[Drip] Re: [Editorial Errata Reported] RFC9886 (8822)

[Erik Kline <[e-mail]>]

Thanks for the extra explanation, Adam.

I agree that this is probably bigger than Editorial, and Technical makes
sense.  I'll defer to the DRIP AD, though.

On Tue, Mar 17, 2026 at 12:04 PM Adam Wiethuechter <[e-mail]>
wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> The issue was reported to the authors by Yixin Sun, an Assistant Professor
> from University of Virginia.
>
> The primary issue was that the example found in Figure 21 (and its encoded
> form in Figure 18, the other errata item) was not conformant with the CDDL
> in Section 5.2.2. The primary correction was the addition of a series of
> opening and closing braces in both the UAS ID and Auth sections to create
> the "list of items, each item being a list with two items".
>
> To take from the email that Yixin sent what is currently in document for
> Figure 21 is this:
>
> {
>     0: 0,
>     1: [4, h'...'],
>     2: [
>         5,
>         h'...',
>         5,
>         h'...',
>         5,
>         h'...',
>         5,
>         h'...'
>     ]
> }
>
>
> And what it should be is this (the additions have extra spacing around
> them and have been *bolded* to make it clearer for discussion):
>
> {
>     0: 0,
>     1: [ *[* 4, h'...' *]* ],
>     2: [
>         *[* 5, h'...' *]*,
>         *[* 5, h'...' *]*,
>         *[* 5, h'...' *]*,
>         *[* 5, h'...' *]*
>     ]
> }
>
>
> So the note in the Erratum should be update to something as follows IMO:
>
> "The original Figure 21 was erroneously left unaltered after a change to
> the CDDL in Section 5.2.2. For the "uas_ids" (key 1) and "auths" (key 2)
> element. Each entry for these keys is a list with a list of two items. This
> erratum corrects Figure 21 by adding the missing opening/closing array
> markers for each entry in these two keys to align with the CDDL of Section
> 5.2.2. Another erratum is filed to update the base64 encoding of Figure 18
> to properly encode this CBOR data with the changes made. Thank you to
> Assistant Professor Yixin Sun from University of Virginia for bringing this
> error to the attention of the authors."
>
> This same text applies to the other Erratum (ID 8823), which I will give a
> separate response for.
>
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 1:49 PM Madison Church <
> [e-mail]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Erik and Éric,
>>
>> We are unable to verify this erratum that the submitter marked as
>> editorial, so we changed the Type to “Technical”. As Stream Approvers,
>> please review and set the Status and Type accordingly (see the definitions
>> at https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata-definitions/)
>>
>> You may review the report at: https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid8822.
>>
>>
>> Information on how to verify errata reports can be found at:
>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/how-to-verify/.
>>
>> Further information on errata can be found at:
>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata.php.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Madison Church
>> RFC Production Center
>>
>> > On Mar 11, 2026, at 8:29 PM, RFC Errata System <
>> [e-mail]> wrote:
>> >
>> > The following errata report has been submitted for RFC9886,
>> > "DRIP Entity Tags (DETs) in the Domain Name System".
>> >
>> > --------------------------------------
>> > You may review the report below and at:
>> > https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid8822
>> >
>> > --------------------------------------
>> > Type: Editorial
>> > Reported by: Adam Wiethuechter <[e-mail]>
>> >
>> > Section: A.2.2, Figure 21
>> >
>> > Original Text
>> > -------------
>> > {
>> >    0: 0,
>> >    1: [4, h'012001003FFE000A05130824699A4BC6B2'],
>> >    2: [
>> >        5,
>> >        h'01FADEF6670AEDF6672001003FFE0000
>> >        055E60A1571E91A0B79990D5B04B72A180
>> >        66D4092B52C7D4994FB7C16BD7E8C1F440
>> >        FFA8D04FF1E13F2001003FFE0000055E60
>> >        A1571E91A0B7BC2F66D4982EBD7B7B5B6A
>> >        38C313EE99A4F520FDD340DDDF40FDBC86
>> >        922748896C4B0ABC5023639B669DEE9753
>> >        BE6D84A9F38940D3CA0A5BD1666E2A4CEE
>> >        450C',
>> >        5,
>> >        h'0197E0F667A7EEF6672001003FFE000A
>> >        056615EE45D42709A0CE681E36E1141AEB
>> >        560D6E76BC796B7B7CB454E463CCB1F12D
>> >        E30A380101803F2001003FFE0000055E60
>> >        A1571E91A0B7EFDEAFA62D1077C9AE539A
>> >        363CFB70B37680D94FD459F97A4DE610E2
>> >        03A272CB1049BD47B0C4BCCF3614D7429F
>> >        2F103EF55C013CDAD326B777C1E336F358
>> >        D40B',
>> >        5,
>> >        h'010AE1F6671AEFF6672001003FFE000A
>> >        05260ED4376B256E288233FDAEB5068BC1
>> >        4859D113A0EDFCF8DC07814E3DD2765E6B
>> >        5B82E04D0705972001003FFE000A056615
>> >        EE45D42709A088F20AB8890B10320164CE
>> >        1CF9A51CBD3630A4A9B07BE2893CDEAB00
>> >        47F4AFD1AF3E350988B1F476B300838064
>> >        EF0571F53933E58B2C96686905811E731B
>> >        4D0C',
>> >        5,
>> >        h'01DCE2F667ECF0F6672001003FFE000A
>> >        05130824699A4BC6B2C92E2F9D97E8960F
>> >        9B5F1654F8B09039F9DADC5BCF061EAC4F
>> >        0CEA79E8E877FA2001003FFE000A05260E
>> >        D4376B256E2880E7DCF234E29982E64CE3
>> >        B2159A14C768CE3B0B41D639EA509AFA6D
>> >        86B03283EB4773252860465AC573D725CD
>> >        A94511A02A98770B187BAD6F7798BA609A
>> >        A701'
>> >    ]
>> > }
>> >
>> > Corrected Text
>> > --------------
>> > {
>> >    0: 0,
>> >    1: [[4, h'012001003FFE000A05130824699A4BC6B2']],
>> >    2: [
>> >        [5,
>> >        h'01FADEF6670AEDF6672001003FFE0000
>> >        055E60A1571E91A0B79990D5B04B72A180
>> >        66D4092B52C7D4994FB7C16BD7E8C1F440
>> >        FFA8D04FF1E13F2001003FFE0000055E60
>> >        A1571E91A0B7BC2F66D4982EBD7B7B5B6A
>> >        38C313EE99A4F520FDD340DDDF40FDBC86
>> >        922748896C4B0ABC5023639B669DEE9753
>> >        BE6D84A9F38940D3CA0A5BD1666E2A4CEE
>> >        450C'],
>> >        [5,
>> >        h'0197E0F667A7EEF6672001003FFE000A
>> >        056615EE45D42709A0CE681E36E1141AEB
>> >        560D6E76BC796B7B7CB454E463CCB1F12D
>> >        E30A380101803F2001003FFE0000055E60
>> >        A1571E91A0B7EFDEAFA62D1077C9AE539A
>> >        363CFB70B37680D94FD459F97A4DE610E2
>> >        03A272CB1049BD47B0C4BCCF3614D7429F
>> >        2F103EF55C013CDAD326B777C1E336F358
>> >        D40B'],
>> >        [5,
>> >        h'010AE1F6671AEFF6672001003FFE000A
>> >        05260ED4376B256E288233FDAEB5068BC1
>> >        4859D113A0EDFCF8DC07814E3DD2765E6B
>> >        5B82E04D0705972001003FFE000A056615
>> >        EE45D42709A088F20AB8890B10320164CE
>> >        1CF9A51CBD3630A4A9B07BE2893CDEAB00
>> >        47F4AFD1AF3E350988B1F476B300838064
>> >        EF0571F53933E58B2C96686905811E731B
>> >        4D0C'],
>> >        [5,
>> >        h'01DCE2F667ECF0F6672001003FFE000A
>> >        05130824699A4BC6B2C92E2F9D97E8960F
>> >        9B5F1654F8B09039F9DADC5BCF061EAC4F
>> >        0CEA79E8E877FA2001003FFE000A05260E
>> >        D4376B256E2880E7DCF234E29982E64CE3
>> >        B2159A14C768CE3B0B41D639EA509AFA6D
>> >        86B03283EB4773252860465AC573D725CD
>> >        A94511A02A98770B187BAD6F7798BA609A
>> >        A701']
>> >    ]
>> > }
>> >
>> > Notes
>> > -----
>> > Figure 21 contains an encoding discrepancy against the official CDDL in
>> Section 5.2.2 Figure 5.
>> >
>> > Instructions:
>> > -------------
>> > This erratum is currently posted as "Reported". (If it is spam, it
>> > will be removed shortly by the RFC Production Center.) Please
>> > use "Reply All" to discuss whether it should be verified or
>> > rejected. When a decision is reached, the verifying party
>> > will log in to change the status and edit the report, if necessary.
>> >
>> > --------------------------------------
>> > RFC9886 (draft-ietf-drip-registries-33)
>> > --------------------------------------
>> > Title               : DRIP Entity Tags (DETs) in the Domain Name System
>> > Publication Date    : December 2025
>> > Author(s)           : A. Wiethuechter, Ed., J. Reid
>> > Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
>> > Source              : Drone Remote ID Protocol
>> > Stream              : IETF
>> > Verifying Party     : IESG
>>
>>
>
> --
> 73 // Adam Wiethuechter // Trustworthy System Engineer
>