Document: draft-ietf-opsawg-oam-characterization Title: Guidelines for Characterizing "OAM" Reviewer: Tim Chown Review result: Has Nits
Hi, I have been selected as the Operational Directorate (opsdir) reviewer for this Internet-Draft. The Operational Directorate reviews all operational and management-related Internet-Drafts to ensure alignment with operational best practices and that adequate operational considerations are covered. A complete set of _"Guidelines for Considering Operations and Management in IETF Specifications"_ can be found at https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-opsarea-rfc5706bis/. While these comments are primarily for the Operations and Management Area Directors (Ops ADs), the authors should consider them alongside other feedback received. - Document: draft-ietf-opsawg-oam-characterization-15 - Reviewer: Tim Chown - Review Date: 21 Jan 2026 - Intended Status: BCP --- ## Summary Choose one: - Has Nits: This document is basically ready for publication but has nits that should be considered prior to publication. ## General Operational Comments Alignment with RFC 5706bis This is the third time I've reviewed this draft. I think recent iterations have given the document a good focus. It serves a very useful purpose in clarifying the use of OAM terminology, and its qualifiers, especially of "in-band" and "out-of-band" which it recommends against using. ## Major Issues There are no remaining major issues in the draft. --- ## Minor Issues There are no minor issues. --- ## Nits I like that at the start of section 3 the document states "This document recommends avoiding the terms "in-band" and "out-of-band" when referring to OAM. Instead, it encourages the use of more fine-grained and descriptive terminology." I think these two sentences, at the very least the first, should be added to the abstract (maybe expanding the second paragraph) and to the text in Section 2 (maybe at the end of the penultimate paragraph). I suspect the focus of the draft has moved over time and the abstract not been updated to reflect that. --- Tim _______________________________________________ OPSAWG mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
