Chris -
V12 of the IS-IS Draft has just been posted. I believe this addresses your
concerns.
In addition, Jeff and I have discussed and a new version of OSPF draft will be
posted shortly which:
1)Removes the confusing text in Sections 2 and 3.
2)References the registry which is defined in the
A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
This draft is a work item of the Link State Routing WG of the IETF.
Title : Signaling MSD (Maximum SID Depth) using IS-IS
Authors : Jeff Tantsura
Uma