



sipcore                                                         B. Rosen
Internet-Draft                                              Unaffiliated
Updates: 4119, 5606, 5774, 6442, 7378, 8262 (if                J. Martin
         approved)                                           Comtech TCS
Intended status: Standards Track                           30 March 2026
Expires: 1 October 2026


   Comprehensive Errata for the 'retransmission-allowed' XML Element
           draft-ietf-sipcore-retransmission-allowed-fixes-05

Abstract

   This document fixes use of the 'retransmission-allowed' element of
   PIDF-LO in six published RFCs.  All text and examples should show
   'true' or 'false' to match the XML schema definitions, but some RFCs
   incorrectly use 'yes' or 'no'.  This document updates RFC4119,
   RFC5606, RFC5774, RFC6442, RFC7378, RFC8262.

Status of This Memo

   This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the
   provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79.

   Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering
   Task Force (IETF).  Note that other groups may also distribute
   working documents as Internet-Drafts.  The list of current Internet-
   Drafts is at https://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/current/.

   Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months
   and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any
   time.  It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference
   material or to cite them other than as "work in progress."

   This Internet-Draft will expire on 1 October 2026.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (c) 2026 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the
   document authors.  All rights reserved.











Rosen & Martin           Expires 1 October 2026                 [Page 1]

Internet-Draft        retransmission-allowed errata           March 2026


   This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal
   Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (https://trustee.ietf.org/
   license-info) in effect on the date of publication of this document.
   Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights
   and restrictions with respect to this document.  Code Components
   extracted from this document must include Revised BSD License text as
   described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are
   provided without warranty as described in the Revised BSD License.

Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     1.1.  Requirements Notation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     1.2.  Additional Copyright Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Changes to Documents  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     2.1.  RFC 4119 - A Presence-based GEOPRIV Location Object Format
           (PIDF-LO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     2.2.  RFC 5606 - Implications of 'retransmission-allowed' for SIP
           Location Conveyance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     2.3.  RFC 5774 - Considerations for Civic Addresses in PIDF-LO:
           Guidelines and IANA Registry Definition . . . . . . . . .   7
     2.4.  RFC 6442 - Location Conveyance for SIP  . . . . . . . . .   8
     2.5.  RFC 7378 - Trustworthy Location . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     2.6.  RFC 8262 - Content-ID Header Field in SIP . . . . . . . .   9
   3.  General guidance to implementers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   4.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   5.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   6.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     6.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     6.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   Contributors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12

1.  Introduction

   The PIDF Location Object (PIDF-LO) format defined by [RFC4119]
   includes the <retransmission-allowed> element.  Section 2.2.5 "Schema
   Definitions" defines this element as a boolean data type as described
   in W3C's "XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes (Second Edition)" [XMLSCHEMA].
   As a boolean data type, <retransmission-allowed> can have the
   following values: 'true', 'false', '0', or '1'.

   Unfortunately the examples in the text of RFC 4119 used values 'yes'
   and 'no', which are not allowed per section 2.2.5 "Schema
   Definitions".  This problem was reported in errata id 1535
   (https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid1535) in 2008, and verified in
   2010.




Rosen & Martin           Expires 1 October 2026                 [Page 2]

Internet-Draft        retransmission-allowed errata           March 2026


   Since RFC 4119, there are another 13 RFCs with <retransmission-
   allowed> example text.  Despite the errata for RFC 4119, 5 of these
   13 RFCs repeated the incorrect use of 'yes' and 'no' in their
   examples of <retransmission-allowed>: [RFC5606], [RFC5774],
   [RFC6442], [RFC7378], and [RFC8262].  The other 8 RFCs correctly use
   'true' and 'false' in their examples: [RFC5580], [RFC5985],
   [RFC6397], [RFC6753], [RFC6772], [RFC7199], [RFC7852], and [RFC8876].

   Rather than submitting individual errata against those 5 RFCs'
   incorrect examples of <retransmission-allowed>, this document updates
   them all to replace all use of 'yes' with 'true', and all use of 'no'
   with 'false'.  The original RFC 4119 is also updated here for
   completeness, to further confirm the existing errata id 1535 for RFC
   4119.

   This also incorporates fixes to namespace issues in the
   <retransmission-allowed> examples in RFC4119 & RFC5774, as initially
   reported in errata id 1771 (https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/
   eid1771).

   Finally, this incorporates all the fixes in errata ids 1535 & 1771 to
   RFC4119.  In addition to the <retransmission-allowed> fixes discussed
   above, these two errata also have minor fixes for the discussion of
   elements <retention-expiry> & <ruleset-reference>, and namespace
   issues for the examples of <retention-expiry>.

1.1.  Requirements Notation

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
   "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in
   BCP 14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
   capitals, as shown here.

1.2.  Additional Copyright Notice

   This document may contain material from IETF Documents or IETF
   Contributions published or made publicly available before November
   10, 2008.  The person(s) controlling the copyright in some of this
   material may not have granted the IETF Trust the right to allow
   modifications of such material outside the IETF Standards Process.
   Without obtaining an adequate license from the person(s) controlling
   the copyright in such materials, this document may not be modified
   outside the IETF Standards Process, and derivative works of it may
   not be created outside the IETF Standards Process, except to format
   it for publication as an RFC or to translate it into languages other
   than English.




Rosen & Martin           Expires 1 October 2026                 [Page 3]

Internet-Draft        retransmission-allowed errata           March 2026


2.  Changes to Documents

2.1.  RFC 4119 - A Presence-based GEOPRIV Location Object Format (PIDF-
      LO)

   [RFC4119] section 2.2.2 page 8, replace:

      'retransmission-allowed': When the value of this element is 'no',
      the Recipient of this Location Object is not permitted to share
      the enclosed Location Information, or the object as a whole, with
      other parties.  When the value of this element is 'yes',
      distributing this Location is permitted (barring an existing out-
      of-band agreement or obligation to the contrary).  By default, the
      value MUST be assumed to be 'no'.  Implementations MUST include
      this field, with a value of 'no', if the Rule Maker specifies no
      preference.

   With:

      'retransmission-allowed': When the value of this element is
      *'false'*, the Recipient of this Location Object is not permitted
      to share the enclosed Location Information, or the object as a
      whole, with other parties.  When the value of this element is
      *'true'*, distributing this Location is permitted (barring an
      existing out-of-band agreement or obligation to the contrary).  By
      default, the value MUST be assumed to be *'false'*.
      Implementations MUST include this field, with a value of
      *'false'*, if the Rule Maker specifies no preference.

   And replace:

      'retention-expires': This field [...] in the 'retention-expires'
      element [...]

      'ruleset-reference': This field [...] HTTPS-based ruleset-
      references into [...]

   With:

      *'retention-expiry'*: This field [...] in the *'retention-expiry'*
      element [...]

      *'external-ruleset'*: This field [...] HTTPS-based *external-
      ruleset* into [...]

   Section 2.3 "Example Location Objects", replace both occurrences of:

      xmlns:gp="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:pidf:geopriv10"



Rosen & Martin           Expires 1 October 2026                 [Page 4]

Internet-Draft        retransmission-allowed errata           March 2026


   With:

      xmlns:gp="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:pidf:geopriv10"
      xmlns:gpb="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:pidf:geopriv10:basicPolicy"

   And replace:

      <gp:retransmission-allowed>no</gp:retransmission-allowed>
      <gp:retention-expiry>2003-06-23T04:57:29Z</gp:retention-expiry>

   With:

      <gpb:retransmission-allowed>false</gpb:retransmission-allowed>
      <gpb:retention-expiry>2003-06-23T04:57:29Z</gpb:retention-expiry>

   And replace:

      <gp:retransmission-allowed>yes</gp:retransmission-allowed>
      <gp:retention-expiry>2003-06-23T04:57:29Z</gp:retention-expiry>

   With:

      <gpb:retransmission-allowed>yes</gpb:retransmission-allowed>
      <gpb:retention-expiry>2003-06-23T04:57:29Z</gpb:retention-expiry>

2.2.  RFC 5606 - Implications of 'retransmission-allowed' for SIP
      Location Conveyance

   [RFC5606] Section 2, replace:

      These questions and concerns are particularly problematic when
      <retransmission-allowed> is set to "no" (the default case).  This
      core concern might be put as "to whom does <retransmission-
      allowed> apply in location-based routing?"  More specifically:

      Is any entity that reads LI bound by <retransmission-allowed>?  If
      so, does that mean a proxy that performs location-based routing is
      unable to forward a request and complete a SIP call if
      <retransmission-allowed> is "no"?  Alternatively, must they strip
      the location body from the message in order to complete the call?

      If the proxy does not understand RFC 4119, it may forward a SIP
      message containing a policy statement <retransmission-allowed> set
      to "no".  Is any proxy that does understand RFC 4119 required to
      parse the LI for this statement, even if it would not do so in
      order to route the message?

   With:



Rosen & Martin           Expires 1 October 2026                 [Page 5]

Internet-Draft        retransmission-allowed errata           March 2026


      These questions and concerns are particularly problematic when
      <retransmission-allowed> is set to *"false"* (the default case).
      This core concern might be put as "to whom does <retransmission-
      allowed> apply in location-based routing?"  More specifically:

      Is any entity that reads LI bound by <retransmission-allowed>?  If
      so, does that mean a proxy that performs location-based routing is
      unable to forward a request and complete a SIP call if
      <retransmission-allowed> is *"false"*?  Alternatively, must they
      strip the location body from the message in order to complete the
      call?

      If the proxy does not understand RFC 4119, it may forward a SIP
      message containing a policy statement <retransmission-allowed> set
      to *"false"*.  Is any proxy that does understand RFC 4119 required
      to parse the LI for this statement, even if it would not do so in
      order to route the message?

   Section 3.1, replace:

      After extensive discussion in both GEOPRIV and SIP contexts, there
      seems to be consensus that a solution for this problem must enable
      location-based routing to work even when the <retransmission-
      allowed> flag is set to "no".

   With:

      After extensive discussion in both GEOPRIV and SIP contexts, there
      seems to be consensus that a solution for this problem must enable
      location-based routing to work even when the <retransmission-
      allowed> flag is set to *"false"*.

   Section 3.2, replace:

      Because of this presumption, one SIP element may pass the LI to
      another even if the LO it contains has <retransmission-allowed>
      set to "no"; this sees the passing of the SIP message as part of
      the delivery to authorized recipients, rather than as
      retransmission.  SIP entities are still enjoined from passing
      these messages outside the normal routing to external entities if
      <retransmission-allowed> is set to "no", as it is the passing to
      third parties that <retransmission-allowed> is meant to control.

   With:

      Because of this presumption, one SIP element may pass the LI to
      another even if the LO it contains has <retransmission-allowed>
      set to *"false"*; this sees the passing of the SIP message as part



Rosen & Martin           Expires 1 October 2026                 [Page 6]

Internet-Draft        retransmission-allowed errata           March 2026


      of the delivery to authorized recipients, rather than as
      retransmission.  SIP entities are still enjoined from passing
      these messages outside the normal routing to external entities if
      <retransmission-allowed> is set to *"false"*, as it is the passing
      to third parties that <retransmission-allowed> is meant to
      control.

   Section 3.5, replace:

      "Location-Routing-Allowed" being set to "No" has no protocol-level
      mechanism for enforcement of this behavior; like the PIDF-LO
      <retransmission-allowed> being set to "no", it is a way for the
      Rule Maker to express a preference to the SIP elements, which are
      LI recipients.

   With:

      "Location-Routing-Allowed" being set to "No" has no protocol-level
      mechanism for enforcement of this behavior; like the PIDF-LO
      <retransmission-allowed> being set to *"false"*, it is a way for
      the Rule Maker to express a preference to the SIP elements, which
      are LI recipients.

   Section 3.6, replace:

      Where the B2BUA in fact does act as an endpoint (terminating the
      session and originating a different session), <retransmission-
      allowed> applies to it, and it must not copy location if
      <retransmission-allowed> is "no".

   With:

      Where the B2BUA in fact does act as an endpoint (terminating the
      session and originating a different session), <retransmission-
      allowed> applies to it, and it must not copy location if
      <retransmission-allowed> is *"false"*.

2.3.  RFC 5774 - Considerations for Civic Addresses in PIDF-LO:
      Guidelines and IANA Registry Definition

   [RFC5774] Section A.5 "Example", replace:

      xmlns:gp="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:pidf:geopriv10"

   With:

      xmlns:gp="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:pidf:geopriv10"
      xmlns:gpb="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:pidf:geopriv10:basicPolicy"



Rosen & Martin           Expires 1 October 2026                 [Page 7]

Internet-Draft        retransmission-allowed errata           March 2026


   And replace:

      <gp:retransmission-allowed>yes</gp:retransmission-allowed>
      <gp:retention-expiry>2009-11-10T12:00:00Z</gp:retention-expiry>

   With:

      <gpb:retransmission-allowed>true</gpb:retransmission-allowed>
      <gpb:retention-expiry>2009-11-10T12:00:00Z</gpb:retention-expiry>

2.4.  RFC 6442 - Location Conveyance for SIP

   [RFC6442] section 4.4 page 18, replace:

      This location error is specific to having the PIDF-LO [RFC4119]
      <retransmission-allowed> element set to "no".  This location error
      is stating it requires permission (i.e., PIDF-LO <retransmission-
      allowed> element set to "yes") to process this SIP request
      further.  If the LS sending the location information does not want
      to give this permission, it will not change this permission in a
      new request.  If the LS wants this message processed with the
      <retransmission-allowed> element set to "yes", it MUST choose
      another logical path (if one exists) for this SIP request.

   With:

      This location error is specific to having the PIDF-LO [RFC4119]
      <retransmission-allowed> element set to *"false"*.  This location
      error is stating it requires permission (i.e., PIDF-LO
      <retransmission-allowed> element set to *"true"*) to process this
      SIP request further.  If the LS sending the location information
      does not want to give this permission, it will not change this
      permission in a new request.  If the LS wants this message
      processed with the <retransmission-allowed> element set to
      *"false"*, it MUST choose another logical path (if one exists) for
      this SIP request.

   Errata id 4236 (https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid4236)
   incorrectly includes the following text

      Section 5.1, 5.2 says:

         <gbp:retransmission-allowed>false
         </gbp:retransmission-allowed>

      It should say:





Rosen & Martin           Expires 1 October 2026                 [Page 8]

Internet-Draft        retransmission-allowed errata           March 2026


         <gbp:retransmission-allowed>no
         </gbp:retransmission-allowed>

   Sections 5.1 and 5.2 of RFC6442 are correct without any need for this
   errata id 4236.  This errata should be ignored.

2.5.  RFC 7378 - Trustworthy Location

   [RFC7378] section 6 page 25, replace:

      as noted in RFC5606, Section 3.2:

         ...  Because of this presumption, one SIP element may pass the
         LI to another even if the LO it contains has <retransmission-
         allowed> set to "no"; this sees the passing of the SIP message
         as part of the delivery to authorized recipients, rather than
         as retransmission.  SIP entities are still enjoined from
         passing these messages outside the normal routing to external
         entities if <retransmission-allowed> is set to "no", as it is
         the passing to third parties that <retransmission-allowed> is
         meant to control.

   With:

      as noted in RFC5606, Section 3.2:

         ...  Because of this presumption, one SIP element may pass the
         LI to another even if the LO it contains has <retransmission-
         allowed> set to *"false"*; this sees the passing of the SIP
         message as part of the delivery to authorized recipients,
         rather than as retransmission.  SIP entities are still enjoined
         from passing these messages outside the normal routing to
         external entities if <retransmission-allowed> is set to
         *"false"*, as it is the passing to third parties that
         <retransmission-allowed> is meant to control.

2.6.  RFC 8262 - Content-ID Header Field in SIP

   [RFC8262] section 1.4.1 "Example 1", replace:

      <gbp:retransmission-allowed>no
      </gbp:retransmission-allowed>

   With:

      <gbp:retransmission-allowed>false
      </gbp:retransmission-allowed>




Rosen & Martin           Expires 1 October 2026                 [Page 9]

Internet-Draft        retransmission-allowed errata           March 2026


3.  General guidance to implementers

   Implementations that create <retransmission-allowed> MUST use only
   values 'true', 'false', '0', or '1' as required by the schema in
   section 2.2.5 of [RFC4119].  Implementations that create SHOULD use
   only values 'true' and 'false'.

   Implementations that accept <retransmission-allowed> MUST handle
   values 'true', 'false', '0', and '1'.  Implementations that accept
   SHOULD treat values 'yes' & 'no' as synonyms for 'true' & 'false'.

4.  Security Considerations

   The changes in this document do not require additional security
   considerations beyond those already noted in the individual RFCs
   affected by this RFC.

5.  IANA Considerations

   None

6.  References

6.1.  Normative References

   [RFC4119]  Peterson, J., "A Presence-based GEOPRIV Location Object
              Format", RFC 4119, DOI 10.17487/RFC4119, December 2005,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4119>.

   [RFC5606]  Peterson, J., Hardie, T., and J. Morris, "Implications of
              'retransmission-allowed' for SIP Location Conveyance",
              RFC 5606, DOI 10.17487/RFC5606, August 2009,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5606>.

   [RFC5774]  Wolf, K. and A. Mayrhofer, "Considerations for Civic
              Addresses in the Presence Information Data Format Location
              Object (PIDF-LO): Guidelines and IANA Registry
              Definition", BCP 154, RFC 5774, DOI 10.17487/RFC5774,
              March 2010, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5774>.

   [RFC6442]  Polk, J., Rosen, B., and J. Peterson, "Location Conveyance
              for the Session Initiation Protocol", RFC 6442,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6442, December 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6442>.

   [RFC7378]  Tschofenig, H., Schulzrinne, H., and B. Aboba, Ed.,
              "Trustworthy Location", RFC 7378, DOI 10.17487/RFC7378,
              December 2014, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7378>.



Rosen & Martin           Expires 1 October 2026                [Page 10]

Internet-Draft        retransmission-allowed errata           March 2026


   [RFC8262]  Holmberg, C. and I. Sedlacek, "Content-ID Header Field in
              the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)", RFC 8262,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8262, October 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8262>.

   [XMLSCHEMA]
              "XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes Second Edition", 28 October
              2004, <https://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/>.  See section
              3.2.2 boolean

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2119>.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
              May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8174>.

6.2.  Informative References

   [RFC5580]  Tschofenig, H., Ed., Adrangi, F., Jones, M., Lior, A., and
              B. Aboba, "Carrying Location Objects in RADIUS and
              Diameter", RFC 5580, DOI 10.17487/RFC5580, August 2009,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5580>.

   [RFC5985]  Barnes, M., Ed., "HTTP-Enabled Location Delivery (HELD)",
              RFC 5985, DOI 10.17487/RFC5985, September 2010,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5985>.

   [RFC6397]  Manderson, T., "Multi-Threaded Routing Toolkit (MRT)
              Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Routing Information Export
              Format with Geo-Location Extensions", RFC 6397,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6397, October 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6397>.

   [RFC6753]  Winterbottom, J., Tschofenig, H., Schulzrinne, H., and M.
              Thomson, "A Location Dereference Protocol Using HTTP-
              Enabled Location Delivery (HELD)", RFC 6753,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6753, October 2012,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6753>.

   [RFC6772]  Schulzrinne, H., Ed., Tschofenig, H., Ed., Cuellar, J.,
              Polk, J., Morris, J., and M. Thomson, "Geolocation Policy:
              A Document Format for Expressing Privacy Preferences for
              Location Information", RFC 6772, DOI 10.17487/RFC6772,
              January 2013, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6772>.




Rosen & Martin           Expires 1 October 2026                [Page 11]

Internet-Draft        retransmission-allowed errata           March 2026


   [RFC7199]  Barnes, R., Thomson, M., Winterbottom, J., and H.
              Tschofenig, "Location Configuration Extensions for Policy
              Management", RFC 7199, DOI 10.17487/RFC7199, April 2014,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7199>.

   [RFC7852]  Gellens, R., Rosen, B., Tschofenig, H., Marshall, R., and
              J. Winterbottom, "Additional Data Related to an Emergency
              Call", RFC 7852, DOI 10.17487/RFC7852, July 2016,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7852>.

   [RFC8876]  Rosen, B., Schulzrinne, H., Tschofenig, H., and R.
              Gellens, "Non-interactive Emergency Calls", RFC 8876,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8876, September 2020,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8876>.

Contributors

   Gordon Hines
   Comtech TCS
   2401 Elliott Avenue
   Seattle, WA 98121
   United States of America
   Email: skip.hines@comtech.com


   Roger Marshall
   Comtech TCS
   2401 Elliott Avenue
   Seattle, WA 98121
   United States of America
   Email: roger.marshall@comtech.com


   Victor Burton
   Comtech TCS
   2401 Elliott Avenue
   Seattle, WA 98121
   United States of America
   Email: victor.burton@comtech.com


Authors' Addresses

   Brian Rosen
   Unaffiliated
   Mars, PA
   United States of America
   Email: br@brianrosen.net



Rosen & Martin           Expires 1 October 2026                [Page 12]

Internet-Draft        retransmission-allowed errata           March 2026


   Jeff Martin
   Comtech TCS
   2401 Elliott Avenue
   Seattle, WA 98121
   United States of America
   Email: jeff.martin@comtech.com













































Rosen & Martin           Expires 1 October 2026                [Page 13]
