Hi Elwyn, Benjamin, Much thanks for the careful review! Ben is correct that an Informational document can be normatively referenced.. There are differences in how the different working groups do references. In PCE, requirements documents are not usually normatively referenced (e.g. 5540, 8231, 8623 just to name a quick couple). Especially as with this document, a summary is provided of the terms and requirements. And the document does normatively reference more than 20 GMPLS documents which are the necessary ones for understanding implementation and the basis of the work. Unless the authors, chairs, working group have changed their interpretation, I agree this reference is informative. Thanks! Deborah -----Original Message----- From: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@xxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2019 3:35 PM To: Cyril Margaria <cyril.margaria@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Elwyn Davies <elwynd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; gen-art@xxxxxxxx; draft-ietf-pce-gmpls-pcep-extensions.all@xxxxxxxx; pce@xxxxxxxx; ietf@xxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [Pce] Genart telechat review of draft-ietf-pce-gmpls-pcep-extensions-14 On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 02:48:00PM +0100, Cyril Margaria wrote: > Thanks for the review, > > a new version has been posted addressing your comments. > Please also see inline > > On Wed, 10 Apr 2019 at 13:47, Elwyn Davies via Datatracker > <noreply@xxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > > > s9.2, RFC7025: Given the references to the requirements document for > > this work, I would consider RFC 7025 to be normative. > > > > [MC] 7025 is marked as Informational, so I am not sure it should > listed as normative. The status (Informational/PS/etc.) of a reference is not relevant to whether the reference is properly normative or informative. Please see https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.ietf.org_about_groups_iesg_statements_normative-2Dinformative-2Dreferences_&d=DwIBAg&c=LFYZ-o9_HUMeMTSQicvjIg&r=6UhGpW9lwi9dM7jYlxXD8w&m=cjIGq8MdFpzTHZnHDJ7oSYY0AALP5ePN_V5HGddlfp0&s=E6DoKmUBMTYqyAGkcga-bvCVaIkfO2l4sTdxZHc11d4&e= for further background -- if a normative reference on an Informational document is needed, the responsible AD will take care of making that work, procedurally. -Ben
