DRAFT: On the issue of name assignment for identifiers

[Harald Tveit Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no>]

PROPOSED message.
Problem: I DID NOT FIND the original message where bob proposed this. And 
the examples should be real. Someone help?
----------------------------------------------------
Bob,

the IESG has discussed the idea that one should allocate identifiers for 
RSVP values (or other values) in such a way that the formal identifier 
includes the name of the source standards organization, such as using
TEMP_FALURE_ITU instead of TEMP_FAILURE for an RSVP error code.
(***note*** need the real example!)

The IESG thinks that including semantics-irrelevant stuff in identifiers is 
not a slope we want to start down - after all, many identifiers have very 
many classifications that some could want to include as part of an 
identifier.

Calling out in the identifier registry who the sponsoring organization is 
in addition to where the identifier's semantics is documented, such as 
saying, for example,

100 TEMP_FAILURE                (ITU-T X.gxf)  [RFC 3456]

is, however, an idea that we think is good, and that we wish to recommend 
to the IANA.

              Harald Alvestrand for the IESG.