Subject: RE: [ipcdn] RE: MIB doctor review of: draft-ietf-ipcdn-pktc-mtami b-01.txt (Part 1)

From: "Wijnen, Bert (Bert)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 20:39:31 +0200

W.r.t.
> > > (d) The following PacketCable references need to be updated 
> > > to point to the latest versions of the documents:
> > > 
> > > Current reference           Latest version
> > > 
> > > PKT-SP-MIB-MTA-I06-030415   PKT-SP-MIB-MTA-I07-030728
> > > PKT-SP-PROV-I06-030415      PKT-SP-PROV-I07-030728
> > > PKT-SP-SEC-I08-030415       PKT-SP-SEC-I09-030728
> > ok, done in draft-02.
> ...
> > > You may also want to consider including the URLs where these 
> > > documents can be found (in addition to including the title 
> > > and document number):
> > > 
> > > 
> http://www.packetcable.com/downloads/specs/PKT-SP-MIB-MTA-I07-030728.pdf
> > > 
> http://www.packetcable.com/downloads/specs/PKT-SP-PROV-I07-030728.pdf
> > > 
> http://www.packetcable.com/downloads/specs/PKT-SP-SEC-I09-030728.pdf
> > The PacketCable specs are revised 3 times a year so this link will
> > become obsolete soon. Therefore, we would rather not include the
> > specific URLs, but just http://www.packetcable.com/specifications/
> 
> Sounds OK to me.  However, you should probably consider adding some
> words to the introductory part of the spec to let the readers know
> that they should look for the latest versions of the PacketCable
> specs by title rather than document number.  This is especially
> important since two of these documents are normative references.  
> We'd prefer to be able to point at stable documents, but my
> recollection is that the titles don't change (at least not much) and
> if a specific document number gets obsoleted you will see that
> stated in the replacement document.
> 

Let me point out that IETF/IESG basiscally wants references 
(especially NORMATIVE) to be to stable documents.
I have seen docs pushed back by IESG in the past for not having 
stable normative references. So pls make sure it is very
clear how people can get to the proper document (that is
being referenced).

Bert

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