[ippm] Robert Wilton's No Objection on draft-ietf-ippm-route-09: (with COMMENT)

[Robert Wilton via Datatracker <[e-mail]>]

Robert Wilton has entered the following ballot position for
draft-ietf-ippm-route-09: No Objection

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COMMENT:
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Hi,

Thank you for this document, I found it mostly straight forward to read, but I
find the definition in section 3.2 slightly confusing.

3.2.  Parameters

   This section lists the REQUIRED input factors to specify a Route
   metric.

...

Possibly I'm slightly confused by what a Route metric is (it is outside of
domain of knowledge) but I was surprised by some of the input parameters (e.g.
"i", "T", "Ta").  This is probably because I initially read this sentence as
defining what parameters would need to be specified to enable an program to
perform a route metric calculation across the network (e.g., like the set of
options that might be provided to traceroute).  However, I suspect a different
meaning is intended, perhaps that these are the mandatory parameters that must
be considered in a route metric calculation?  Perhaps some tweaking of this
text might help clarify the intent?

Regards,
Rob