Subject: Re: Draft submission: Robots Exclusion Protocol

From: Mark Nottingham <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2021 14:48:01 +1000

Hi Gary,

This didn't get much discussion when you sent the initial e-mail, but I see you've been making steady progress on the draft.

Have you considered taking it to DISPATCH? That's probably the most effective way to determine where this could live in the IETF. Having a definitive home for it would help to assure that it incorporates input across the community and reflects consensus.

See:
  https://trac.ietf.org/trac/dispatch/wiki

Cheers,

> On 8 Jul 2019, at 6:46 am, Gary Illyes <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
> Hi HTTP WG,
> 
> As you may have seen, a group has gotten together with Martijn Koster to create an internet-draft which restates the Robots Exclusion Protocol using updated ABNF and prescriptions.  The current draft is (draft-koster-rep).  If you get a chance, we'd appreciate your confirming that it matches your understanding of current practice and that the specification is clear even for edge cases.  You can send mail to me to forward on to the author team or address it to the emails listed in the draft.  
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> Gary Illyes
> Google Switzerland
> 
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-koster-rep/

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