[dns-dir] "Bonjour" protocol doc suite

[Ralph Droms <[e-mail]>]

The authors of the following documents have published revisions and
have asked me to bring them back to the IESG as AD sponsored
submissions:

Multicast DNS, <draft-cheshire-dnsext-multicastdns-11.txt>
DNS-Based Service Discovery, <draft-cheshire-dnsext-dns-sd-06.txt>
Requirements for a Protocol to Replace AppleTalk NBP,
   <draft-cheshire-dnsext-nbp-08.txt>

As many of you are likely aware, these documents have been reviewed by
the IESG, and the mDNS and DNS-SD docs have been through IETF last
call (as far as I can tell, the NBP doc has been reviewed by the IESG
but has not gone through an IETF last call).  The newly published
revisions of these documents take the previous reviews into account
and I believe they are close to ready for re-review by the IESG and
the IETF.

During the previous reviews of the mNDS and DNS-SD documents, the
question of "Standards Track" versus "Informational" was raised.  The
authors have addressed the specific comments from previous reviews
related to this question and have asked that the documents be
published as "Standards Track".

I know these are long documents, but I would like to get at least
preliminary feedback on the docments from the DNS Directorate before
putting them back on the IESG agenda.  If you know of any reason why I
should not go ahead with an IETF last call, please let me know by Thu,
Sep 16.  Any discussion of the docs and how to proceed with their
review would be welcome and appreciated.  A more thorough review can
be provided during the IETF last call.  If reviewers want to read the
last call comments for the mDNS and DNS-SD docs, the relevant threads
are available at:

http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf/current/msg59418.html
http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf/current/msg53588.html

respectively.

One important issue that will need to be resolved is the disposition
of ".local.", as used by mDNS.  This issue seems to be related to the
"sink.arpa." issue (I think I understand the differences between the
two issues), which has been black-holed by the IAB.  I will restart
the sink.arpa. discussion in anticipation of a similar discussion
about .local.

- Ralph