Network Working Group                                         P. Hoffman
Internet-Draft                                            VPN Consortium
Intended status: Informational                        September 22, 2010
Expires: March 26, 2011


 Data Tracker States and Annotations for the IAB, IRTF, and Independent
                           Submission Streams
                  draft-hoffman-alt-streams-tracker-10

Abstract

   This document describes extending the IETF Data Tracker to capture
   and display the progression of Internet Drafts that are intended to
   be published as RFCs by the IAB, IRTF, or Independent Submissions
   Editor.  The states and annotations that are to be added to the data
   tracker will be applied to a draft as soon as any of these streams
   identify the draft as a potential eventual RFC, and will continue
   through the lifetime of the draft.  The goal of adding this
   information to the Data Tracker is to give the community more
   information about the status of these drafts and the status of the
   streams themselves.

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1.  Introduction

   This document was prepared in coordination with the IAB, IRTF, and
   ISE streams, at the request of the IAOC.

   As described in Section 5 of [RFC4844], there are currently four
   streams that feed into the RFC publication process: the IETF document
   stream, the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) document stream, the
   Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) document stream, and the
   Independent Submissions stream which is administered by the
   Independent Submissions Editor (ISE).  Each of these streams consist
   of Internet Drafts (often abbreviated "I-Ds") that have been
   identified by an organization or role as being part of their stream.
   Each stream maintainer progresses documents towards RFC publication
   in its own fashion.

   In recent years, there has been a desire by IETF participants and
   others to see more of the process used by each stream.  For example,
   some people want to know how close the IAB is to finishing a
   particular document; IETF participants might want to know the
   progress of IRTF research documents that are in areas that are
   related to their engineering work; people who have asked for the ISE
   to publish their document want to track its progress.  If the IETF
   Data Tracker ("tracker") has more information about each stream's
   states, this information is much more easily accessible.

   This document describes the additional tracker states that are
   specific to each of the IAB, the IRTF, and the ISE document flows.  A



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   document might also have one or more annotations assigned as well.
   Because each stream is controlled by a different organization, this
   document separates out the proposed states and annotations for each
   stream, and associates specific semantics stream-by-stream.

   Annotations may be applied at any time to a document that is intended
   for the particular stream.  A document may have more than one
   annotation applied to it.  It is likely that the comments for these
   annotations will supply valuable information about the annotation.
   Each stream owner needs to have write access to the states and
   annotations for all the documents in their stream.  They should also
   be able to assign others to have the same write privileges.

   This document does not describe which person in each stream might be
   able to edit these states and annotations; it is assumed that this is
   a simple enough task that it can be negotiated between each stream
   administrator and the tracker administrator.  Also, this document
   assumes that whoever is making the edits to the state and annotations
   can enter comments that will be publicly visible.

   Some streams have comments that are very long, such as document
   reviews and document poll results.  The tracker needs to be able to
   store long annotations.

   Note that this document does not discuss documents in the IETF
   stream.  The states and permissions for IETF stream documents that
   have been requested for publication are already implemented in the
   tracker.  A separate set of documents, [WGSTATES] and
   [WGREQUIREMENTS], describe the tracker states and associated
   permissions proposed for documents in the IETF stream that have been
   adopted, or are being considered for adoption, by IETF Working
   Groups.

   This document defines three state machines that fit into the IETF
   Data Tracker.  The Data Tracker will have multiple state machines.


2.  IAB Stream

   This section describes the desired states and annotations for the IAB
   stream.

2.1.  States for the IAB Stream

   o  Candidate IAB Document -- A document considered for the IAB
      stream.





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   o  Active IAB Document -- This document has been adopted by the IAB
      and is being actively developed.

   o  Parked IAB Document -- This document has lost its author or
      editor, is waiting for another document to be written, or cannot
      currently be worked on by the IAB for some other reason.
      Annotations probably explain why this document is parked.

   o  IAB Review -- This document is awaiting the IAB itself to come to
      internal consensus.

   o  Community Review -- This document has completed internal consensus
      within the IAB and is now under community review.  (The IAB
      normally allows community input during earlier stages of the
      process as well.)

   o  Approved by IAB, To Be Sent to RFC Editor -- The consideration of
      this document is complete, but it has not yet been sent to the RFC
      Editor for publication (although that is going to happen soon).

   o  Sent to a Different Organization for Publication -- The IAB does
      not expect to publish the document itself, but has passed it on to
      a different organization that might continue work on the document.
      The expectation is that other organization will publish the
      eventual document.

   o  Sent to the RFC Editor -- The IAB processing of this document is
      complete and it has been sent to the RFC Editor for publication.
      The document may be in the RFC Editor's queue, or it may have been
      published as an RFC; this state doesn't distinguish between
      different states occurring after the document has left the IAB.

   o  Published RFC -- The document was published as an RFC.  This state
      will list the number of the RFC and the publication date.

   o  Dead IAB Document -- This document was an active IAB document, but
      for some reason it is no longer being pursued for the IAB stream.
      It is possible that the document might be revived later.

2.2.  Annotations for the IAB Stream

   o  Editor Needed -- The document has lost its editor but it is still
      intended to be part of the IAB stream.

   o  Waiting for Dependency on Other Document -- Activity on this
      document is expected to be low or non-existent while waiting for
      another document (probably listed in the comments) progresses.




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   o  Waiting for Partner Feedback -- The IAB often produces documents
      that need socializing with outside organisations (such as the
      IEEE) or other internal organisations (such as the IESG or the
      IAOC).  This document has been sent out for feedback from one of
      these partner groups.

   o  Awaiting Reviews -- Activity on this document is expected to be
      low or non-existent while waiting for reviews that were solicited
      by the IAB.

   o  Revised I-D Needed -- Comments that will cause changes have been
      submitted, and no processing is expected until a new draft is
      issued.

   o  Document Shepherd Followup -- The document's shepherd is expected
      to take some action before the document can proceed.

2.3.  Access Control for IAB States and Annotations

   Some IAB members, and members of the IAB Executive Directorate, need
   to be able to set the states and annotations for IAB documents during
   their lifecycle.  The IAB Chair needs to be able to grant access to
   individuals to modify the state and annotations; such access applies
   to all IAB Stream documents.


3.  IRTF Stream

   This section describes the desired states and annotations for the
   IRTF stream.  Some of the steps take place in IRTF Research Groups
   (RGs), while others take place in the Internet Research Steering
   Group (IRSG).

3.1.  States for the IRTF Stream

   o  Candidate RG Document -- This document is under consideration in
      an RG for becoming a IRTF document.  A document being in this
      state does not imply any RG consensus, and does not imply any
      precedence or selection.  It's simply a way to indicate that
      somebody has asked for a document to be considered for adoption by
      an RG.

   o  Active RG Document -- This document has been adopted by an RG, and
      is being actively developed.

   o  Parked RG Document -- This document has lost its author or editor,
      is waiting for another document to be written, or cannot currently
      be worked on by the RG that adopted it for some other reason.



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   o  In RG Last Call -- The document is in its final review in the RG.

   o  Waiting for Document Shepherd -- IRTF documents have document
      shepherds who help RG documents through the process after the RG
      has finished with the document.

   o  Waiting for IRTF Chair -- The IRTF Chair is meant to be performing
      some task such as sending a request for IESG Review.

   o  Awaiting IRSG Reviews -- The document shepherd has taken the
      document to the IRSG and solicited reviews from one or more IRSG
      members.

   o  In IRSG Poll -- The IRSG is taking a poll on whether or not the
      document is ready to be published.

   o  In IESG Review -- The IRSG has asked the IESG to do an review of
      the document, as described in [RFC5742].

   o  Sent to the RFC Editor -- The document has been submitted for
      publication (and not returned to the IRTF for further action).
      The document may be in the RFC Editor's queue, or it may have been
      published as an RFC; this state doesn't distinguish between
      different states occurring after the document has left the IRTF.

   o  Document on Hold Based On IESG Request -- The IESG has requested
      that the document be held pending further review, as specified in
      RFC5742, and the IRTF has agreed to such a hold.

   o  Published RFC -- The document was published as an RFC.  This state
      will list the number of the RFC and the publication date.

   o  Dead IRTF Document -- This document was an active IRTF document,
      but for some reason it is no longer being pursued for the IRTF
      stream.  It is possible that the document might be revived later,
      possibly in another stream.

3.2.  Annotations for the IRTF Stream

   o  Editor Needed -- The document has lost its editor but it still
      intended to be the output of an RG.

   o  Shepherd Needed -- The document needs a shepherd assigned to it.

   o  Waiting for Dependency on Other Document -- Activity on this
      document is expected to be low or non-existent while waiting for
      another document (probably listed in the comments) progresses.




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   o  Revised I-D Needed -- Discussion has ensued that is expected to
      cause changes, and no progress is expected until a new draft is
      issued.

3.3.  Access Control for IRTF States and Annotations

   An RG Chair needs to be able to set the states and annotations for an
   IRTF document before the RG has sent the document to the IRSG for
   review.  The RG Chair also needs to be able to give the same ability
   to a shepherd that is assigned by the RG chair.  This access control
   is similar to the access control that is specified in
   [WGREQUIREMENTS] for IETF WG chairs and their document shepherds.

   The RG chairs should be able to modify the state and annotations for
   any of that RG's documents at any time.  The IRTF Chair should be
   able to modify the state and annotations for any IRTF Stream document
   at any time.

   RG chairs and document shepherds may change at any point in a
   document's life cycle.  The Data Tracker needs to be able to make
   these changes, and also needs to log these changes when they are
   made.


4.  Independent Submission Stream

   This section describes the desired states and annotations for the
   Independent Submission stream.  The ISE will do his or her own
   record-keeping for data not related to states and annotations.

   Many documents in the Independent Submission stream come from the
   other three streams.  Because of this, the tracker needs to preserve
   previous states and annotations on drafts that come to the
   Independent Submission stream.

4.1.  States for the Independent Submission Stream

   o  Submission Received -- The draft has been sent to the ISE with a
      request for publication.

   o  Finding Reviewers -- The ISE is finding initial reviewers for the
      document.

   o  In ISE Review -- The ISE is actively working on the document.

   o  New Version Requested -- One or more reviews have been sent to the
      author(s), and the ISE is awaiting response.




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   o  In IESG Review -- The ISE has asked the IESG to do a review on the
      document, as described in [RFC5742].

   o  Sent to the RFC Editor -- The ISE processing of this document is
      complete and it has been sent to the RFC Editor for publication.
      The document may be in the RFC Editor's queue, or it may have been
      published as an RFC; this state doesn't distinguish between
      different states occurring after the document has left the ISE.

   o  Published RFC -- The document was published as an RFC.  This state
      will list the number of the RFC and the publication date.

   o  No Longer In Independent Submission Stream -- This document was
      actively considered in the Independent Submission stream, but the
      ISE chose not to publish it.  It is possible that the document
      might be revived later.

4.2.  Annotations for the Independent Submission Stream

   o  Waiting for Dependency on Other Document -- Activity on this
      document is expected to be low or non-existent while waiting for
      another document (probably listed in the comments) progresses.
      The other documents may or may not be in the Independent
      Submission stream.

   o  Awaiting Reviews -- Activity on this document is expected to be
      low or non-existent while waiting for reviews that were solicited
      by the ISE.

   o  Revised I-D Needed -- Requests for revisions have been sent to the
      author(s), and no further ISE processing is expected until a new
      draft is issued.

   o  IESG Review Completed -- The IESG has completed its review on the
      document, as described in [RFC5742].


5.  Display in the Data Tracker

   When the Data Tracker displays the metadata for an individual draft
   in the IAB stream, IRTF stream, or ISE stream, it should show at
   least the following information:









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   Document stream:           IAB / IRTF / Independent Submission
   I-D availability status:   Active / Expired / Withdrawn / RFC
                                Replaces / Replaced I-D or RFC
                                (if applicable)
   Last updated:              year-mm-dd  (e.g. 2010-07-25)
   IRTF RG status: *          Applicable RG state *and* name of
                                RG (or RGs)
   Intended RFC status:       Informational / Experimental / etc.
   Document shepherd: **      Name of Document Shepherd (if assigned)
   Approval status:           Name of applicable state from the IAB /
                                IRTF / Independent Submission stream

   *  The "IRTF RG status" is only shown for the IRTF stream; it is to
        be completely removed for the IAB and Independent Stream
   ** This field displays the name and email of the person assigned to
        be the shepherd for the I-D; the line is omitted if the shepherd
        has not yet been assigned


6.  Movement Between Streams

   Internet Drafts sometimes move between streams.  For example, a draft
   might start out in the IETF stream but then move to the Independent
   Submission stream, or a draft might move from an IRTF RG to the IETF
   stream.  Thus, the IETF Data Tracker needs to be able to change the
   designated stream of a draft.  It is expected that this will be done
   by the stream managers.  In addtion, the IETF Data Tracker should
   preserve all data from the earlier stream(s) when a document moves
   between streams.

   Internet Drafts sometimes move out of a stream into a non-stream
   state.  For example, a draft that is in the "Candidate IAB Document",
   "Candidate RG Document", or "Submission Received" state might not be
   adopted by the stream and revert back to having no stream-specific
   state.  The IETF Data Tracker needs to be able to handle the
   transition from having a stream-related state to a null state.

   New streams may be added in the future, and the tool needs to be able
   to handle additional streams.


7.  IESG Mail Sent for the IRTF and Independent Stream

   After the IESG performs a review of potential RFCs from the IRTF and
   Independent streams, as described in RFC 5742, the IETF Data Tracker
   sends out email to the IANA, the IESG, ietf-announce@ietf.org, and
   the stream manager with the results of the IESG's review.  The
   subject line of that mail currently looks like:



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      Subject: Re: Informational RFC to be: <draft-filename.txt>

   Instead, the subject line for these messages should be:

      Subject: Results of IETF-conflict review of <draft-filename.txt>

   In addition, the boilerplate text for these mail messages should
   begin with the following text:

      The IESG has completed a review of <draft-filename.txt>
      consistent with RFC 5742. This review is applied to all
      IRTF and Independent stream documents that are proposed
      to become RFCs.

   Note that these letters have effects on the state machine for the
   IESG, although those effects are not covered in this document.


8.  IANA Considerations

   None.


9.  Security Considerations

   Changing the states in the Data Tracker does not affect the security
   of the Internet in any significant fashion.


10.  Review of These Requirements

   The IAB has reviewed this document, and agrees that this document
   meets the IAB's consent requirements.

   The IRTF Chair has reviewed this document and agrees that this
   document meets the requirements for the IRTF stream.

   The ISE has reviewed this document and agrees that this document
   meets the requirements of the technical community, as represented by
   the Independent Submission stream.


11.  Acknowledgements

   This document draws heavily on, including wholesale copying from,
   earlier work done by Henrik Levkowetz, Phil Roberts, and Aaron Falk.
   Additional significant input has been received from Aaron Falk, Nevil
   Brownlee, Olaf Kolkman, Ross Callon, Ed Juskevicius, Subramanian SM



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   Moonesamy, and Alfred Hoenes.


12.  References

12.1.  Normative References

   [RFC4844]  Daigle, L. and Internet Architecture Board, "The RFC
              Series and RFC Editor", RFC 4844, July 2007.

12.2.  Informative References

   [RFC5742]  Alvestrand, H. and R. Housley, "IESG Procedures for
              Handling of Independent and IRTF Stream Submissions",
              BCP 92, RFC 5742, December 2009.

   [WGREQUIREMENTS]
              Juskevicius, E., "Requirements to Extend the Datatracker
              for WG Chairs and Authors",
              draft-juskevicius-datatracker-wgdocstate-reqts (work in
              progress), May 2010.

   [WGSTATES]
              Juskevicius, E., "Definition of IETF Working Group
              Document States", draft-ietf-proto-wgdocument-states (work
              in progress), May 2010.


Author's Address

   Paul Hoffman
   VPN Consortium

   Email: paul.hoffman@vpnc.org

















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