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Remove normative text from IANA considerations#1075

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@robUx4 robUx4 commented Feb 25, 2026

There's one left with the underscore but it's already part of the rules defined in 3.2.1.

cc @boucadair @SpencerDawkins

@robUx4 robUx4 added bug spec_tags Tags Matroska spec document target labels Feb 25, 2026
A Tag Name **MUST** only be found once in the IANA registry.
Two Tag Names **MUST NOT** have the same semantic meaning.
The Name is written in all latin capital letters, numbers and the underscore character '_'
as defined in (#tag-formatting). The Name **MUST NOT** start with the underscore character '_'.
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I suggest that you move "The Name MUST NOT start with the underscore character '_'." to tag-formatting section.

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This would also help with Mike Bishops comments

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@robUx4 - I agree with @boucadair and @OR13 here. Please make the proposed change.

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There's one left with the underscore but it's already part of the rules defined in 3.2.1.

So just not repeat it here ? We assume the people at IANA that will approve the "First Come First Serve" names will also check that paragraph ?

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The format needs to follow the rules you have in tag-formatting section. If you want to emphasis on that specific part, you may consider making this change here under IANA section:

OLD:

The Name MUST NOT start with the underscore character '_'

NEW:

As specified in (#tag-formatting), the Name must not start with the underscore character '_'.

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That was going to be my next question: can it be the same text but non normative.

I applied the change as suggested :)

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:-)

I think that we can close this one.

Thank you

The rule of First Come First Served involves that the name can't be found twice
and (hopefully) the same thing can't be defined in 2 different ways.
@robUx4 robUx4 force-pushed the non-normative-iana branch from d13f2b0 to e86a5dd Compare February 26, 2026 06:28
@robUx4 robUx4 merged commit 991a938 into ietf-wg-cellar:master Feb 26, 2026
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