Alvaro - Thanx for chiming in. Inline.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Alvaro Retana <aretana.i...@gmail.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2021 12:06 PM > To: Les Ginsberg (ginsberg) <ginsb...@cisco.com>; Christian Hopps > <cho...@chopps.org>; Dhruv Dhody <dhruv.i...@gmail.com> > Cc: TEAS WG Chairs <teas-cha...@ietf.org>; lsr@ietf.org; lsr-...@ietf.org; > lsr- > cha...@ietf.org; TEAS WG (t...@ietf.org) <t...@ietf.org>; teas- > a...@ietf.org > Subject: RE: [Lsr] [Teas] WG Last Call for draft-ietf-lsr-isis-rfc5316bis > > On March 3, 2021 at 2:47:38 PM, Les Ginsberg wrote: > > > From: Lsr On Behalf Of Dhruv Dhody > > Les: > > Hi! > > ... > > > (1) Is it wise to use normative keywords MUST and SHOULD in the > > > appendix? The text is from section 3.1 but can it be reworded in the > > > appendix? Also wondering if other changes (IANA, nits) could be listed > > > or we could call it "major change" :) > > > > [Les:] I personally do not have an issue using the normative keywords in > > the Appendix. Not doing so I think might trigger someone to ask if there is > > some inconsistency between the Appendix text and the text in the body of > the > > draft. 😊 > > > > If you know of some prohibition against using such keywords in an > Appendix > > please provide the reference. > > There's no specific prohibition against it -- in fact, sometimes an > appendix can be normative so it is completely appropriate to have > normative language. > > In this case, the appendix is informative and the normative text is > only reflecting what the main body of the draft says (which is where > the specification is). To avoid confusion about which piece of text > is normative, and keep consistency, I would recommend using quotes in > the appendix: > > OLD> > 1. The Router ID SHOULD be identical to the value advertised in the > Traffic Engineering Router ID TLV (134) if available. > > NEW> > 1. The "Router ID SHOULD be identical" to the value advertised in the > Traffic Engineering Router ID TLV (134) if available (Section 3.1). > [Les:] So I am willing to make the change. But I have to say that for me as a reader the use of quotes as you suggest does not aid clarity. I have no idea why the entire sentence should not be quoted as without the unquoted portion of the sentence the meaning of the quoted part is incomplete. ?? Les > > Alvaro. _______________________________________________ Lsr mailing list Lsr@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/lsr
