A BNF specification for RSVP-GMPLS and LMP

["Adrian Farrel" <[e-mail]>]

Hi,

This draft provides a specification of the BNF we already use in RSVP-TE and 
LMP and makes it available for use in future protocol extensions.

I intend asking that this draft progress in the standards process relatively 
soon.

Please review and comment as soon as possible.

Thanks,
Adrian
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>A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts 
>directories.
>
> Title           : Reduced Backus-Naur Form (RBNF) A Syntax Used in Various 
> Protocol Specifications
> Author(s)       : A. Farrel
> Filename        : draft-farrel-rtg-common-bnf-06.txt
> Pages           : 12
> Date            : 2008-10-24
>
> Several protocols have been specified using a common variant of the
> Backus-Naur Form (BNF) of representing message syntax. However, there
> is no formal definition of this version of BNF.
>
> There is value in using the same variant of BNF for the set of
> protocols that are commonly used together. This reduces confusion and
> simplifies implementation.
>
> Updating existing documents to use some other variant of BNF that is
> already formally documented would be a substantial piece of work.
>
> This document provides a formal definition of the variant of BNF that
> has been used (that we call Reduced BNF), and makes it available for
> use by new protocols.
>
> A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-farrel-rtg-common-bnf-06.txt