>> So I tweaked the last part of section 6.4:
>> This document does not specify how an SRV-ID reference identity can include
>> an
>> IP address, as {{SRVNAME}} only defines string names, not octet identifiers
>> such as an IP address.
>>
>> Seem reasonable?
> I think it is possible to do better.
> The point being that an SRV-ID is
> fundamentally a distinct identifier type from either DNS-ID (hostnames)
> or IP-ID (IP v4/v6 addresses). It consists of a service name and a
> domain name. It makes no sense to ask whether an SRV-ID can hold an IP
> address, it is a distinct type:
I thought about this for a while, and while your comments are (of course)
technically correct, I believe the text I have will be good enough, and not
bogged down in details to be confusing, for most readers. I almost put in some
words about an IMAP to localhost, `_imap.127.0.0.1` but decided not to spend
more words on the topic.
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