Handling of Internet-Drafts by IETF Working Groups
RFC 7221
| Document | Type |
RFC - Informational
(April 2014; No errata)
Was draft-crocker-id-adoption (individual in gen area)
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| Last updated | 2015-10-14 | ||
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| Formats | plain text pdf html bibtex | ||
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| Document shepherd | Barry Leiba | ||
| Shepherd write-up | Show (last changed 2014-02-03) | ||
| IESG | IESG state | RFC 7221 (Informational) | |
| Consensus Boilerplate | Unknown | ||
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| Send notices to | barryleiba@computer.org | ||
| IANA | IANA review state | Version Changed - Review Needed | |
| IANA action state | No IANA Actions | ||
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) A. Farrel
Request for Comments: 7221 Juniper Networks
Category: Informational D. Crocker, Ed.
ISSN: 2070-1721 Brandenburg InternetWorking
April 2014
Handling of Internet-Drafts by IETF Working Groups
Abstract
The productive output of an IETF working group is documents, as
mandated by the working group's charter. When a working group is
ready to develop a particular document, the most common mechanism is
for it to "adopt" an existing document as a starting point. The
document that a working group adopts and then develops further is
based on initial input at varying levels of maturity. An initial
working group draft might be a document already in wide use, or it
might be a blank sheet, wholly created by the working group, or it
might represent any level of maturity in between. This document
discusses how a working group typically handles the formal documents
that it targets for publication.
Status of This Memo
This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
published for informational purposes.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Not all documents
approved by the IESG are a candidate for any level of Internet
Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 5741.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7221.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................2
1.1. What Is a WG Draft? ........................................3
1.2. Working Group Authority and Consensus ......................4
1.3. Questions Considered in This Document ......................5
2. Adoption Sequence ...............................................6
2.1. Common Steps ...............................................6
2.2. Criteria for Adoption ......................................6
3. Authors/Editors .................................................8
4. Document History and Stability ..................................8
5. Some Issues for Consideration ..................................10
5.1. Individual I-Ds under WG Care .............................10
5.2. WG Drafts Can Become Individual Drafts ....................11
5.3. Competing Drafts ..........................................11
6. Security Considerations ........................................13
7. Acknowledgements ...............................................13
8. Informative References .........................................13
1. Introduction
The productive output of an IETF working group (WG) is documents, as
mandated by the working group's charter. Working groups develop
these documents based on initial input at varying levels of maturity.
An initial working group draft might be a document already in wide
use, or it might be a blank sheet, wholly created by the working
group, or it might represent any level of maturity in between. This
document discusses how a working group typically handles the formal
documents that it targets for publication. The discussion applies
only to the IETF and does not cover IRTF groups, where practices vary
widely.
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Within the general constraints of formal IETF process and the
specific constraints of a working group's charter, there can be
considerable freedom in the adoption and development of drafts. As
with most IETF activities, the ultimate arbiter of such choices is
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