The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Hierarchical Join/Prune Attributes' (draft-ietf-pim-hierarchicaljoinattr-08.txt) as Proposed Standard This document is the product of the Protocols for IP Multicast Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Alvaro Retana, Alia Atlas and Deborah Brungard. A URL of this Internet Draft is: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-pim-hierarchicaljoinattr/ Technical Summary This document defines a hierachical method of encoding Join attributes, providing a more efficient encoding when the same attribute values need to be specified for multiple sources in a PIM Join/Prune message. Working Group Summary There has been light, but unanimous, support for the document. Only support has been shown, nothing controversial in this draft. Document Quality There are implementation plans from at least one vendor. Personnel Document Shepherd = Mike McBride Area Director = Alvaro Retana
