RFC requirements for relative CNAME targets?

[John Miller]

On 07/18/2013 06:07 PM, Barry Margolin wrote:
> In article <mailman.844.1374184195.20661.bind-users at lists.isc.org>,
>   John Miller <johnmill at brandeis.edu> wrote:
>
>> I think what I was getting at was whether appending $ORIGIN to an
>> unqualified target--only talking target, not label--was _required_ by the
>> RFCs, and if so, the RFC/section.  I'll read through 'em; was just hoping
>> someone knew the answer off the top of their head.
>
> All names in a zone file that do not end with "." get the $ORIGIN
> appended to them. This is required by the zone file specification.
>

Thanks, Barry.  That's exactly what I wanted to know--it _is_ required 
by the RFCs.

John