Media Type Registration for Protocol Buffers
draft-ietf-dispatch-mime-protobuf-07

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From: The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org>
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Cc: The IESG <iesg@ietf.org>, dispatch-chairs@ietf.org, dispatch@ietf.org, draft-ietf-dispatch-mime-protobuf@ietf.org, fenton@bluepopcorn.net, orie@or13.io, rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org
Subject: Document Action: 'Media Type Registration for Protocol Buffers' to Informational RFC (draft-ietf-dispatch-mime-protobuf-06.txt)

The IESG has approved the following document:
- 'Media Type Registration for Protocol Buffers'
  (draft-ietf-dispatch-mime-protobuf-06.txt) as Informational RFC

This document is the product of the Dispatch Working Group.

The IESG contact persons are Andy Newton and Orie Steele.

A URL of this Internet-Draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-dispatch-mime-protobuf/

Ballot Text

Technical Summary

   This document registers media types for Protocol Buffers, a common
   extensible mechanism for serializing structured data.

Working Group Summary

   Was there anything in the WG process that is worth noting?

     Some concerns were raised on if dispatch is the appropriate venue to address administrative work like this.
     https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/dispatch/ECxthK8IHZj3nbP8yGIJ4iIkBr4/

     I believe the outcome we achieved here is better than what we would have had with AD sponsorship.
 
Document Quality

   Are there existing implementations of the protocol?
   Have a significant number of vendors indicated their plan to
   implement the specification? 

     Yes ... https://github.com/search?q=application%2Fprotobuf&type=code
             https://github.com/search?q=application%2Fx-protobuffer&type=code

Personnel

   The Document Shepherd for this document is Jim Fenton. 
   The Responsible Area Director is Orie Steele.

RFC Editor Note