@techreport{parikh-ioam-variable-length-field-00,
    number =    {draft-parikh-ioam-variable-length-field-00},
    type =      {Internet-Draft},
    institution =   {Internet Engineering Task Force},
    publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force},
    note =      {Work in Progress},
    url =       {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-parikh-ioam-variable-length-field/00/},
    author =    {Jainam Parikh and Carlos Pignataro and Alexander Clemm},
    title =     {{Variable Length Node Data Field Option for In-situ Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (IOAM)}},
    pagetotal = 7,
    year =      2025,
    month =     nov,
    day =       12,
    abstract =  {The purpose of this memo is to describe a new IOAM Node Data Field type, called Flex Field, for In-Situ Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (IOAM). This option type, under IOAM Trace Option-Types will allow one to append variable length node data in an IOAM packet, along a network path.},
}