[mpls] [Editorial Errata Reported] RFC7307 (5145)

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Subject: [mpls] [Editorial Errata Reported] RFC7307 (5145)
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The following errata report has been submitted for RFC7307,
"LDP Extensions for Multi-Topology".

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You may review the report below and at:
http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid5145

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Type: Editorial
Reported by: Sandra Murphy <sandy@tislabs.com>

Section: 4.3.2

Original Text
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The format of this sub-TLV is similar to the LDP IPv4 FEC sub-TLV as
defined in [RFC4379]. In addition to "IPv4 prefix" and "Prefix
Length" fields, this new sub-TLV also specifies the MT-ID (Multi-
Topology ID). The Length for this sub-TLV is 5.

Corrected Text
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The format of the MT LDP IPv4 prefix sub-TLV (type 31) is similar to
the LDP IPv4 prefix sub-TLV (type 1) as defined in [RFC4379]. In
addition to the "IPv4 prefix" and "Prefix Length" fields already
defined in the LDP IPv4 prefix sub-TLV, the new MT LDP IPv4 prefix
sub-TLV also specifies the MT-ID (Multi-Topology ID) field. While
the length of the LDP IPv4 prefix sub-TLV is 5 (and does not include
the trailing MBZ bytes), the length of this new MT LDP IPv6 prefix
sub-TLV is 8 (and does include the internal MBZ byte).

Notes
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The original text uses "this sub-TLV" in ways that can be ambiguous. In particular, the final sentence "The Length for this sub-TLV is 5." is incorrect if "this sub-TLV" refers to the topic of the section, i.e., "MT LDP IPv4 FEC Sub-TLV", but is correct if "this sub-TLV" refers to the LDP IPv4 prefix sub-TLV defined in RFC4379/RFC8029. The revised text is suggested to remove the ambiguities. Adrian Farrell provided the bulk of the suggested revisions.

In addition, the sub-TLV names are changed to match the names that were registered in the IANA registry, to aid those trying to find the registry entries.

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RFC7307 (draft-ietf-mpls-ldp-multi-topology-12)
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Title : LDP Extensions for Multi-Topology
Publication Date : July 2014
Author(s) : Q. Zhao, K. Raza, C. Zhou, L. Fang, L. Li, D. King
Category : PROPOSED STANDARD
Source : Multiprotocol Label Switching
Area : Routing
Stream : IETF
Verifying Party : IESG

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