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I am the assigned Gen-ART reviewer for this draft. For background on
Gen-ART, please see the FAQ at <http://wiki.tools.ietf.org/area/gen/trac/wiki/GenArtfaq>. Please resolve these comments along with any other Last Call comments you may receive. Document: draft-cotton-rfc4020bis-01 Reviewer: Robert Sparks Review Date: 2013-09-11 IETF LC End Date: 2013-09-24 IESG Telechat date: not scheduled Summary: This draft is on the right track but has open issues, described in the review. (That summary was taken from the options in RFC6385. I would prefer to say "There is one minor issue that is bigger than a nit, but it should be easy to straighten out") Issue : Section 2 is very confusing. It starts out listing 4 things that look like they all have to be met. But then the last sentence confuses things. Is just reinforcing that both a and b have to be met (if so, then wouldn't things also stop if c and d weren't met? (see 3.1 step2)). I suggest replacing "If conditions (a) or (b)" with "If any of the above conditions" Nit 1: Section 3.1 reads harshly at the transition from step 4 to step 5. It leaves it implicit that the AD has to approve. Step 3 has "if steps 2 and 3 are satisfied". 4020 said "with the approval of the Area Director(s)". Adding that text to step 5 would address the nit. Nit 2: The introduction contains a bit of text that it carried forward, slightly modified, from 4020 for which I suggest further modification: replace "the IETF community wishes to retain tight control of the protocol" with "the IETF community has consensus to retain tight control of the registry content" That way this document is reflecting the actual process point that would lead to a tighter registration policy without trying to speculate what motivated that consensus. Nit 3: Several reviewers have pointed to a lack of clarity in section 2 a. I suggest taking the change John Klensin proposed (with tweaks as below) The code points must normally be from a space designated as "RFC Required", "IETF Review", or "Standards Action". In addition, code points from a "Specification Required" space are allowed if the specification will be published as an RFC. |