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Shepherd writeup
draft-ietf-i2rs-pub-sub-requirements

Template date: 2/24/2012
Date of Shepherd report: 1/4/2016

Type of RFC:  Standards document 
This document is part of a series of documents that specify requirements for an I2RS protocol. 
If possible, the I2RS protocol is to be created as an amalgamation of existing protocols that
can be combined to create the architecture described in the I2RS architecture document. 
(https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-i2rs-architecture/).  

For example, the I2RS protocol could be be compromised of configuration and notification 
from NETCONF/RESTConf) and an analytical protocol (e.g. IPFix).

The requirements for the first version of I2RS are: 
1) model driven ephemeral state - that is data models that do not survive
    a software or hardware reboot.  
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-i2rs-ephemeral-state/

2) a secure protocol - 
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-i2rs-protocol-security-requirements/

3) traceability - ability to record interactions between I2RS elements 
(Client, Agent, Routing system) 
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-i2rs-traceability/

4) notification publication via subscription 
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-i2rs-pub-sub-requirements/

5) Protocol to pass Data for Analytics  
The first version of these requirements does not include a 
separate analytical protocol requirements as the simple use cases may
pass information via query/poll or the notifications. 

The I2RS protocol exists in an secure environment described by: 
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-i2rs-security-environment-reqs/

(2) The IESG approval announcement includes a Document Announcement
Write-Up.  

Technical Summary

   This document provides requirements for a service that allows client
   applications to subscribe to updates of a YANG datastore.  Based on
   criteria negotiated as part of a subscription, updates will be pushed
   to targeted recipients.  Such a capability eliminates the need for
   periodic polling of YANG datastores by applications and fills a
   functional gap in existing YANG transports (i.e.  Netconf and
   Restconf).  Such a service can be summarized as a "pub/sub" service
   for YANG datastore updates.  Beyond a set of basic requirements for
   the service, various refinements are addressed.  These refinements
   include: periodicity of object updates, filtering out of objects
   underneath a requested a subtree, and delivery QoS guarantees.

Working Group Summary
Working consensus for requirements was honed over 6 months (May -Nov 2015).
WG LC done on individual draft 5/26/2015 to 6/9/2015 
WG LC done with All of requirement drafts 10/6/2015 to 10/20/2015 

Document Quality

  This draft is comes out of the work with Open Daylight Project 
  and other implementations of early prototype implementations of I2RS protocol. 

  A significant number of vendors have indicated their plan to 
 expand existing protocols to create an IRS amalgamate protocol. 
 A list includes the following: Cisco, Juniper, Huawei, Ericsson, 
Google, Packetdesign (Client software) and others. 

  Reviews of the requirement package deeply looked in t the  
  The NETCONF reviewed the traceability document and found no additional 
  requirements for the NETCONF or RESTCONF suite.  

  The security directorate QA review found that traceability did not by itself
  provide security's level of assurance or tracing.   Traceability  was targeted for logging
  information that adds to data assurance or tracing.  

  Routing QA review is pending. 
 
Personnel
Document shepherd:  Susan Hares
WG Chairs: Susan Hares and Jeff Haas
AD: Alia Atlas 
 
(3) Briefly describe the review of this document that was performed by
the Document Shepherd.  If this version of the document is not ready
for publication, please explain why the document is being forwarded to
the IESG.

Technical and editorial reviews were done at June and December.
Shepherd's report is at: 
https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/i2rs/diCAuZlY0cG8pW1k9E-6kil-0Tc

All issues in shepherd's report have been addressed by:
draft-ietf-i2rs-pub-sub-requirements-04

(4) Does the document Shepherd have any concerns about the depth or
breadth of the reviews that have been performed?

Shephered is satisfied with QA-reviews performed to date, but
AD has indicated that a RTG-QA review is necessary prior to AD evaluation. 

Final reviews from Security Directorate and OPS-DIR should be done on all
5 documents in the requirements suite. 

NETCONF WG reviewers (July and November 2015) understood this requirement, 
and accepted the yang push technical description as a NETCONF WG document: 
(https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-netconf-yang-push/) 
 
Other protocols included in an I2RS amalgamated protocol will need to develop
similar mechanisms so this requirement document is necessary. 

(5) Do portions of the document need review from a particular or from
broader perspective, e.g., security, operational complexity, AAA, DNS,
DHCP, XML, or internationalization? If so, describe the review that
took place.

Early NETCONF reviews were done. 

Final reviews from Security Directorate and OPS-DIR should be done on all
5 documents in the requirements suite. 

(6) Describe any specific concerns or issues that the Document Shepherd
has with this document that the Responsible Area Director and/or the
IESG should be aware of? 

No specific concerns or issues on this document. 

(7) Has each author confirmed that any and all appropriate IPR
disclosures required for full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78
and BCP 79 have already been filed. If not, explain why.

IPR reference for three authors: 
Eric Voit (evoit@cisco.com) 
https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/i2rs/xsoSTNZz8xihKU6IPbar0_gDVXw

Alberto Gonzalez Prieto (albertgo@cisco.com) 
https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/i2rs/0UwXWFMKbi2ddaCscqLvl7XwSAw
[In June] 
https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/i2rs/XdLV7CAz2vPvSwV577oPR6O5VL8

Alexander Clemm (alex@cisco.com)
https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/i2rs/381Kd70gQz1PyZh3dpwQOalBqNo

Alexander Clemm (alex@cisco.com)
https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/i2rs/381Kd70gQz1PyZh3dpwQOalBqNo

(8) Has an IPR disclosure been filed that references this document?
If so, summarize any WG discussion and conclusion regarding the IPR
disclosures.

No IPR disclosure 

(9) How solid is the WG consensus behind this document?  

Solid full WG agreement and discussion. 
NETCONF has adopted a technology draft based on the requirements. 

(10) Has anyone threatened an appeal or otherwise indicated extreme 
discontent?  

No Appeal. Everyone really likes this draft. 

(11) Identify any ID nits the Document Shepherd has found in this
document. (See https://www.ietf.org/tools/idnits/ and the Internet-Drafts
Checklist). Boilerplate checks are not enough; this check needs to be
thorough.

Nits are mentioned in: 
https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/search/?q=Shepherd&email_list=i2rs&qdr=w

(12) Describe how the document meets any required formal review
criteria, such as the MIB Doctor, media type, and URI type reviews.

Requirements document does not require MIB, Yang validation or URI reviews. 

(13) Have all references within this document been identified as
either normative or informative?

All references are appropriate.  
Shepherd has request authors to update draft to include RFC2119, and
place draft-ietf-i2rs-architecture and draft-i2rs-traceability.  

(14) Are there normative references to documents that are not ready for
advancement or are otherwise in an unclear state? If such normative
references exist, what is the plan for their completion?

All normative references are coming as part of the 
bundle with problem statement, architecture, and 
5 protocol requirements documents. 

(15) Are there downward normative references references (see RFC 3967)?
If so, list these downward references to support the Area Director in 
the Last Call procedure. 

The following two drafts in normative are associated with the I2RS initial bundle
of architecture, problem, and requirement drafts. 
These will be resolved as bundle is approved. 

   [i2rs-arch]
              Atlas, A., "An Architecture for the Interface to the
              Routing System", December 2015,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-i2rs-
              architecture/>.

   [i2rs-traceability]
              Clarke, J., Salgueiro, G., and C. Pignataro, "Interface to
              the Routing System (I2RS) Traceability: Framework and
              Information Model", December 2015,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-i2rs-
              traceability/>.

(16) Will publication of this document change the status of any
existing RFCs?  

No RFC changed.   This is new work.

(17) Describe the Document Shepherd's review of the IANA considerations
section, especially with regard to its consistency with the body of the
document.  

No requests of IANA are made since this is a requirements document. 

(18) List any new IANA registries that require Expert Review for future
allocations. Provide any public guidance that the IESG would find
useful in selecting the IANA Experts for these new registries.

No registries are created or referenced. 

(19) Describe reviews and automated checks performed by the Document
Shepherd to validate sections of the document written in a formal
language, such as XML code, BNF rules, MIB definitions, etc.

ID-NITS done.  No XML, BNF, MIB or Yang so no validation required. 
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