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+Network Working Group                                 D. Harrington, Ed.
+Request for Comments: 5249                     Huawei Technologies (USA)
+BCP: 139                                                       July 2008
+Category: Best Current Practice
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+          Templates for Internet-Drafts Containing MIB Modules
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+Status of This Memo
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+   This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the
+   Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
+   improvements.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
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+Abstract
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+   This memo references three annotated templates for IETF documents
+   that contain the definition of MIB modules.  It is intended to reduce
+   the work of the editors of such documents, making these documents
+   more uniform and easier to read and review, thus furthering the
+   quality of such documents and expediting their publication.
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+Table of Contents
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+   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
+   2.  Overview  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
+   3.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
+   4.  Contributors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
+   5.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
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+RFC 5249             MIB Module Document Templates             July 2008
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+1.  Introduction
+
+   This memo references three annotated templates for IETF documents
+   that contain the definition of MIB modules.  It is intended to reduce
+   the work of the editors of such documents, making these more uniform
+   and easier to read and review, thus furthering the quality of such
+   documents and expediting their publication.
+
+2.  Overview
+
+   The MIB Doctors directorate has produced three templates specifically
+   aimed at Internet-Drafts containing MIB modules.  The templates are
+   available at the IETF Tools web site, listed as "Templates for MIB
+   Documents".
+
+   o  The first is an XML template for editors that use XML2RFC.  Some
+      advice echoing guidelines from RFC 4181 is embedded in comments.
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+   o  A second template is a text template for MIB documents with advice
+      embedded in the document.
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+   o  A third template is a plain text template with no advice included.
+
+   The templates were developed to make IETF documents that contain MIB
+   modules more consistent.  This makes it easier for a MIB Doctor and
+   other IETF participants to review the document.  There are a number
+   of MUSTs in the templates, especially in the advice; these usually
+   refer to IESG requirements for Internet-Drafts, and MIB Doctors are
+   likely to check for these requirements.
+
+   The templates contain boilerplates that are required for IETF MIB
+   module documents.  It has been common practice for editors to use
+   existing MIB module documents as templates.  This approach has
+   problems because boilerplates and other required elements change over
+   time.  The templates referenced by this document will be made
+   available on the IETF Tools web site, and occasionally updated to
+   reflect the latest requirements.  The most up-to-date revisions of
+   the templates are available at http://www.tools.ietf.org.
+
+   The templates contain sections that describe the purpose and
+   organization of the MIB module, and the relationship between this MIB
+   module and other MIB modules.  This makes it easier for MIB Doctors
+   to understand the MIB module, which speeds the review process.
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+   Editors should read RFC 4181 "Guidelines for Authors and Reviewers of
+   MIB Documents" [RFC4181], which describes best current practices for
+   MIB module document editing.
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+   The document templates do not include a template for the MIB module
+   itself.  Tools to validate MIB modules typically require that the MIB
+   module be separated from the surrounding document.  The MIB Doctors
+   feel that the simplest approach is to develop the MIB module outside
+   the document that contains the surrounding text, and then include the
+   MIB module into the surrounding document written using the templates.
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+3.  Security Considerations
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+   This memo recommends templates for editing; it has no direct impact
+   on network security.  The templates include boilerplates and
+   associated advice for writing the Security Considerations section of
+   an Internet-Draft that documents a MIB module.
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+4.  Contributors
+
+   These templates are based on contributions from the MIB Doctors,
+   especially Juergen Schoenwaelder, Dave Perkins, C.M. Heard, and Randy
+   Presuhn.
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+5.  Normative References
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+   [RFC4181]  Heard, C., "Guidelines for Authors and Reviewers of MIB
+              Documents", BCP 111, RFC 4181, September 2005.
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+Author's Address
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+   David Harrington (editor)
+   Huawei Technologies (USA)
+   1700 Alma Drive, Suite 100
+   Plano, TX 75075
+   USA
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+   Phone: +1 603 436 8634
+   EMail: dharrington@huawei.com
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+Full Copyright Statement
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