Hi, Alice,

I tend to prefer removing those instances and use lowercase.

But I leave this decision to Adrian and Tal.


Alice,

After implementing these updates on this email thread, please mark my Approval 
on this document.
Approved.

Thanks,

Carlos.

> On Jun 13, 2026, at 12:23 AM, Alice Russo <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Authors, 
> An additional question.
> 
> re: https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc10014.html#section-3.7
> 
> 13. 'SHOULD' is used twice in this document. Do you prefer to add the typical 
> keywords paragraph and the references to [RFC2119] and [RFC8174], or remove 
> the 2 instances?
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Alice Russo
> RFC Production Center
> 
>> On Jun 12, 2026, at 2:35 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>> 
>> Authors,
>> 
>> While reviewing this document during Final Review, please resolve 
>> (as necessary) the following questions, which are also in the source file.
>> 
>> 1. This document will become part of BCP 161 because it updates RFC 6291.
>> If this is not correct (i.e., it should be assigned a new BCP number), please
>> let us know.  
>> 
>> See the complete list of BCPs here:
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>> 
>> 
>> 2. Please insert any keywords (beyond those that appear in
>> the title) for use on https://www.rfc-editor.org/search.
>> 
>> 
>> 3. We note that [RFC9341] uses "Alternate-Marking" rather than 
>> "Alternate Marking". Should the hyphen be added here?
>> 
>> Current:
>> Another example of "Hybrid Type I OAM" that is also "In-Data-Packet
>> OAM" is Alternate Marking [RFC9341], when applied to data packets of a
>> single stream.
>> 
>> 
>> 4. For clarity, what does "allowing for packet loss computation" refer to?
>> 
>> Original:
>>  Instead, OAM
>>  packets are used for carrying information about observed network
>>  characteristics, namely user packet counter values, allowing for
>>  packet loss computation.
>> 
>> Option A (if characteristics allow for the computation):
>>  Instead, OAM
>>  packets are used for carrying information about observed network
>>  characteristics (namely, user packet counter values) allowing for
>>  packet loss computation.
>> 
>> Option B (if values allow for the computation):
>>  Instead, OAM
>>  packets are used for carrying information about observed network
>>  characteristics - namely, user packet counter values that allow for
>>  packet loss computation.
>> 
>> 
>> 5. For clarity, should "Path Followed OAM" be "Path-Followed OAM"
>> or "Path-Following OAM"? This term has not appeared in any RFCs, and it
>> appears only once in this document.
>> 
>> 
>> 6. FYI, we added hyphens to the section title to make
>> "3.4.  Packet-Forwarding-Treatment OAM" 
>> similar to usage of "Equal-Forwarding-Treatment OAM" and 
>> "Different-Forwarding-Treatment OAM" in this document.
>> Please let us know if you prefer otherwise.
>> 
>> 
>> 7. For readability, may "forwarding (e.g., QoS) treatment" be 
>> changed to "forwarding treatment (e.g., QoS)"?  There are 4 instances
>> in this document. For example:
>> 
>> Original:
>> Equal-Forwarding-Treatment OAM:
>>   The OAM packets receive the same forwarding (e.g., QoS) treatment
>>   as user data packets.
>> 
>> Perhaps:
>> Equal-Forwarding-Treatment OAM:
>>   The OAM packets receive the same forwarding treatment (e.g., QoS)
>>   as user data packets.
>> 
>> 
>> 8. Section 3.4: To make it clear to the reader why the 
>> definition of "In-band OAM" is being quoted here, would you like
>> to add a sentence (similar to that in Appendix A) here as well?
>> 
>> In other words, the quote is from the definition for "In-band OAM" 
>> in Section 1.1 of [RFC9551], and the mapping is explained in Appendix A:
>> The property of "Equal-Forwarding-Treatment" is referred to in
>> [RFC9551] as "In-band OAM".
>> 
>> Original:
>> An example of "Equal-Forwarding-Treatment OAM" is presented in
>> [RFC9551] in the context of Deterministic Networking (DetNet) OAM:
>> "it traverses the same set of links and interfaces receiving the same        
>>                               
>> QoS and Packet Replication, Elimination, and Ordering Functions              
>>                               
>> (PREOF) treatment as the monitored DetNet flow".
>> 
>> 
>> 9. For [P4-INT-2.1], may the provided URL be replaced? The URL provided
>> (https://p4.org/p4-spec/docs/INT_v2_1.pdf) is 404.  We have found the 
>> following URL,
>> which appears to match the information in the reference:
>> https://p4.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/p4-spec/docs/INT_v2_1.pdf
>> Is this the correct updated URL?
>> 
>> 
>> 10. How may this be rephrased to avoid the repetition of 
>> "similar uses still use"? Does "documents" convey the intended meaning?
>> 
>> Original:
>>  Other similar uses, including [P4-INT-2.1], still use
>>  variations of "in-band", "in band", or "inband".
>> 
>> Perhaps:
>>  Other similar documents, including [P4-INT-2.1], still use
>>  variations of "in-band", "in band", or "inband".
>> 
>> 
>> 11. Does RFC 9912 (which was draft-ietf-raw-architecture) 
>> still contain similar text? If not, please provide updated text.
>> (We were not able to identify the similar text.)
>> 
>>  Current:
>>  Similarly, the property of "Different-
>> Forwarding-Treatment OAM" can be found in the following definition in
>> [RFC9551]: "Out-of-band OAM: an active OAM method whose path through
>> the DetNet domain may not be topologically identical to the path of
>> the monitored DetNet flow, its test packets may receive different QoS
>> and/or PREOF treatment, or both."  [RFC9912] uses similar text.
>> 
>> 
>> 12. Please review the "Inclusive Language" portion of the online
>> Style Guide <https://www.rfc-editor.org/styleguide/part2/#inclusive_language>
>> and let us know if any changes are needed.  Updates of this nature typically
>> result in more precise language, which is helpful for readers.
>> 
>> Note that our script did not flag any words in particular, but this should
>> still be reviewed as a best practice.
>> 
>> Thank you.
>> 
>> Alice Russo
>> RFC Production Center
>> 
>> 
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>> --------------------------------------
>> RFC 10014 (draft-ietf-opsawg-oam-characterization)
>> 
>> Title            : Guidelines for Characterizing the Term "OAM"
>> Author(s)        : C. Pignataro,
>>                 A. Farrel,
>>                 T. Mizrahi
>> WG Chair(s)      : Joe Clarke, Benoît Claise
>> Area Director(s) : Mohamed Boucadair, Mahesh Jethanandani
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