Re: [Anima] FYI/Qs: liaison on ITU-T work on intent based networking (SG13-LS181)

[Scott Mansfield <[e-mail]>]

To answer the liaison question.

When liaisons from the ITU-T come in, I request suggestions about the groups
they should be circulated to, if it isn't specific to a group.  If there is
a desire for a response or coordination, the senders can directly contact me
to help pull together/identify interested parties.  Same is true in the
other direction.  If the IETF sends a liaison to the ITU-T, it is very
important that an individual that is interested in the topic be available in
the ITU-T meeting to present and coordinate action.  If the liaison is just
for information, then there may be no need for that level of interaction.

The working methods of the ITU-T and the IETF are significantly different,
but one thing is the same.  Results are driven by people that are motivated
to get something done.  The liaison officers can help connect people, but
there needs to be people that are experts in the subject matter to progress
the work.

Regards,
-scott.

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Subject: FYI/Qs: liaison on ITU-T work on intent based networking
(SG13-LS181)

FYI: anima, nmrg

  The ITU-T work about scenarios and requirements for intent based
networking (SG13-LS181) might be
  of interest to participants to NMRG, ANIMA (if of RG/WG also work on this,
pls. let me know and
  forward). I also just stumbled across it due to the following liaison
statement posted on datatracker
  and did not have the time to read the work:

  https://datatracker.ietf.org/liaison/1696/

CC Q: (chair, IESG, Scott, Zhang):

  Q1: I am somewhat clueless about the liaison statement. I see some liasons
being Cc'ed widely 
  to interested parties in the IETF, whereas this liaison is not copied to
any actual
  groups other than leadership. How is distribution and response
responsibility being decided on ?

  Q2: IETF/IRTF has done / is doing work on intent and network archtiectures
planning to suport
  intent, for example in NMRG and ANIMA (maybe other WGs as well). What is
the appropriate way to
  let ITU-T know about this (if such dissemination of information is of
interest to IETF at all... ?)

Cheers
    Toerless