Statement of Work for Extensions to the IETF Datatracker for Author Statistics
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                        R. Housley
Request for Comments: 7760                                Vigil Security
Category: Informational                                     January 2016
ISSN: 2070-1721

      Statement of Work for Extensions to the IETF Datatracker for
                           Author Statistics

Abstract

   This is the Statement of Work (SOW) for extensions to the IETF
   Datatracker to provide statistics about RFCs and Internet-Drafts and
   their authors.

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/rfc7760.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2
   2.  Purpose  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2
   3.  Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
     3.1.  Documents  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
     3.2.  Authors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
     3.3.  Affiliation of Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
     3.4.  Countries of Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
     3.5.  Continents of Authors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
   4.  IETF Meeting Attendees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
     4.1.  Countries of IETF Meeting Attendees  . . . . . . . . . . .  6
     4.2.  Continents of IETF Meeting Attendees . . . . . . . . . . .  6
   5.  Existing Code  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
   6.  Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
   7.  Thoughts on Future Enhancements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
   8.  Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
   9.  Informative References   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
   Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8

1.  Introduction

   A prominent member of the IETF community has developed a set of tools
   to produce statistics about the authors of RFCs and Internet-Drafts.
   These tools analyze the documents themselves to produce statistics
   about the documents and their authors.  The goal of the IETF
   Datatracker enhancements described in this document is to provide
   similar statistics and ensure that the software is maintained as part
   of the IETF information services.  While some data may still need to
   be extracted from the documents themselves, as much data as possible
   should be maintained in the IETF Datatracker database [DATATRACKER].

   Current statistics are available on the web at
   http://www.arkko.com/tools/docstats.html.

   The code that is used to produce these statistics is available at
   http://www.arkko.com/tools/authorstats.html.

2.  Purpose

   Author statistics allow the community to understand where work is
   being done and by whom.  The statistics make it visible which
   individuals, companies, and geographic regions are the most active
   contributors.  The statistics also show how these are changing over
   the years.

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   Some of the statistics provide "nice to know" information; however,
   others are sometimes used to refer to a particular participant's
   contributions in the IETF or used to study trends within IETF work.
   For instance, the IETF has been trying to increase the diversity of
   participants, and the statistics are one way to see the impact of
   those efforts.  Also, the most active individuals are potential