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Shepherd writeup
draft-ietf-avtext-lrr

As required by RFC 4858, this is the current template for the Document Shepherd
Write-Up.

Changes are expected over time. This version is dated 24 February 2012.

(1) What type of RFC is being requested (BCP, Proposed Standard, Internet
Standard, Informational, Experimental, or Historic)? Why is this the proper
type of RFC? Is this type of RFC indicated in the title page header?

RFC Type: Proposed Standard.
This document defines a new feedback message to allow requesting one or more
layered streams to be refreshed. It complements RFC5104 which only defines a
Full Intra Request (FIR).

(2) The IESG approval announcement includes a Document Announcement Write-Up.
Please provide such a Document Announcement Write-Up. Recent examples can be
found in the "Action" announcements for approved documents. The approval
announcement contains the following sections:

Technical Summary:

This document specifies a new RTCP payload-specific feedback mssage to allow a
receiver of a layered media stream to request one or more of its substreams to
be refereshed without requiring the entire stream to be refreshed. This new
message can be used for both temporally and spatially scaled streams. This
document also defines its use with several RTP payloads for scalable media
formats.

Working Group Summary:

The WG is happy with current version. No technical comments are received.

Document Quality:

The document got some reviews from AVT experts, and enough discussions during
the meetings. There exist widely deployed implementations of the FIR message
specified in RFC5104. This draft introduces a new request for layered codecs
either spatially or temporally to avoid unnecessary information obtained by
FIR. This is expected to be a very useful implementation when used with scaled
streams, for example, streams with H.264 SVC.

Personnel:

Document Shepherd: Rachel Huang
Responsible AD: Ben Campell

(3) Briefly describe the review of this document that was performed by the
Document Shepherd. If this version of the document is not ready for
publication, please explain why the document is being forwarded to the IESG.

As the Document Shepherd, I have carefully reviewed the version 05 being
forwarded to IESG. In my opinion, it accurately reflects the consensus of the
working group and is ready for publication.

(4) Does the document Shepherd have any concerns about the depth or breadth of
the reviews that have been performed?

No.

(5) Do portions of the document need review from a particular or from broader
perspective, e.g., security, operational complexity, AAA, DNS, DHCP, XML, or
internationalization? If so, describe the review that took place.

This document has a security consideration chapter. Mainly the security
concerns are covered by RFC5104. But still particular reviews regarding
security may be required.

(6) Describe any specific concerns or issues that the Document Shepherd has
with this document that the Responsible Area Director and/or the IESG should be
aware of? For example, perhaps he or she is uncomfortable with certain parts of
the document, or has concerns whether there really is a need for it. In any
event, if the WG has discussed those issues and has indicated that it still
wishes to advance the document, detail those concerns here.

There are no such issues.

(7) Has each author confirmed that any and all appropriate IPR disclosures
required for full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79 have
already been filed. If not, explain why?

I have confirmed that the authors are not personally aware of any IPR related
to this document.

(8) Has an IPR disclosure been filed that references this document? If so,
summarize any WG discussion and conclusion regarding the IPR disclosures.

No.

(9) How solid is the WG consensus behind this document? Does it represent the
strong concurrence of a few individuals, with others being silent, or does the
WG as a whole understand and agree with it?

WG as a whole understands and agrees with the document.

(10) Has anyone threatened an appeal or otherwise indicated extreme discontent?
If so, please summarise the areas of conflict in separate email messages to the
Responsible Area Director. (It should be in a separate email because this
questionnaire is publicly available.)

No.

(11) Identify any ID nits the Document Shepherd has found in this document.
(See http://www.ietf.org/tools/idnits/ and the Internet-Drafts Checklist).
Boilerplate checks are not enough; this check needs to be thorough.

Checked with the idnits tool. No ID nits found.

(12) Describe how the document meets any required formal review criteria, such
as the MIB Doctor, media type, and URI type reviews.

No such a formal review required.

(13) Have all references within this document been identified as either
normative or informative?

Yes.

(14) Are there normative references to documents that are not ready for
advancement or are otherwise in an unclear state? If such normative references
exist, what is the plan for their completion?

No.

(15) Are there downward normative references references (see RFC 3967)? If so,
list these downward references to support the Area Director in the Last Call
procedure.

No.

(16) Will publication of this document change the status of any existing RFCs?
Are those RFCs listed on the title page header, listed in the abstract, and
discussed in the introduction? If the RFCs are not listed in the Abstract and
Introduction, explain why, and point to the part of the document where the
relationship of this document to the other RFCs is discussed. If this
information is not in the document, explain why the WG considers it unnecessary.

No.

(17) Describe the Document Shepherd's review of the IANA considerations
section, especially with regard to its consistency with the body of the
document. Confirm that all protocol extensions that the document makes are
associated with the appropriate reservations in IANA registries. Confirm that
any referenced IANA registries have been clearly identified. Confirm that newly
created IANA registries include a detailed specification of the initial
contents for the registry,  that allocations procedures for future
registrations are defined, and a reasonable name for the new registry has been
suggested (see RFC 5226).

The document defines two IANA registrations. One is a new value for “FMT Values
for PSFB Payload Types”; another is a new value to the “Codec Control Messages”
subregistry of SDP parameters. They are all described correctly.

(18) List any new IANA registries that require Expert Review for future
allocations. Provide any public guidance that the IESG would find useful in
selecting the IANA Experts for these new registries.

No new registries are defined.

(19) Describe reviews and automated checks performed by the Document Shepherd
to validate sections of the document written in a formal language, such as XML
code, BNF rules, MIB definitions, etc.

No such formal language is used in this document.
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