RFC 7799 is one of the key documents that record IETF current best thoughts about the classification of various measurement metrics and methods. The document is normatively cited by other RFCs and cited outside IPPM, including by other SDOs.

The experience so far supports reclassification of RFC 7799 from Informational to BCP. This is also consistent with the recent approval by the IESG of the companion document draft-ietf-opsawg-oam-characterization that will be published as a BCP. Both documents will be published under the same BCP: BCP 161