Re: Gen-ART LC Review of draft-ietf-mptcp-api-05
Joe Touch <touch@isi.edu> Fri, 17 August 2012 10:16 UTC
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On 8/13/2012 7:14 AM, philip.eardley@bt.com wrote: > Ben, > Thanks for your review. > > The right status isn't clear-cut (I think), but when we (Chairs & Wes) discussed it, Info seemed best > * mainly because precedent seems to be that API docs are informational, for example socket API extensions for SCTP http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc6458/ This has been a big mistake in the past, IMO. A key part of the definition of any protocol is its API. It is exactly as important as the "on the wire" component and the endpoint state and semantics of message exchanges. See RFC793 for a great example. What we know as sockets there is basically a direct implementation of the *specified* API for TCP. I can't argue that this document is a reason for the IETF to correct its past mistake, but the sooner it does the better. APIs ought to be a *mandatory* part of any protocol specification. As such, they should be at the same level as any other part of that spec (e.g.., standards track or experimental). Joe
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