FWIW, I think the document is far better than having nothing in this area. For instance, there was language in the charsets considerations document that Ted Hardie's been working on that was just majorly confusing to someone used to other terminology - and I pointed him to this document rather than going into details.
I completely agree.
Indeed. And if past experience is any indication (e.g., the charset terminologyJohn has a particular axe to grind (he wants the influence of the Unicode Consortium on the world's internationalization efforts reduced), and is grinding that axe pretty hard.
I didn't find the energy to step into the fight between John and Paul - they're sufficiently opposed to each other that even when they seem to everyone else to be saying the same thing, they both agree that they disagree.
My previous efforts to generate IETF activity in the area (INTLOC BOF in Salt Lake City) failed. And Paul is attempting to deliver something that the community needs.
Where should we go from here?
I say reword the problematic paragraph per Allison and Randy's suggestions and move on. Ned