A Proposed Model for RFC Editing and Publication
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rfced-future                                                  M. Thomson
Internet-Draft                                                   Mozilla
Updates: 4844, 6635 (if approved)                         10 August 2020
Intended status: Informational                                          
Expires: 11 February 2021

            A Proposed Model for RFC Editing and Publication
                      draft-thomson-rfced-model-01

Abstract

   The finishing process for a document that is approved for publication
   as an RFC currently involves a somewhat detailed and lengthy process.
   The system that executes that process involves a number of different
   actors, each bringing competency with different aspects of the
   overall process.  Ensuring that this process functions smoothly is
   critical to the mission of the organizations that publish documents
   in the RFC series.

   This document proposes a framework for that system that aims to
   provide clear delineations of accountability and responsibility for
   each of the actors in this system.

Discussion Venues

   This note is to be removed before publishing as an RFC.

   Discussion of this document takes place on the RFC Editor Futures
   program mailing list (rfced-future@iab.org), which is archived at
   https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/rfced-future/
   (https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/rfced-future/).

   Source for this draft and an issue tracker can be found at
   https://github.com/martinthomson/rfced-model
   (https://github.com/martinthomson/rfced-model).

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Conventions and Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  Abstract Model  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   4.  Funding and Oversight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     4.1.  IETF LLC Delegation of Oversight Function . . . . . . . .   5
   5.  Evolution and Setting Policies  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     5.1.  Individual Interactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     5.2.  The Needs of Different Streams  . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     5.3.  Style Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   6.  Tooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   7.  Management of Individual Functions  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   8.  Other Involved Entities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   9.  Changes from Version 2  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
     9.1.  No RFC Series Editor  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
     9.2.  Preserved Aspects of Current Practice . . . . . . . . . .  13
     9.3.  Motivating Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
   10. Documentation Requirements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
   11. Errors and Omissions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
   12. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
   13. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
   14. References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     14.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     14.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
   Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
   Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16

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