A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. BCP 161 RFC 6291 Title: Guidelines for the Use of the "OAM" Acronym in the IETF Author: L. Andersson, H. van Helvoort, R. Bonica, D. Romascanu, S. Mansfield Status: Best Current Practice Stream: IETF Date: June 2011 Mailbox: loa.andersson@ericsson.com, huub.van.helvoort@huawei.com, rbonica@juniper.net, dromasca@avaya.com, scott.mansfield@ericsson.com Pages: 9 Characters: 16696 See Also: BCP0161 I-D Tag: draft-ietf-opsawg-mpls-tp-oam-def-10.txt URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6291.txt At first glance, the acronym "OAM" seems to be well-known and well-understood. Looking at the acronym a bit more closely reveals a set of recurring problems that are revisited time and again. This document provides a definition of the acronym "OAM" (Operations, Administration, and Maintenance) for use in all future IETF documents that refer to OAM. There are other definitions and acronyms that will be discussed while exploring the definition of the constituent parts of the "OAM" term. This memo documents an Internet Best Current Practice. This document is a product of the Operations and Management Area Working Group Working Group of the IETF. BCP: This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce http://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcsearch.html. For downloading RFCs, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html. Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce mailing list IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce