Hi authors and working group.

I just had cause to read this document and thought I would share my
comments on the list.

The draft appears as -00, but it is a little more mature than that 
implies because it replaces draft-song-ntf-02.

I think a foundation document on telemetry would be useful for the IETF,
and the OPSAWG may be a good place to discuss and progress that work. 
This document seems like a reasonable starting point for that work 
although there will inevitably need to be some additions and 
modifications. Actually, I found this document pretty complete.

My comments are a combination of substantive issues and nits.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Adrian

== Discussion points ==

In 1.4 you have
   Since SNMP is poll-based, it incurs
   low data rate and high processing overhead.
I don't think this is quite fair on SNMP. The protocol also includes
Notifications allowing information to be output by a device. Your 
main point about low data rates and high overhead, still stand, but
with a different slant.

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Although you talk about IPFIX quite a bit later in the document, I 
think that, as part of the scene setting, you might include a paragraph
about it early in 1.4.

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The text after Figure 1 did not completely convince me of the need for 
interaction between the three "telemetry planes". Perhaps you could
expand the examples and discussion to highlight/clarify this?

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Clearly you are going to have to write some Security Considerations. 
There is quite a lot to say about what is a layered security model
with plenty of attack vectors, and substantial risks as the telemetry
data can result in operational changes that could harm data delivery and
even bring the network down. Furthermore, examination of telemetry data
can reveal weaknesses in the network.

== Nits ==

The authors will need to reduce the number of front page names to 5.
Move the others to a Contributors section. Might as well do this sooner
rather than later.

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Abstract

   This document suggests the necessity of an architectural framework
   for network telemetry in order to meet the current and future network
   operation requirements.

Suggest you change this a little because you actually provide the 
framework. How about...

   This document provides an architectural framework for network
   telemetry in order to meet the current and future network operation 
   requirements.

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You need to write an Introduction section and present it as Section 1.
You don't need a lot of text: start with the Abstract and expand it a
little.

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The Requirements Language text should move to a new Section 1.1

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You should expand the abbreviations on first use. I see:
AI
ARCA
ML
OAM
SDN

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A couple of the terms in 1.3 are confusing.

> gNMI:  gPRC Network Management Interface
Should that be gRPC?

> gRPC:  gRPC Remote Procedure Call
This seems circular.

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Not sure that RFC 1157 is the best reference for SNMP in section 1.4.
How about 3416?

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Figure 3
Does gPRC mean gRPC?

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