Liaison statement
Liaison response to BBF on BGP data model

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State Posted
Submitted Date 2026-08-01
From Group idr
From Contact Xueyan Song <song.xueyan2@zte.com.cn>
To Group BROADBAND-FORUM
To Contacts Lincoln Lavoie <lylavoie@iol.unh.edu>
Cc Xueyan Song <song.xueyan2@zte.com.cn>
Jim Guichard <james.n.guichard@futurewei.com>
Inter-Domain Routing Discussion List <idr@ietf.org>
Jeffrey Haas <jhaas@pfrc.org>
Keyur Patel <keyur@arrcus.com>
Ketan Talaulikar <ketant.ietf@gmail.com>
Sue Hares <skh@ndzh.com>
Gunter Van de Velde <gunter.van_de_velde@nokia.com>
Craig Thomas <cthomas@broadband-forum.org>
Karina Rocha-Gabbard <krocha@broadband-forum.org>
Bruno Cornaglia <bruno.cornaglia@vodafone.com>
Aihua Guo <aguo@futurewei.com>
Liaisons at BBF <liaisons@broadband-forum.org>
Response Contact Sue Hares <skh@ndzh.com>
Keyur Patel <keyur@arrcus.com>
Jeffrey Haas <jhaas@pfrc.org>
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Liaisons referred by this one Follow-up Liaison Request to IETF IDR WG on BGP Data Model
Body 
Thank you for your follow-up liaison and for sharing the structural
dependencies for draft version of WT-477i2 upon the IETF BGP YANG module.

The IETF Inter-Domain Routing Working Group (IDR WG) has reviewed your
request regarding the target publication timeline for
draft-ietf-idr-bgp-model. Please see our feedback and process notes below:

The BGP Data Model draft is currently in the Working Group Last Call (WGLC)
phase of the IETF process. It is important to note that advancing beyond the
last call is a multi-stage effort.

Following the close of the working group call, the document must still
undergo an Area Director review, an IETF-wide Last Call, and a comprehensive
review by the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) before entering the
RFC Editor publication queue. Historically, these subsequent steps can take
a significant amount of time, frequently exceeding 6 months or more to reach
final publication.

To help expedite this timeline and ensure your requirements are met, we
highly recommend that interested Broadband Forum individuals actively
participate on the IDR mailing list.

Mailing List Subscription: Interested parties can subscribe via the IETF IDR Mailman Interface.
https://mailman3.ietf.org/mailman3/lists/idr@ietf.org/


Mailing List Address: Technical feedback and discussion should be sent to idr@ietf.org.

Direct community engagement, review contributions, and explicit statements
of support on the mailing list are the most effective ways to accelerate the
document's progress through the standards track.

We will keep the Broadband Forum updated as the document moves into the next
phases of the lifecycle.

Sincerely,
The IETF IDR Working Group Chairs