I'm reading about two tussles, which seem completely disconnected, although they are about the same thing, and I'm puzzled why there isn't a connection.
This is about the IANA protocol parameter registries. Over in ianaplan@ietf.org people are worrying about preserving the IANA function and the relationship between IETF and IANA, because it is working well and shouldn't be disturbed (by misplaced US political maneuvering that the long-planned transition from NTIA is somehow giving something away by the administration.)
Meanwhile, over in www-international@w3.org, there's a discussion of the Encodings document, being copied from WHATWG's document of that name into W3C recommendation. See the thread (started by me), about the "false statement".
Living Standards don't need or want registries for most things the web use registries for now: Encodings, MIME types, URL schemes. A Living Standard has an exhaustive list, and if you want to add a new one or change one, you just change the standard. Who needs IANA with its fussy separate set of rules? Who needs any registry really?
So that's the contradiction: why doesn't the web need registries while other applications do? Or is IANAPLAN deluded?
This is about the IANA protocol parameter registries. Over in ianaplan@ietf.org people are worrying about preserving the IANA function and the relationship between IETF and IANA, because it is working well and shouldn't be disturbed (by misplaced US political maneuvering that the long-planned transition from NTIA is somehow giving something away by the administration.)
Meanwhile, over in www-international@w3.org, there's a discussion of the Encodings document, being copied from WHATWG's document of that name into W3C recommendation. See the thread (started by me), about the "false statement".
Living Standards don't need or want registries for most things the web use registries for now: Encodings, MIME types, URL schemes. A Living Standard has an exhaustive list, and if you want to add a new one or change one, you just change the standard. Who needs IANA with its fussy separate set of rules? Who needs any registry really?
So that's the contradiction: why doesn't the web need registries while other applications do? Or is IANAPLAN deluded?
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