Subject: Re: Last Call: <draft-murdock-nato-nid-02.txt> (URN Namespace for NATO) to Informational RFC

From: Alexey Melnikov <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 10:21:26 +0100

Hi,

> On 22 Oct 2014, at 22:10, The IESG <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
> 
> The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider
> the following document:
> - 'URN Namespace for NATO'
>  <draft-murdock-nato-nid-02.txt> as Informational RFC
> 
> The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits
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This document looks fine and I support its publication. But if I am to nit pick, I think it should be changed to use ABNF or at least state which BNF form it is using to describe syntax.

> Abstract
> 
> 
>   This document describes a Uniform Resource Name (URN) namespace for
>   assignment by NATO.  The current primary use is for uniquely
>   identifying Extensible Markup Language (XML) artifacts that provide
>   information about NATO message text formats and service
>   specifications as described in various NATO standards [4],
>   instructions and publications.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> The file can be obtained via
> http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-murdock-nato-nid/
> 
> IESG discussion can be tracked via
> http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-murdock-nato-nid/ballot/
> 
> 
> No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.
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