Re: URL encoding in html page

--On Tuesday, 02 April, 2002 16:12 -0800 Dave Crocker
<dhc <at> dcrocker.net> wrote:

>...
>>   To
>> take one of the clearer examples, I found the "user interface"
>> discussion during the Minneapolis "keyword" BOF interesting
>> and helpful,
> 
> 1.  I suppose it is heartening to hear that someone found the
> Keyword BOF enlightening.  All I can do is applaud your skills
> at extracting benefit.
> 
> 2.  Perhaps the Keyword BOF has some relevance to this DNS
> working group, but it escaped me in that BOF and it escapes me
> now.
>...

Again, I was commenting exclusively on the tactic of trying to
cut off discussion by making over-broad assertions about what
the IETF does or does not permit groups to do, what charters
prohibit, etc.   I mentioned the keyword BOF because there
seemed to be to be a pattern and it illustrated the pattern.

> The goal of requirements is frequently in a charter and is
> just dandy for early-stage working group effort.  To the
> extent that anyone feels that it is worth reviewing and
> writing formal IDN working group requirements, that might even
> be OK.  However the current thread has not been attempting
> that, nor is such a goal typical at such a late stage, usually