
>   archive/web/apps-discuss/current/msg02272.html) has brought up the
>   question of what exactly the 'provisional' status is meant for. The word
>   seems to imply that this is a temporary status, and that sooner or later,
>   schemes have to move either to historical or permanent. A clarification
>   might help (e.g. that schemes can stay in 'provisional' for an indefinite
>   time).
>
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>   Reporter:  duerst@…                |       Owner:
>       Type:  defect                  |      Status:  new
>   Priority:  major                   |   Milestone:
> Component:  4395bis                 |     Version:
>   Severity:  -                       |    Keywords:
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> Ticket URL:<http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/iri/trac/ticket/54>
> iri<http://tools.ietf.org/bof/iri/>