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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) B. Leiba Request for Comments: 7803 Huawei Technologies BCP: 203 February 2016 Updates: 6241 Category: Best Current Practice ISSN: 2070-1721

                Changing the Registration Policy for
                the NETCONF Capability URNs Registry

Abstract

 The registration policy for the "Network Configuration Protocol
 (NETCONF) Capability URNs" registry, set up by RFC 6241, has turned
 out to be unnecessarily strict.  This document changes that
 registration policy to "IETF Review", allowing registrations from
 certain well-reviewed Experimental RFCs, in addition to Standards
 Track RFCs.

Status of This Memo

 This memo documents an Internet Best Current Practice.

 This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
 (IETF).  It represents the consensus of the IETF community.  It has
 received public review and has been approved for publication by the
 Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG).  Further information on
 BCPs is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.

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 http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7803.

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Table of Contents

 1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
 2.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
 3.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
 4.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
 Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3

1. Introduction

 The "Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) Capability URNs"
 registry [RFC6241] was set up with a registration policy of
 "Standards Action" [RFC5226], allowing registrations only from
 Standards Track RFCs.  This provided thorough review of the
 specifications that are requesting NETCONF Capability URNs.  It has
 turned out to be desirable to allocate capability URNs for certain
 Experimental RFCs also, provided those specifications are also
 carefully reviewed.  The existing registration policy is, therefore,
 unnecessarily strict, requiring exception handling by the IESG.  This
 document changes that registration policy to "IETF Review", which
 also allows registrations from certain well-reviewed Experimental
 RFCs, or, for example, corrections to registry errors from
 Informational RFCs, with IETF review and consensus.

2. IANA Considerations

 IANA has changed the registration policy for the "Network
 Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) Capability URNs" registry to "IETF
 Review" and has added this document to the registry's reference
 field.

 Registrations made from RFCs that are not on the Standards Track need
 to be carefully reviewed through IETF Last Call and in consultation
 with relevant working groups, such as NETCONF.  The Operations and
 Management Area Directors should confirm that the document has
 received the appropriate level of review during IESG Evaluation.

3. Security Considerations

 This document is purely procedural, and there are no related security
 considerations.

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4. Normative References

 [RFC5226]  Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an
            IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 5226,
            DOI 10.17487/RFC5226, May 2008,
            <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5226>.

 [RFC6241]  Enns, R., Ed., Bjorklund, M., Ed., Schoenwaelder, J., Ed.,
            and A. Bierman, Ed., "Network Configuration Protocol
            (NETCONF)", RFC 6241, DOI 10.17487/RFC6241, June 2011,
            <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6241>.

Author's Address

 Barry Leiba
 Huawei Technologies

 Phone: +1 646 827 0648
 Email: barryleiba@computer.org
 URI:   http://internetmessagingtechnology.org/

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