Re: [PWE3] OAM Msg Mapping Drafts

a) 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Stewart Bryant [mailto:stbryant@cisco.com] 
>Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 7:17 AM
>To: pwe3
>Subject: [PWE3] OAM Msg Mapping Drafts
>
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>We had hoped to resolve this face to face before the PWE3 
>meeting next week but that now looks unlikely. We are  
>concerned that we need to resolve this without the issue 
>absorbing all of the time in the WG meeting.
>
>In order to gauge the consensus of the WG we would would like 
>to ask some questions.
>
>When considering how to approach the message mapping document 
>issue, we think that the most important considerations are:
>
>1) That we deliver a high quality document that describes
>    the design to the implementors and users.
>
>2) That the Ethernet design is fully reviewed.
>
>3) That there is consistency between the approaches used
>    for the various OAM mappings.
>
>4) That the Ethernet design is delivered in an expedited
>    manner and the ATM and FR designs are also delivered
>    in a timely manner.
>
>
>We have three approaches:
>
>a) LC and publish draft-ietf-pwe3-oam-msg-map-06.txt, and
>
>    Accept draft-mohan-pwe3-mpls-eth-oam-iwk as
>    a WG document
>
>b) LC and publish draft-ietf-pwe3-oam-msg-map-07.txt
>    (i.e. Luca's rewrite) but without  the Ethernet
>    section, and
>
>    Accept draft-mohan-pwe3-mpls-eth-oam-iwk as a WG
>    document
>
>c) Use publish draft-ietf-pwe3-oam-msg-map-07.txt  as
>    the basis for ongoing work.
>
>Before any document is sent to the IESG for publication we 
>will ensure contributions are appropriately acknowledged 
>through  editorship, authorship, & acknowledgments. So please 
>set any such issues aside and focus on the best document to 
>deliver to our users.
>
>Please also set aside the poor etiquette that has taken place, 
>and  focus on  how best to deliver  the required documentation 
>to the community. On the basis of considerations 1..4 above, 
>which documentation approach, a, b or c, do you consider most 
>likely to achieve the goals of the WG?
>
>
>Stewart & Matthew
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