PROTO questionnaire for: draft-ietf-sipping-toip-07.txt
prepared by: Mary Barnes (mary.barnes@nortel.com)
Date: 15 Sept 2006

1.a) Have the chairs personally reviewed this version of the Internet
     Draft (ID), and in particular, do they believe this ID is ready
     to forward to the IESG for publication?  Which chair is the WG
     Chair Shepherd for this document?

Yes, the WG chairs have reviewed this version and believe the ID is
ready.
Mary Barnes is the WG Chair Shepherd for this document.

1.b) Has the document had adequate review from both key WG members
     and key non-WG members?  Do you have any concerns about the
     depth or breadth of the reviews that have been performed?

The document has been reviewed by WG members, with no concerns about the
depth or breadth of the review.

1.c) Do you have concerns that the document needs more review from a  
     particular (broader) perspective (e.g., security, operational
     complexity, someone familiar with AAA, internationalization,
     XML, etc.)?

No.

1.d) Do you have any specific concerns/issues with this document that
     you believe the ADs and/or IESG should be aware of?  For
     example, perhaps you are uncomfortable with certain parts of the
     document, or have concerns whether there really is a need for
     it.  In any event, if your issues have been discussed in the WG
     and the WG has indicated it that it still wishes to advance the
     document, detail those concerns in the write-up.
 
No.

1.e) How solid is the WG consensus behind this document?  Does it
     represent the strong concurrence of a few individuals, with
     others being silent, or does the WG as a whole understand and
     agree with it?

     There is WG consensus behind this document, with adequate 
     time for discussion and resolution of issues raised.

1.f) Has anyone threatened an appeal or otherwise indicated extreme
     discontent?  If so, please summarise the areas of conflict in
     separate email to the Responsible Area Director.  (It should be
     separate email because this questionnaire will be entered into
     the tracker).

Yes, one individual has continued to express discontent over a
non-technical issue.

1.g) Have the chairs verified that the document checks out against
     all the ID nits? (see http://www.ietf.org/ID-Checklist.html).
     Boilerplate checks are not enough; this check needs to be
     thorough.

Yes.

1.h) Has the document split its references into normative and
     informative?  Are there normative references to IDs, where the
     IDs are not also ready for advancement or are otherwise in an
     unclear state?  The RFC Editor will not publish an RFC with
     normative references to IDs (will delay the publication until
     all such IDs are also ready for RFC publicatioin).  If the
     normative references are behind, what is the strategy for their
     completion?  On a related matter, are there normative references
     that are downward references, as described in BCP 97, RFC 3967
     RFC 3967 [RFC3967]?  Listing these supports the Area Director in
     the Last Call downref procedure specified in RFC 3967.
 
The references are split into normative and informative.

There are two normative reference that are not yet published as RFCs:
14. G. Camarillo, "Framework for Transcoding with the Session
    Initiation Protocol"
    IETF May 2006 - Work in progress.
16. G. Camarillo, "The SIP Conference Bridge Transcoding Model,"
    IETF,  January 2006 - Work in Progress.
However, these two documents have undergone IESG review and it is
anticipated that they would be published as RFCs prior to the
publication of this document.

There are no normative references which are downward references.
 
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Protocol write-up for: draft-ietf-sipping-toip-07.txt
by Mary Barnes, mary.barnes@nortel.com, 15 Sept 2006

Technical Summary

   This document lists the essential requirements for real-time Text-
   over-IP (ToIP) and defines a framework for implementation of all
   required functions based on the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and
   the Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP). This includes interworking
   between Text-over-IP and existing text telephony on the PSTN and    other networks.

 
Working Group Summary
 
    The SIPPING WG supports the development and advancement of this
    ocument.
 
Protocol Quality
 
    This document defines no new protocol elements. This document was
    thoroughly reviewed by WG chairs and WG members. Mary Barnes is the
    WG chair shepherd. Jon Peterson is the responsible Area director.