Protocol-08 (and status of Defs-04 and Rationale-06)

[Alireza Saleh]

Vint, Harald,


Besides, I would like to know if there will be any updates regarding the 
-BIDI ?


Alireza


Vint Cerf wrote:

> John,
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> many thanks for your patience and persistence. I hope this version can 
> bring us to consensus.
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> On Dec 7, 2008, at 7:27 PM, John C Klensin wrote:
>
>> Hi.
>>
>> A new version of Protocol, draft-ietf-idnabis-protocol-08, is in
>> the posting queue.� Versions of Defs (-04) and Rationale (06)
>> will follow soon, but not necessarily today. � I may or may not
>> post separate comments / announcements about these drafts when
>> they appear.
>>
>> For each of these documents, if you have raised an issue and not
>> gotten an explicit response to the note in which it was raised,
>> please check to be sure that your comments were reflected
>> somehow and inquire if they were not.� I've tried to be careful,
>> but would not be surprised if one or two notes accidentally fell
>> through the cracks.
>>
>> Three general observations:
>>
>> * Several of the bits of Defs (definitions and surrounding
>> material) have been reworked and an illustration has been added
>> about the relationships among the various terms.� There are some
>> dependencies in Protocol on those new definitions so, if
>> something in Protocol-08 seems both new and strange, you might
>> want to wait until you've seen Defs-04 before commenting.
>>
>> * These documents do not reflect the recent extensive "digits"
>> discussion. � Definitions and Protocol are not affected by it
>> one way or the other (from a protocol standpoint, the
>> consequences are entirely in Bidi and Tables).� Rationale is
>> affected, but I believe that the opportunity for the WG to
>> comment, and the editor's sanity, are better served by seeing if
>> we can move closer to a base document on which we can agree and
>> then add that material, rather than trying to add both sets of
>> changes at once. � That implies that, assuming the WG can reach
>> some sort of rough consensus, you can expect to see Rationale-07
>> before the end of the calendar year.
>>
>> * As noted separately, I have not reorganized any Security
>> Consideration material pending comments from the Security ADs.
>>
>> �� � john
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