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Authors, while reviewing this document during AUTH48, please resolve (as necessary) the following questions, which are also in the XML file. 1) <!-- [rfced] *AD: We see that consensus is set to "Unknown" for this document in the datatracker. See <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-mpls-mna-usecases/>. This document was sent to Last Call, so we have used the consensus Status of This Memo. Please confirm that this is correct. --> 2) <!-- [rfced] The document title includes two instances of "MPLS". Are both needed? Original: Use Cases for MPLS Network Action Indicators and MPLS Ancillary Data Perhaps: Use Cases for MPLS Network Action Indicators and Ancillary Data --> 3) <!-- [rfced] Please insert any keywords (beyond those that appear in the title) for use on https://www.rfc-editor.org/search. --> 4) <!-- [rfced] We see that "MPLS Ancillary Data" appears in Section 1.1 ("Terminology"). We see instances of "ancillary data" (no "MPLS") in the document, but we only see "MPLS Ancillary Data" used in the document title. Are any updates needed? Also, note that we slightly updated the definition list as follows. Original: RFC 9543 Network Slice is interpreted as defined in [RFC9543]. Furthermore, this document uses "network slice" interchangeably as a shorter version of the RFC 9543 Network Slice term. The MPLS Ancillary Data is classified as: * residing within the MPLS label stack and referred to as In- Stack Data, and * residing after the Bottom of Stack (BoS) and referred to as Post-Stack Data. Updated: RFC 9543 Network Slice: Interpreted as defined in [RFC9543]. This document uses "network slice" interchangeably as a shorter version of the term "RFC 9543 Network Slice". MPLS Ancillary Data: Data that can be classified as: * residing within the MPLS label stack (referred to as "in-stack data"), and * residing after the Bottom of Stack (BoS) (referred to as "post- stack data"). --> 5) <!-- [rfced] Would you like for the abbreviations listed in Section 1.2 ("Abbreviations") to be alphabetized? Or do you prefer the current order? --> 6) <!-- [rfced] Please review "Policy as a policy construct". May we update as follows (i.e., remove "policy")? Original: Section 5 of [I-D.ietf-teas-ns-ip-mpls] defines a Network Resource Partition (NRP) Policy as a policy construct that enables the instantiation of mechanisms to support one or more network slice services. Perhaps: Section 5 of [NS-IP-MPLS] defines a Network Resource Partition (NRP) Policy as a construct that enables the instantiation of mechanisms to support one or more network slice services. --> 7) <!-- [rfced] We believe that "label stack elements" here should be updated to "label stack entries", which is used earlier in this document and in RFC 8595. Please confirm. Also note that "label stack element" has not been used in the RFC Series. Original: [RFC8595] describes how Service Function Chaining can be realized in an MPLS network by emulating the Network Service Header (NSH) [RFC8300] using only MPLS label stack elements. --> 8) <!-- [rfced] Please confirm that "FUNC::ARG" is correct here. We ask because we see "LOC:FUNCT:ARG" in RFC 8986. Original: MNA can be used to encode the FUNC::ARGs to support the functional equivalent of FUNC::ARG in SRv6 as described in [RFC8986]. --> 9) <!-- [rfced] Would you like to update "bottom of the label stack" here to "BoS" or leave as is? Original: In this case, BIER has defined 0b0101 as the value for the first nibble in the data that immediately appears after the bottom of the label stack for any BIER-encapsulated packet over MPLS. Perhaps: In this case, BIER has defined 0b0101 as the value for the first nibble in the data that immediately appears after the BoS for any BIER-encapsulated packet over MPLS. --> 10) <!-- [rfced] Please confirm that the citation is correct here. We ask because we do not see the specific wording "non-protocol specifying document" in RFC-to-be 9789 (ietf-mpls-mna-fwk). Also, to improve readability, we upddated "non-protocol specifying documents" as follows. Let us know any concerns. Original: Section 7 of "MPLS Network Action (MNA) Framework", [I-D.ietf-mpls-mna-fwk] outlines security considerations for non- protocol specifying documents. Updated: Section 7 of the MNA framework [RFC9789] outlines security considerations for documents that do not specify protocols. --> 11) <!-- [rfced] FYI - We lowercased "post-stack data" and "in-stack data" per usage in RFC-to-be 9789 (ietf-mpls-mna-fwk). --> 12) <!-- [rfced] Abbreviations a) This document uses "Ingress to Edge" as the expansion for I2E, but RFC-to-be 9789 (ietf-mpls-mna-fwk) and other documents in the RFC Series use "Ingress to Egress". If no objections, we will update this document accordingly. Current: Ingress to Edge Perhaps: Ingress to Egress b) FYI - We have added expansions for the following abbreviations per Section 3.6 of RFC 7322 ("RFC Style Guide"). Please review each expansion in the document carefully to ensure correctness. 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