@techreport{dawkins-pstmt-twostage-02, number = {draft-dawkins-pstmt-twostage-02}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-dawkins-pstmt-twostage/02/}, author = {Spencer Dawkins and Charles E. Perkins and Dave Crocker}, title = {{Two Stage Standardization Approach}}, pagetotal = 12, year = 2004, month = may, day = 21, abstract = {RFC 2026 specifies a three-stage Standards Track. As currently practiced, IETF standards track documents typically attain only the first stage. This proposal discusses the problems caused by the disparity between documented procedures and actual practice, and proposes a two-step standard track.}, }