zero suppression vs compression in addresses

[Leo Vegoda]

On 15/05/2009 6:33, "Joe Abley" <jabley at hopcount.ca> wrote:

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>> The rules on this may be about to change. See this draft:
>> http://tools.ietf.org/search/draft-kawamura-ipv6-text-
>> representation-02
> 
> Unless I am missing some text, that document is promoting a canonical
> representation for presentation of addresses, not changing the rules
> by which addresses are parsed.

The intended status is Informational so if published as an RFC I don't think
the representation it promotes should be considered canonical, just
suggested.

Regards,

Leo