# draft-hardaker-dns-wgs-at-ietf
## Shepherd Writeup
### Document History
1. Was the document considered in any WG, and if so, why was it not adopted as a
work item there?
The document contains the outcome of the community consultation about how to
restructure DNS-related working groups and how to divide DNS work between them.
As such, this work is not covered by any WG's charter, and adoption correctly
was not attempted.
2. Was there controversy about particular points that caused the WG to not adopt
the document?
n/a (no adoption attempted)
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.)
No.
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)?
n/a (not a protocol document)
### 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 document contents interact closely with DNS-related working groups. To
ensure their review, it has been circulated widely across WGs and in area
sessions, and a separate mailing list has been set up for collecting and
discussing feedback. This in fact was the main exercise that informed the
contents of the document. Examples for community consultation include:
* IETF#124 OPSAREA:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/124/materials/slides-124-opsarea-06-dnsietf-structural-conversation-00
* IETF#125 OPSAREA:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/125/materials/slides-125-opsarea-dnsietf-considerations-00
* Also last slide of:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/125/materials/slides-125-opsarea-1-chairs-slides-01
It is the Shepherd's impression that this review process was sufficiently
comprehensive.
There is no interaction with external organizations.
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.
n/a (no formal expert review criteria)
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?
n/a (no 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.
n/a
### 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?
The lists mainly relate to protocol development (such as internationalization,
backward compatibility). Thus, none of the topics listed at
https://wiki.ietf.org/group/iesg/ExpertTopics apply here.
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?
In response to IETF Last Call, the requested publication type was changed from
Historic to Informational. This was after a detailed discussion on when the
Historic status is warranted, and finally publication as an Informational
document found rough consensus. Datatracker attributes reflect this 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.
The document does not contain any content that could be covered by IPR.
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 Shepherd has verified this with the authors.
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.)
Authors have fixed relevant nits raised in the first Shepherd review, and none
remain.
15. Should any informative references be normative or vice-versa? See the IESG
Statement on Normative and Informative References.
No.
16. List any normative references that are not freely available to anyone. Did
the community have sufficient access to review any such normative
references?
n/a (all normative references freely available)
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.
No.
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?
No.
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.
No.
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).
All confirmed.
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.
n/a (no new IANA registries)