IETF Working Group Guidelines and Procedures
RFC 2418
Document | Type |
RFC - Best Current Practice
(September 1998; Errata)
Obsoletes RFC 1603
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Author | Scott Bradner | ||
Last updated | 2013-10-17 | ||
Stream | IETF | ||
Formats | plain text html pdf htmlized bibtex | ||
Stream | WG state | (None) | |
Document shepherd | No shepherd assigned | ||
IESG | IESG state | RFC 2418 (Best Current Practice) | |
Consensus Boilerplate | Unknown | ||
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Network Working Group S. Bradner Request for Comments: 2418 Editor Obsoletes: 1603 Harvard University BCP: 25 September 1998 Category: Best Current Practice IETF Working Group Guidelines and Procedures Status of this Memo This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Copyright Notice Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998). All Rights Reserved. Abstract The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has responsibility for developing and reviewing specifications intended as Internet Standards. IETF activities are organized into working groups (WGs). This document describes the guidelines and procedures for formation and operation of IETF working groups. It also describes the formal relationship between IETF participants WG and the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) and the basic duties of IETF participants, including WG Chairs, WG participants, and IETF Area Directors. Table of Contents Abstract ......................................................... 1 1. Introduction .................................................. 2 1.1. IETF approach to standardization .......................... 4 1.2. Roles within a Working Group .............................. 4 2. Working group formation ....................................... 4 2.1. Criteria for formation .................................... 4 2.2. Charter ................................................... 6 2.3. Charter review & approval ................................. 8 2.4. Birds of a feather (BOF) .................................. 9 3. Working Group Operation ....................................... 10 3.1. Session planning .......................................... 11 3.2. Session venue ............................................. 11 3.3. Session management ........................................ 13 3.4. Contention and appeals .................................... 15 Bradner Best Current Practice [Page 1] RFC 2418 Working Group Guidelines September 1998 4. Working Group Termination ..................................... 15 5. Rechartering a Working Group .................................. 15 6. Staff Roles ................................................... 16 6.1. WG Chair .................................................. 16 6.2. WG Secretary .............................................. 18 6.3. Document Editor ........................................... 18 6.4. WG Facilitator ............................................ 18 6.5. Design teams .............................................. 19 6.6. Working Group Consultant .................................. 19 6.7. Area Director ............................................. 19 7. Working Group Documents ....................................... 19 7.1. Session documents ......................................... 19 7.2. Internet-Drafts (I-D) ..................................... 19 7.3. Request For Comments (RFC) ................................ 20 7.4. Working Group Last-Call ................................... 20 7.5. Submission of documents ................................... 21 8. Review of documents ........................................... 21 9. Security Considerations ....................................... 22 10. Acknowledgments .............................................. 23 11. References ................................................... 23 12. Editor's Address ............................................. 23 Appendix: Sample Working Group Charter .......................... 24 Full Copyright Statement ......................................... 26 1. Introduction The Internet, a loosely-organized international collaboration of autonomous, interconnected networks, supports host-to-host communication through voluntary adherence to open protocols and procedures defined by Internet Standards. There are also many isolated interconnected networks, which are not connected to the global Internet but use the Internet Standards. Internet Standards are developed in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). This document defines guidelines and procedures for IETF working groups. The Internet Standards Process of the IETF is defined in [1]. The organizations involved in the IETF Standards Process are described in [2] as are the roles of specific individuals. The IETF is a large, open community of network designers, operators, vendors, users, and researchers concerned with the Internet and theShow full document text