[Dime] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6733 (4808)

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The following errata report has been submitted for RFC6733,
"Diameter Base Protocol".

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You may review the report below and at:
http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=6733&eid=4808

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Type: Technical
Reported by: Zbigniew Rapnicki <zbigniew.rapnicki@computaris.com>

Section: 1.1.3

Original Text
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This document obsoletes RFC 3588 but is fully backward compatible
   with that document.

Corrected Text
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This document obsoletes RFC 3588.

Notes
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When comparing the BNF for the answer messages CEA, DPA, DWA, RAA, STA and ASA it can be seen that FAILED-AVP avp is no longer marked with the * which means it can be present only once in the diameter message.
Previous specification (rfc3588) defines multiple FAILED-AVP avp usage in a single diameter message.
Similar case is for Vendor-Specific-Application-Id AVP definition. 
Previous specification allows multiple usage of Vendor-Id avp in a single message while the new specification defines it as a single mandatory AVP:
rfc3588:
<Vendor-Specific-Application-Id> ::= < AVP Header: 260 >
                                     1* [ Vendor-Id ]
                                     0*1{ Auth-Application-Id }
                                     0*1{ Acct-Application-Id }

rfc6733:
<Vendor-Specific-Application-Id> ::= < AVP Header: 260 >
                                           { Vendor-Id }
                                           [ Auth-Application-Id ]
                                           [ Acct-Application-Id ]
										   
How this facts applies to the sentence about fully backward compatibility in the section 1.1.3?

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RFC6733 (draft-ietf-dime-rfc3588bis-33)
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Title               : Diameter Base Protocol
Publication Date    : October 2012
Author(s)           : V. Fajardo, Ed., J. Arkko, J. Loughney, G. Zorn, Ed.
Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
Source              : Diameter Maintenance and Extensions
Area                : Operations and Management
Stream              : IETF
Verifying Party     : IESG