Approval announcement
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Announcement
From: The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org>
To: IETF-Announce <ietf-announce@ietf.org>
Cc: Internet Architecture Board <iab@iab.org>,
RFC Editor <rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org>
Subject: Protocol Action: 'Clarifying when Standards Track
Documents may Refer Normatively to Documents at a Lower Level'
to BCP
The IESG has approved the following document:
- 'Clarifying when Standards Track Documents may Refer Normatively to
Documents at a Lower Level '
<draft-ymbk-downref-04.txt> as a BCP
This document has been reviewed in the IETF but is not the product of an
IETF Working Group.
The IESG contact person is Harald Alvestrand.
A URL of this Internet-Draft is:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ymbk-downref-04.txt
Ballot Text
Technical Summary
IETF procedures generally require that a standards track RFC may not
have a normative reference to a document at a lower standards level.
For example a standards track document may not have a normative
reference to an informational RFC. There are needs for exceptions to
this rule, often caused by the IETF using informational RFCs to
describe non-IETF standards, or IETF-specific modes of use of such
standards. This document clarifies the procedure used in these
circumstances.
Working Group Summary
This document has been developed based on IESG experience with
reference issues. It has been discussed in the IESG and with the RFC Editor
There was one (positive) Last Call comment.
Protocol Quality
This document has been reviewed for the IESG by Harald Alvestrand.