Subject: [dtn-interest] Review of draft-dtnrg-ltp-cbhe-registries-04

From: Tony Li <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 10:49:44 -0800

Hi,

This is the IRSG review for draft-dtnrg-ltp-cbhe-registries-04 in compliance with RFC 5743.

This reviewer is not familiar with DTN or LTP [RFC 5326], so this review is primarily editorial.

The purpose of this document is to establish the necessary IANA registries for the LTP protocol.  As LTP was originally published in 2008, this is somewhat overdue.  The document  requests five new registries.  The document is clear, cogent, and consistent.

The only concern that I would raise is about the use of FORTRAN style exponentiation in expressing the values for the registry.  This reviewer cannot recall having seen this done in an I*TF document previously, and is (sadly) concerned that the IANA and other members of the community might not know this notation.  This reviewer recommends submission to the IANA in the current format anyway, as this notation is highly appropriate for the DTN community, but if this becomes an editorial issue, we suggest the use of hexadecimal instead.

Happy Holidays,
Tony Li
Chair, Routing Research Group