Early Review of draft-ietf-dnsop-rfc7958bis-00
review-ietf-dnsop-rfc7958bis-00-dnsdir-early-obser-2024-02-06-00

I have been selected as the DNS Directorate reviewer for this draft. The
DNS Directorate seeks to review all DNS or DNS-related drafts as
they pass through IETF last call and IESG review, and sometimes on special
request. The purpose of the review is to provide assistance to the ADs.
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I think the document is basically ready. I spotted a few nits, feel free to
ignore as many as you like.

* Abstract

> This document describes the format and publication mechanisms IANA
> intends to use to distribute the DNSSEC trust anchors.

while in "1. Introduction" we have:

> This document describes the formats and distribution methods of DNSSEC
> trust anchors that have been used by IANA for the root zone of the DNS
> since 2010.

Which one is it? Maybe this would be better:

> This document describes the format and publication mechanisms IANA
> uses to distribute the DNSSEC trust anchors.

* 1.  Introduction

> A detailed description of corresponding
> key management practices can be found in [DPS], which can be
> retrieved from the IANA Repository at <https://www.iana.org/dnssec/>.

It seems redundant to add a reference as [DPS] and then provide a link
in-line. Additionally the reference and in-line link are different:
https://www.iana.org/dnssec/
vs.
https://www.iana.org/dnssec/procedures

Maybe just shorten it to

> A detailed description of corresponding key management practices can
> be found in [DPS].

* 2. IANA DNSSEC Root Zone Trust Anchor Formats and Semantics

> IANA publishes trust anchors for the root zone as an XML document
> that contains the hashes of the DNSKEY records.

since IANA wishes to also publish the DNSKEY itself, maybe this is better:

> IANA publishes trust anchors for the root zone as an XML document
> that contains the hashes of the DNSKEY records and optionally the keys
> from the DNSKEY records.

* Appendix A.  Historical Note

Missing text:
> The second KSK for use in the root zone of the DNS was [ MORE GOES
> HERE ].