Shepherd writeup
draft-ietf-dtn-ipn-update

Document Shepherd Writeup for Update to the ipn URI scheme
Scott Burleigh
25 December 2023

# Document History
1. Does the working group (WG) consensus represent the strong concurrence of a
few individuals, with others being silent, or did it reach broad agreement?
>> There was extensive discussion on the mailing list among over two dozen
working group members.  The document reflects broad agreement among the members.

2. Was there controversy about particular points, or were there decisions where
the consensus was particularly rough?
>> Discussion of some detailed points of the specification was spirited but
agreement was reached. The main point of contention initially was whether to
define an entirely new ipn URI specification with a 128-bit namespace or,
alternatively, to retain the existing 64-bit namespace (to preserve
compatibility with existing implementations and deployments) and instead simply
define CBOR and textual encodings that would provide the required capabilities.
 In the end the latter position was adopted. There was also especially lively
dispute over governance considerations, i.e., how exactly would node numbers be
assigned by allocators?  It was decided this topic properly belonged in a
separate draft, as future work.  It was removed, enabling consensus on the
technical issues to be achieved and the document to progress.

3. Has anyone threatened an appeal or otherwise indicated extreme discontent? If
so, please summarize the areas of conflict in separate email messages to the
responsible Area Director. (It should be in a separate email because this
questionnaire is publicly available.)
>> I am not aware of any such extreme discontent.

4. For protocol documents, are there existing implementations of the contents of
the document? Have a significant number of potential implementers indicated
plans to implement? Are any existing implementations reported somewhere,
either in the document itself (as RFC 7942 recommends) or elsewhere
(where)?
>> There are as yet no known implementations of the ipn URI scheme update
described in this document.  Three implementers are known to be planning to
make these modifications.

# Additional Reviews
5. Do the contents of this document closely interact with technologies in other
IETF working groups or external organizations, and would it therefore benefit
from their review? Have those reviews occurred? If yes, describe which
reviews took place.
>> The ipn URI scheme is not known at this time to be utilized by any
technologies other than Delay-Tolerant Networking (DTN); IETF working groups
other than the DTN WG have not reviewed the document. The DTN Working Group of
the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) reviewed the document
in email and at WG meetings between October 2022 and August 2023, offered
comments, and has determined that these modifications preserve interoperability
with the CCSDS profile of Bundle Protocol version 7 (BPv7).

6. Describe how the document meets any required formal expert review criteria,
such as the MIB Doctor, YANG Doctor, media type, and URI type reviews.
>> No formal expert reviews were found to be applicable.

7. If the document contains a YANG module, has the final version of the module
been checked with any of the recommended validation tools for syntax and
formatting validation? If there are any resulting errors or warnings, what is
the justification for not fixing them at this time? Does the YANG module
comply with the Network Management Datastore Architecture (NMDA) as specified
in RFC 8342? >> The document does not contain a YANG module.

8. Describe reviews and automated checks performed to validate sections of the
final version of the document written in a formal language, such as XML code,
BNF rules, MIB definitions, CBOR's CDDL, etc.
>> Appendix A of the document defines the syntax of the revised ipn URI scheme
in ABNF representation.  The IETF ABNF validator tool at
https://author-tools.ietf.org/abnf was used to validate that syntax. Appendix C
details the CDDL definitions that are applicable to this document.  The
definitions were reviewed by Carsten Bormann. Document Shepherd Checks

9. Based on the shepherd's review of the document, is it their opinion that this
document is needed, clearly written, complete, correctly designed, and ready
to be handed off to the responsible Area Director?
>> Yes.

10. Several IETF Areas have assembled lists of common issues that their
reviewers encounter. For which areas have such issues been identified
and addressed? For which does this still need to happen in subsequent
reviews?
>> Only the common issues identified for the Transport area are relevant,
specifically only the IANA Considerations issue.  This issue is addressed: no
codepoints are identified in this document other than ‘0’, which is
administratively defined.

11. What type of RFC publication is being requested on the IETF stream (Best
Current Practice, Proposed Standard, Internet Standard,
Informational, Experimental or Historic)? Why is this the proper type
of RFC? Do all Datatracker state attributes correctly reflect this intent?
>> Publication as a Proposed Standard is requested.  The specification is
intended to be Standards Track eventually but has not yet been implemented. 
The Datatracker state attributes reflect the intent correctly.

12. Have reasonable efforts been made to remind all authors of the intellectual
property rights (IPR) disclosure obligations described in BCP 79? To
the best of your knowledge, have all required disclosures been filed? If
not, explain why. If yes, summarize any relevant discussion, including links
to publicly-available messages when applicable.
>> All authors have been reminded of the disclosure obligations described in
BCP 79.  To the best of my knowledge, all required disclosures have been filed
and there was no relevant discussion.

13. Has each author, editor, and contributor shown their willingness to be
listed as such? If the total number of authors and editors on the front page
is greater than five, please provide a justification.
>> The document has two authors, both of whom have declared that they are
willing to be listed as such.

14. Document any remaining I-D nits in this document. Simply running the idnits
tool is not enough; please review the "Content Guidelines" on
authors.ietf.org. (Also note that the current idnits tool generates
some incorrect warnings; a rewrite is underway.)
>> Nits identified by the idnits tool have been addressed.
No distinct Summary of Changes section is included, but the changes from RFC
7116 are summarized in the Introduction. The sole erratum against RFC 7116 was
documented by one of the authors of the present document and has been addressed
in this new specification.  However, the I-D does not state explicitly that it
addresses that erratum.

15. Should any informative references be normative or vice-versa? See the IESG
Statement on Normative and Informative References.
>> All references are correctly documented.

16. List any normative references that are not freely available to anyone. Did
the community have sufficient access to review any such normative
references?
>> All normative references are RFCs.

17. Are there any normative downward references (see RFC 3967 and BCP
97) that are not already listed in the DOWNREF registry? If so,
list them.
>> There are no normative downward references.

18. Are there normative references to documents that are not ready to be
submitted to the IESG for publication or are otherwise in an unclear state?
If so, what is the plan for their completion?
>> There are no normative references to documents whose status is unclear.

19. Will publication of this document change the status of any existing RFCs? If
so, does the Datatracker metadata correctly reflect this and are those RFCs
listed on the title page, in the abstract, and discussed in the
introduction? If not, explain why and point to the part of the document
where the relationship of this document to these other RFCs is discussed.
>> Publication of this document will update RFCs 9171 and 7116, as noted in the
document.  The Datatracker metadata does not yet reflect this.

20. Describe the document shepherd's review of the IANA considerations section,
especially with regard to its consistency with the body of the document.
Confirm that all aspects of the document requiring IANA assignments are
associated with the appropriate reservations in IANA registries. Confirm
that any referenced IANA registries have been clearly identified. Confirm
that each newly created IANA registry specifies its initial contents,
allocations procedures, and a reasonable name (see RFC 8126).
>> The IANA Considerations section is consistent with the document’s content. 
No IANA assignments are requested.  Referenced IANA registries are clearly
identified. New IANA registries for which creation is requested are identified
by reasonable names, and their allocation procedures and initial contents are
specified.

21. List any new IANA registries that require Designated Expert Review for
future allocations. Are the instructions to the Designated Expert clear?
Please include suggestions of designated experts, if appropriate.
>> The newly requested IANA "'ipn' Scheme URI Allocator Identifiers" registry
requires Designated Expert review for future allocations. Clear instructions to
the Designated Expert are provided.

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