Thank you Alice! And apologies for the flip-flop! I appreciate you trying.

In that case, could we please revert back to

 Carlos Pignataro
 Blue Fern Consulting
 United States of America
 Email: [email protected]

Thanks,

Carlos.

> On Jun 18, 2026, at 7:07 PM, Alice Russo <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Carlos,
> 
> We have added the email address as requested.
> 
> Re:
>> United States of America / Spain
> 
> FYI, although it's possible to force that to appear by using the postalLine 
> element instead of the country element, the RPC prefers to use the country 
> element to hold this data. That said, xml2rfc isn't able to handle the 
> following (or two country elements) as input:
> <country>United States of America / Spain</country>
> 
> It gives this warning:
>> Warning: Country lookup failed for <country>United States of America / 
>> Spain</country>.  Use --country-help to show recognized country names and 
>> codes
> 
> It generates an output file that does not contain the country line at all. 
> So, the document remains with "United States of America". Please let us know 
> if you would like any further changes (i.e., no country at all, or change to 
> "Spain" only).
> 
> Files are available at the URLs below.
> 
> 
> Re:
>> And while my personal preference is to lowercase them and remove the 2119 
>> text, as I feel this BCP ought to not mandate, same as the previous RFC on 
>> this same BCP, I am happy with either approach and outcome.
> 
> 
> Thank you for letting us know. We assume your approval still stands unless 
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> This diff file shows only the most recent changes:
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>> On Jun 18, 2026, at 7:19 AM, Carlos Pignataro <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks, Alice!
>> 
>> I meant to send this before —> Just to be explicit and clear, I follow Med’s 
>> lead as he recalls the discussion that led us to the SHOULDs.
>> 
>> And while my personal preference is to lowercase them and remove the 2119 
>> text, as I feel this BCP ought to not mandate, same as the previous RFC on 
>> this same BCP, I am happy with either approach and outcome.
>> 
>> All the other changes look great, with one further request if not too 
>> problematic or late:
>> 
>> OLD:
>>  Carlos Pignataro
>>  Blue Fern Consulting
>>  United States of America
>>  Email: [email protected]
>> 
>> NEW:
>>  Carlos Pignataro
>>  Blue Fern Consulting
>>  United States of America / Spain
>>  Email: [email protected], [email protected]
>> 
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> Carlos.
>> 
>>> On Jun 18, 2026, at 12:17 AM, Alice Russo <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Carlos, Med (as AD),
>>> 
>>> * Med, re: the lowercasing of the two SHOULDs, we await your reply to this 
>>> mail from Carlos (15 June): 
>>> https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/auth48archive/5OFvsUA8GkPDXCDGXC8LRyxWrjQ/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thank you for your reply, Carlos. Please see the follow-ups below. The 
>>> revised files are here (please refresh):
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>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc10014.txt
>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc10014.pdf
>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc10014.xml
>>> 
>>> This diff file shows all changes from the approved I-D:
>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc10014-diff.html
>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc10014-rfcdiff.html (side by side)
>>> 
>>> This diff file shows the changes made during Final Review thus far:
>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc10014-auth48diff.html
>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc10014-auth48rfcdiff.html (side by 
>>> side)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Re: #8, we added the sentence in Section 3.4. Please review. Current:
>>> 
>>> 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".  (The property of
>>> "Equal-Forwarding-Treatment" is referred to in [RFC9551] as "In-band
>>> OAM".)
>>> 
>>> Re: #15 (Acknowledgements), removed duplicate as requested. FYI, we added a 
>>> hyphen in "Huang-Feng" because of Alex's recent reply on this topic 
>>> (https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/auth48archive/cNQMWS7FtV75DRiiExd5Idx3m4E/).
>>> 
>>> You wrote:
>>>> After implementing these updates on this email thread, please mark my 
>>>> Approval on this document.
>>>> Approved.
>>> 
>>> Your approval has been recorded.
>>> 
>>> This page shows the Final Review status of your document:
>>> https://queue.rfc-editor.org/final-review/rfc10014
>>> 
>>> Thank you.
>>> 
>>> Alice Russo
>>> RFC Production Center
>>> 
>>>> On Jun 13, 2026, at 4:12 AM, Carlos Pignataro <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi, Alice,
>>>> 
>>>> Many thanks for this work, edits, and questions!
>>>> 
>>>> Please find some responses inline.
>>>> 
>>>> Additionally, I’d like to request these updates:
>>>> 
>>>> 14. Grammo
>>>> OLD:
>>>> While this document introduces new terminology, it is does not update
>>>> or change the meaning of terminology found in existing RFCs.
>>>> 
>>>> NEW:
>>>> While this document introduces new terminology, it does not update
>>>> or change the meaning of terminology found in existing RFCs.
>>>> 
>>>> 15. Duplicate
>>>> OLD:
>>>> The authors wish to thank, chronologically, Hesham Elbakoury, Michael
>>>> Richardson, Stewart Bryant, Greg Mirsky, Med Boucadair, Loa
>>>> Andersson, Thomas Graf, Alex Huang Feng, Xiao Min, Dhruv Dhody, Henk
>>>> Birkholz, Alex Huang Feng, Tom Petch, Roni Even, Tim Chown, Marcus
>>>> Ihlar, Med Boucadair, Benoit Claise, Chongfeng Xie, Robert Sparks,
>>>> Kyle Rose, Mach Chen, Roman Danyliw, Gorry Fairhurst, Éric Vyncke,
>>>> Andy Newton, Deb Cooley, Ketan Talaulikar, and Gunter Van de Velde
>>>> for their thorough review and useful feedback comments that greatly
>>>> improved this document.
>>>> 
>>>> NEW:
>>>> The authors wish to thank, chronologically, Hesham Elbakoury, Michael
>>>> Richardson, Stewart Bryant, Greg Mirsky, Med Boucadair, Loa
>>>> Andersson, Thomas Graf, Alex Huang Feng, Xiao Min, Dhruv Dhody, Henk
>>>> Birkholz, Tom Petch, Roni Even, Tim Chown, Marcus
>>>> Ihlar, Med Boucadair, Benoit Claise, Chongfeng Xie, Robert Sparks,
>>>> Kyle Rose, Mach Chen, Roman Danyliw, Gorry Fairhurst, Éric Vyncke,
>>>> Andy Newton, Deb Cooley, Ketan Talaulikar, and Gunter Van de Velde
>>>> for their thorough review and useful feedback comments that greatly
>>>> improved this document.
>>>> 
>>>> 16: Carlos’ email contact
>>>> OLD:
>>>> Carlos Pignataro
>>>> Blue Fern Consulting
>>>> United States of America
>>>> Email: [email protected], [email protected]
>>>> 
>>>> NEW:
>>>> Carlos Pignataro
>>>> Blue Fern Consulting
>>>> United States of America
>>>> Email: [email protected]
>>>> 
>>>> More inline
>>>> 
>>>>> On Jun 12, 2026, at 11:35 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:
>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/bcp/bcp-index.txt
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Correct
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 2. Please insert any keywords (beyond those that appear in
>>>>> the title) for use on https://www.rfc-editor.org/search.
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Suggested keywords: OAM, in-band, out-of-band, path-congruent, active OAM, 
>>>> passive OAM, hybrid OAM, in-data-packet, forwarding treatment
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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.
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> No. We use “Alternate Marking” as a noun, “Alternate-Marking” as 
>>>> adjective. Same as RFC9341 ("Indeed, Alternate Marking can be)”, "that 
>>>> Service Providers using Alternate Marking must do”, "Alternate-Marking 
>>>> Method”, "Alternate-Marking technique”.)
>>>> 
>>>> Please keep as is.
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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.
>>>> 
>>>> Option B
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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.
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Please rename section 3.3 to be consistent with 3.4 and others
>>>> 
>>>> OLD:
>>>> 3.3.  Path Followed OAM
>>>> 
>>>> NEW:
>>>> 3.3.  Path-Congruent OAM
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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.
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Accepted.
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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.
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Yes, for all instances.
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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?
>>>> 
>>>> Yes, pelase.
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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?
>>>> 
>>>> Correct. Please update the 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".
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Yes.
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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.)
>>>> 
>>>> Because of our review of the draft, that text was removed:
>>>> https://author-tools.ietf.org/iddiff?url1=draft-ietf-raw-architecture-26&url2=draft-ietf-raw-architecture-27&difftype=--html
>>>> 
>>>> Please remove the sentence "[RFC9912] uses similar text.” And associated 
>>>> reference.
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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.
>>>> 
>>>> No inclusive language concerns identified.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> 
>>>> Carlos.
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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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