Re: [Rmt] AD comments on draft-ietf-rmt-pi-alc-revised-06

[Magnus Westerlund <[e-mail]>]

Watson, Mark skrev:
> Hi Magnus,
> 
> I think you have overestimated the scope of my proposal (or I have
> overstated it). I am thinking something almost editorial in nature. I’m
> not suggesting that anyone try to write text which is generic across
> multiple protocols or multiple arbitrary domains.
> 
> What I’m suggesting is that if you have requirements for a *specific
> protocol* which are applicable to a *specific non-Internet domain*, then
> these should be collected into a “Requirements for non-Internet domains”
> section, rather than spread throughout the rest of the document.
> (Equally there could be requirements for non-Internet domains with
> specific well-defined properties – such as the text suggested by Rod for
> ALC which refers to “unidirectional fully provisioned (at a lower layer)
> channels”.)
> 
> The advantages are
> 
>     * if this section is deleted, you then have a complete protocol
>       specification that meets the requirements for Internet usage and
>       this would be a very clear and unambiguous policy.
>     * other SDOs have an clear place into which to propose their
>       domain-specific requirements, without the usual confusion about
>       whether those requirements mess things up for Internet usage.
> 
> 
> It just seems to me that there is a process discussion about
> non-Internet requirements which we repeat every time, and perhaps with
> guidance from the IESG that repetition could be avoided.
> 

Mark,

Okay, I understand your proposal better.

I think this is hard to do in a generic fashion as each specific domain
requires its considerations both technical and politically. In cases it
makes sense I can see writing up such recommendations for a specific
other domain.

However, what are you suggesting in regards to this document?

Cheers

Magnus Westerlund

IETF Transport Area Director & TSVWG Chair
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