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Shepherd writeup
draft-ietf-rtgwg-multihomed-prefix-lfa

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?

It is a standards draft, which is appropriate for its contents and 
this track is needed to update RFC5286 which is also standards 
track.

This is correctly indicated on the front 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

This document shares experience gained from implementing algorithms
to determine Loop-Free Alternates for multi-homed prefixes.  In
particular, this document provides explicit inequalities that can be
used to evaluate neighbors as a potential alternates for multi-homed
prefixes.  It also provides detailed criteria for evaluating
potential alternates for external prefixes advertised by OSPF ASBRs.
This documents updates and expands some of the "Routing Aspects" as
specified in Section 6 of RFC5286.

Working Group Summary

This passed through the WG smoothly. Between the author team and
the reviewers many of the subject matter experts have read the text
and thus I have confidence that it is technically correct and a
useful extension to the work published in RFC5286

Document Quality

This is a clear and well written document. That enhances a widely
implemented IP fast-reroute protocol.

Personnel

 Stewart Bryant is the Document Shepherd.

Alia Atlas is the responsible AD at the time of publication request.

(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.

I read it through line by line and fed back a small number of detailed comments to the
authors who addressed these.

The text is now ready for publication.

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

No, this document has been adequately reviewed.

(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.

The document does not need a specialist review beyond the set of reviews it will
ordinarily get at the next stage of the publication process.

(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.

I have no concerns regarding this document.

(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.

Yes they have.

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

There have been two IPR disclosures. The Working Group has made no
comment on these.

(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?   

There is consensus amongst the subject matter experts that this
design should be published.  There is no objection from the
remainder of the working group, who I am sure would speak up
if they had concerns.

(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 has threatened an appeal, and no one has expressed
discontent.

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

There is one minor stylistic warning.

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

 These are not needed for this document.

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

 Yes they have.

(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?

 Both normative references are RFCs.

(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. 

 There are no downrefs.

(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.

It will update RFC5286 and this is noted in the top left corner and in
the Abstract.

(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).

 There are no IANA requests.

(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.

There are no IANA requests.

(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.

This is not applicable.
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