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draft-ietf-ntp-extension-field

(1) What type of RFC is being requested (BCP, Proposed Standard, Internet
Standard, Informational, Experimental, or Historic)? Why is this the proper
type of RFC? Is this type of RFC indicated in the title page header?

This document is being requested for publication as a Proposed Standard. It
updates RFC5905, which is a standards track RFC, and therefore it belongs in
the standards track. The intended status is shown on the title page.

(2) The IESG approval announcement includes a Document Announcement Write-Up.
Please provide such a Document Announcement Write-Up. Recent examples can be
found in the "Action" announcements for approved documents. The approval
announcement contains the following sections:

Technical Summary:

The Network Time Protocol Version 4 (NTPv4) [RFC5905] defines the optional
usage of extension fields in NTP packets. The current document updates RFC5905
by clarifying some points regarding the usage of the NTP extension fields.

Working Group Summary:

The document has clear working group consensus for publication, and has been
reviewed by several WG participants since its initial adoption as a working
group item. Since the publication of NTPv4, various questions were raised on
the WG mailing list regarding the correct usage of extension fields. These
questions and discussions triggered the publication of the current document.

Document Quality:

This document has been reviewed and revised many times. There were no specific
external expert reviews conducted. The WGLC notification was sent to the TICTOC
working group in addition to the NTP working group

Personnel:

Karen O'Donoghue is acting as the Document Shepherd.  Brian Haberman is the
Responsible Area Director.

(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.

The document shepherd has followed the working group process and reviewed the
final document and feels this document is ready for IESG review.

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

The document shepherd does not have any concerns about the reviews that were
performed.

(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.

This document does not require any special reviews beyond those planned during
the IESG review process.

(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? For example, perhaps he or she is uncomfortable with certain parts of
the document, or has concerns whether there really is a need for it. In any
event, if the WG has discussed those issues and has indicated that it still
wishes to advance the document, detail those concerns here.

The Document Shepherd is comfortable with this document as an update to RFC
5905 regarding the NTP extension fields. The documents represent the consensus
of the working group.

(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?

The authors have confirmed that they have dealt with all appropriate IPR
disclosures.

(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 disclosures have been filed that reference this document.

(9) How solid is the WG consensus behind this document? Does it represent the
strong concurrence of a few individuals, with others being silent, or does the
WG as a whole understand and agree with it?

The document represents strong WG consensus.

(10) 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.

There have been no threats of anyone appealing the documents.

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

* There is a comment regarding non-compliant IPv4 addresses. ID nits mistakenly
parses some of the section numbers as IP addresses. * Since the document
updates RFC 5905, the following warning is shown: The document seems to lack a
disclaimer for pre-RFC5378 work, but may have content which was first submitted
before 10 November 2008…. * There are two comments about problematic
references. It appears that two references to RFC errata have not been
formatted correctly.

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

There are no formal review criteria for this document.

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

All references are tagged as normative or informative.

(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 completed.

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

There is a normative reference to an erratum of RFC 5905, which is a standard
track document.

[RFC5905Err]  RFC 5905 Technical Erratum 3627, May 2014.

(16) Will publication of this document change the status of any existing RFCs?
Are those RFCs listed on the title page header, listed in the abstract, and
discussed in the introduction? If the RFCs are not listed in the Abstract and
Introduction, explain why, and point to the part of the document where the
relationship of this document to the other RFCs is discussed. If this
information is not in the document, explain why the WG considers it unnecessary.

This document updates RFC 5905. The title page specifies that the current draft
updates RFC 5905.

(17) 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 protocol extensions that the document makes are
associated with the appropriate reservations in IANA registries. Confirm that
any referenced IANA registries have been clearly identified. Confirm that newly
created IANA registries include a detailed specification of the initial
contents for the registry, that allocations procedures for future registrations
are defined, and a reasonable name for the new registry has been suggested (see
RFC 5226).

There are no new IANA considerations contained in this 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.

There are no new IANA considerations contained in this document.

(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.

There are no formal language sections in this document.
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