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> From: Maarten Wullink <maarten.wull...@sidn.nl>
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> To: Gould, James <jgo...@verisign.com>
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> Scott <shollenb...@verisign.com>; regext@ietf.org
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [regext] EPP evolution and the REGEXT charter
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> REPP is not meant to be a replacement for RFC5730. Version 01 uses a custom
> schema based on the RFC5730 schema, because that looked to be a cleaner
> way to do it.
> But we could change it so REPP uses the RFC5730 schema as in Version 00. In
> that case we can describe which XML elements and types are not reused by
> REPP.

[SAH] Modification of the schema is where we cross into "this isn't an 
extension" territory. Using the 5730 schema would eliminate that concern.

> I don’t see REPP therefore as a new protocol. it reuses almost all EPP
> datastructures and protocol commands. Commands are mapped to URLs and
> all extensions should still work
> 
> I believe the closest match for REPP is a transport mapping. A transport
> mapping doest have to use a obvious transport protocol such as tcp/quic it
> can also be an L7 layer protocol. Section 2.1 for instance gives the SMTP
> protocol as an example for a possible transport mapping.

[SAH] Here's a thought: could REPP build on the newly proposed HTTPS transport 
mapping and focus instead on the mapping of commands to URLs?

Scott
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