Technical Summary
This document provides guidance on the specification of URI
substructure in standards.
Working Group Summary
This document is an AD-sponsored update to the existing BCP 190, based on
feedback from the IETF community. During the processing of
draft-ietf-trans-rfc6962-bis, the TRANS working group highlighted certain
difficulties caused by one specific restriction that BCP 190 has
historically imposed on the use of URL paths in standard protocols. After
face-to-face discussion with the HTTPBIS working group in Montreal, and
subsequent conversations on the ART-area mailing list, a clear consensus
emerged to relax specific provisions of BCP 190 in ways that do not cause
substantial damage to the URL namespace owners' ability to manage such
namespaces.
Document Quality
The document received significant feedback and support during its
development. While there was some distress expressed over the
basic concept of BCPs that restrict protocol development in any
way -- and implicitly calling for a full deprecation of BCP 190
and similar documents -- no objections were raised to the
specific relaxations represented by this new version.
Personnel
Martin Thomson is the document shepherd.
Adam Roach is the responsible AD.