[mail-vet-discuss] IETF Consensus versus just RFC Required

[Paul Hoffman]

The current text states:

>    This specification introduces some new namespaces that will be
>    registered with IANA.  In all cases, new entries are assigned only
>    for values that have been documented in a published RFC that has IETF
>    Consensus, per [IANA-CONSIDERATIONS].

This precludes RFCs that are submitted directly to the RFC Editor for 
individual submission. Is there a particular reason for this? There 
are likely to be authentication specs in the future that will not go 
through the IETF process (such as VBR from the Domain Assurance 
Council) that should be in the IANA registry but cannot with this 
rule even though those specs will be stable and open RFCs.

--Paul Hoffman, Director
--Domain Assurance Council