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?
draft-ietf-bier-isis-extensions-06 is Experimental. This is indicated on the
title page.
(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
HB> This draft presents extension needed for isis to advertise BIER information
with in a bier domain and its subdomains. This information can be used to build
a Bit Index Forwarding Table for BIER, which in order is used for forwarding
multicast packets with in a BIER domain or subdomain. The ISIS extension BIER
sub-tlv carries the information for BIER sub-domain that the router
participates in. This sub-tlv includes multiple sub-sub-tlvs with label range
and a bit string length for certain <MT,SD>.
Working Group Summary
HB> The draft has been well recived.
Document Quality
HB> base on the IETF discussions there are implementation of this draft and/or
strong roadmap commitment from other vendors.
Personnel
Who is the Document Shepherd? Who is the Responsible Area
Director?
HB> Hooman Bidgoli is the shepherd and Alia Atlas is the Director
1.a) Who is the Document Shepherd for this document? Has the
Document Shepherd personally reviewed this version of the
document and, in particular, does he or she believe this
version is ready for forwarding to the IESG for publication?
HB> Hooman Bidgoli, Yes he has reviewed the version 6 of bier-isis-extension
There are some unclear sections in the draft which could use some polishing.
(1.b) Has the document had adequate review both from key WG members
and from key non-WG members? Does the Document Shepherd have
any concerns about the depth or breadth of the reviews that
have been performed?
HB> This document has been reviewed, that said there are minor areas which is
in need of polishing.
(1.c) Does the Document Shepherd have concerns that the document
needs more review from a particular or broader perspective,
e.g., security, operational complexity, someone familiar with
AAA, internationalization, or XML?
HB> Due diligence was done with this respect.
(1.d) Does the Document Shepherd have any specific concerns or
issues 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. Has an IPR disclosure related to this document
been filed? If so, please include a reference to the
disclosure and summarize the WG discussion and conclusion on
this issue.
HB> Following sections might need some ironing:
Section 3: is there a reason that sub-sub-tlvs are not sequential? i.e. type 1
and 3 and no type 2.
Section 4.1: An ISIS signaled BIER domain is aligned with the scope of
distribution of BFR-prefixes that identify the BFRs within ISIS. Comment:
should it be BIER sub-domain? As bier-architecture aligns BFR-PREFIX to a
subdomain.
Section 4.1: The mapping of sub-domains to topologies MUST be consistent within
a BIER flooding domain. Comment: what is a BIER flooding domain here? The
terminology is not consistence with bier-architecture, might be worth a while
to have a sentence explaining it.
Section 5.1: All routers in the flooding scope of the BIER sub-TLVs MUST
advertise the same sub-domain within the same multi-topology. Comment: This
means one MT can have multiple SDs. As an example, <MT1, SD1>, <MT1, SD2>. But
<MT2, SD1> is not legal, since SD1 is part of MT1. An example might be
appropriate here as it is not to clear.
(1.e) 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?
HB> The WG consensus for this draft is very solid.
(1.f) Has anyone threatened an appeal or otherwise indicated extreme
discontent? If so, please summarize the areas of conflict in
separate email messages to the Responsible Area Director. (It
should be in a separate email because this questionnaire is
entered into the ID Tracker.)
HB> Negative
(1.g) Has the Document Shepherd personally verified that the
document satisfies all ID nits? (See
http://www.ietf.org/ID-Checklist.html and
http://tools.ietf.org/tools/idnits/.) Boilerplate checks are
not enough; this check needs to be thorough. Has the document
met all formal review criteria it needs to, such as the MIB
Doctor, media type, and URI type reviews? If the document
does not already indicate its intended status at the top of
the first page, please indicate the intended status here.
Running the idnits…
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== Mismatching filename: the document gives the document name as
'draft-ietf-bier-isis-extensions-06', but the file name used is
'bier-isis-v6'
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(See RFCs 3967 and 4897 for information about using normative references
to lower-maturity documents in RFCs)
== Outdated reference: A later version (-09) exists of
draft-ietf-bier-ospf-bier-extensions-08
Summary: 0 errors (**), 0 flaws (~~), 2 warnings (==), 0 comments (--).
(1.h) Has the document split its references into normative and
informative? 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
strategy for their completion? Are there normative references
that are downward references, as described in [RFC3967]? If
so, list these downward references to support the Area
Director in the Last Call procedure for them [RFC3967].
HB> Yes the document is split to normative and informative references. There
are 2 normative draft that are ready to advance namely
draft-ietf-bier-mpls-ecnapsulation-9 and draft-ietf-bier-ospf-bier-extension-8.
(1.i) Has the Document Shepherd verified that the document's IANA
Considerations section exists and is consistent with the body
of the document? If the document specifies protocol
extensions, are reservations requested in appropriate IANA
registries? Are the IANA registries clearly identified? If
the document creates a new registry, does it define the
proposed initial contents of the registry and an allocation
procedure for future registrations? Does it suggest a
reasonable name for the new registry? See [RFC2434]. If the
document describes an Expert Review process, has the Document
Shepherd conferred with the Responsible Area Director so that
the IESG can appoint the needed Expert during IESG Evaluation?
HB> There are some questions remaining as per comments above. Why the the
sub-sub-tlvs types not sequential.
(1.j) Has the Document Shepherd verified that sections of the
document that are written in a formal language, such as XML
code, BNF rules, MIB definitions, etc., validate correctly in
an automated checker?
HB> Yes