Re: Who is the design ultimate authority over IPv6? (Re: [spring] WGLC - draft-ietf-spring-srv6-network-programming)

[S Moonesamy <[e-mail]>]

Hi Mark,

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At 10:31 PM 05-03-2020, Mark Smith wrote:
>The final interpretation and intent of text in RFC8200 should be up to
>6man, not SPRING, when there is ambiguity and dispute, as 6man is the
>ultimate design authority for IPv6.
>
>RFC5704, "Uncoordinated Protocol Development Considered Harmful":
>
>" In particular, the
>    IAB considers it an essential principle of the protocol development
>    process that only one SDO maintains design authority for a given
>    protocol, with that SDO having ultimate authority over the allocation
>    of protocol parameter code-points and over defining the intended
>    semantics, interpretation, and actions associated with those code-
>    points."
>
>IETF WGs would qualify as standards development organisations.

The Standards Development Organization is the IETF.  The working 
group is the equivalent of a committee within the IETF.  The design 
authority, internally, is IPv6 Maintenance Working Group.

Sometimes, the work within the Area in which I was active would 
overlap with another Area.  My preference was to identify the 
relevant working group and ask for advice.  The question of which 
working group is the design authority did not arise.

Regards,
S. Moonesamy