RE: revised Proposed Charter

["Hallam-Baker, Phillip" <pbaker@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> It seems to me that there are two possible effects a limited 
> charter can produce. One that precludes further work in a 
> given direction, and one that allows that further work to 
> happen in the future. Now, nobody's omniscient so the latter 
> is always a calculated risk, but it sure seems to me that 
> DKIM with respect to reputation is in the latter rather than 
> former category. I for one would be rather dismayed if it did 
> not lend itself well to reputation/accredation systems. It 
> seems to me that the risk is pretty low, so divide and 
> conquer seems more prudent.

There is a third effect that I have seen in WS-Security. The original
charter is so over-constrained leading to excessive debate over minutiae
and the whole process is slowed rather than speeded up.