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  ITU-T A.5 justification information for referenced document IETF RFC 2710 (1999) in draft J.484
1. Clear description of the referenced document:
Name: IETF RFC 2710 (1999)
Title: Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) for IPv6 (1999-10)
2. Status of approval:
Approved standards track document.
3. Justification for the specific reference:
This is a normative reference in ITU-T J.484
4. Current information, if any, about IPR issues:
Information on IPR issues regarding RFCs is available at: https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/search/. Specifically: https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/search/?option=rfc_search&rfc_search=2710
5. Other useful information describing the "Quality" of the document:
MLD described in IETF RFC 2710 is one of the major mechanisms of multicast control in IPv6 environment and implemented in a number of devices.
6. The degree of stability or maturity of the document:
ETF RFC2710 is a PROPOSED STANDARD published by IETF.
7. Relationship with other existing or emerging documents:
IETF RFC2710 has relationship with other publications. Updated by RFC 3590, RFC 3810
8. Any explicit references within that referenced document should also be listed:
[ADDR-ARCH] Hinden, R. and S. Deering, "IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture", RFC 2373, July 1998./
[ICMPv6] Conta, A. and S. Deering, "Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification", RFC 2463, December 1998./
[IGMPv2] Fenner, W., "Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 2", RFC 2236, November 1997./
[IPv6] Deering, S. and R. Hinden, "Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification", RFC 2460, December 1998./
[IPv6-ETHER] Crawford, M., "Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks", RFC 2464, December, 1998./
[KEYWORDS] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997./
[RTR-ALERT] Partridge, C. and A. Jackson, "IPv6 Router Alert Option", RFC 2711, October 1999./
[STD-PROC] Bradner, S., "The Internet Standards Process -- Revision 3", BCP 9, RFC 2026, October 1996.
9. Qualification of ISOC/IETF:
9.1-9.6     Decisions of ITU Council to admit ISOC to participate in the work of the Sector (June 1995 and June 1996).
9.7     The Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) is responsible for ongoing maintenance of the RFCs when the need arises. Comments on RFCs and corresponding changes are accommodated through the existing standardization process.
9.8     Each revision of a given RFC has a different RFC number, so no confusion is possible. All RFCs always remain available on-line. An index of RFCs and their status may be found in the IETF archives at http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html.
10. Other (for any supplementary information):
References should always be made to RFC numbers (and not by other designations such as STD, BCP, etc.). References not to be made to documents referred to as "Internet Drafts" or RFCs categorized as "Historic". Normative references should not be made to RFCs that are not standards, for example, "Informational" and "Experimental" RFCs.
Note: This form is based on Recommendation ITU-T A.5