diff --git a/BIND-9-Style-Guide.md b/BIND-9-Style-Guide.md index 57b1214..732d71b 100644 --- a/BIND-9-Style-Guide.md +++ b/BIND-9-Style-Guide.md @@ -31,4 +31,16 @@ and Sphinx should automatically find its definition. * Name server (not nameserver) * Time-to-live * RRset (not rrset) -* Failover (not fail-over) \ No newline at end of file +* Failover (not fail-over) + + +Choules comments + +Regarding "namespace" versus "name space". Many places, including IETF documents, RFCs and popular, trusted websites (or is it web sites? ;) ) use both/either almost interchangeably. +RFC 1034, for example, uses "namespace" once but "name space" 30 times. However, in other IETF documents (of which the RFCs are a set) "namespace" appears more often. So basically, go figure! I'd say either could be used, but be consistent. My personal choice would be **namespace**, but then I'm lazy and as it saves a whole character... ;) + +Regarding "nameserver" versus "name server". Again, both are used, though "name server" might have the edge. Personally I'd go with **nameserver**. + +Regarding "time-to-live" I'm a definite 'no' on hyphens. It's "time to live". + +That's all, for now. \ No newline at end of file