RFC SERIES OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE (RSOC) May 10, 2017 RSOC Meeting Reported by: Cindy Morgan, IETF Secretariat ATTENDEES --------------------------------- Sarah Banks (Chair) Nevil Brownlee Heather Flanagan (RSE, non-voting) Joel Halpern Tony Hansen Cindy Morgan (Scribe, non-voting) Ray Pelletier (IAOC Liaison, non-voting) Adam Roach REGRETS --------------------------------- Joe Hildebrand Bob Hinden Robert Sparks (Lead) MINUTES --------------------------------- 0. Review of minutes The minutes of the 30 March 2017 RSOC Meeting were approved. 1. Project updates 1.1. Format Heather Flanagan reported that a first preview release (0.9.0) of 'id2xml', the text-submission converter tool, has been published; the Tools Development team and the RPC will be testing it over the next few weeks. Once id2xml gets to version 1.0, it will be opened up for broader community testing. The high level deliverables for the format tools are being tracked at: https://trac.tools.ietf.org/tools/ietfdb/wiki/FormatToolsPlan 1.2. Style Guide Heather Flanagan reported that rather than using a search string, errata URLs are now in the from of . Other guidelines currently being reviewed include capitalization of Working Group, placement of the index, and whether to change the guidance on how to reference Internet Drafts. Heather Flanagan will work with Sandy Ginoza to determine which of the style changes result in change requests or RFEs for xml2rfc. 2. Issues around the sub-series concept Heather Flanagan reported that draft-leiba-rfc2119-update is being discussed by both the IESG and RSOC. There is a debate about whether the proposed change is technical (under the purview of the IESG) or editorial (under the purview of the RFC Series Editor). After discussion, the RSOC concluded that at least for IETF-stream documents, this is in scope for the IESG. Heather Flanagan will follow up with the IESG. Heather will raise a separate issue with the IESG about how the BCP sub-series should be used. 3. IESG retreat plans 3.1. Normatively referencing open source repositories Alia Atlas is coordinating a discussion with the IESG on normatively referencing open source repositories; this conversation will continue at the IESG retreat. Heather Flanagan will suggest that the RSAG have a chance to do an early review of any policy that comes out of this. Heather will report back to the RSOC on this after the retreat. 3.2. Author count on RFCs The issue of the number of authors allowed to be listed on an RFC will be raised again at the IESG retreat. There is a draft proposal for hard limits to the number of authors allowed on an IETF-stream RFC. Adam Roach suggested that a warning could be added to IDNITS to help with this issue. 4. Digital Preservation Heather Flanagan reported that the Computer History Museum is amenable to adding digital RFCs to their collection. The museum will require an MOU or letter of gift in order to take the collection; Heather has asked them to draft something for her to send in her proposal to the IETF Trust. The museum uses an open-source platform for managing their digital archives called Archivematica. After the initial ingestion of RFCs, the museum would do an annual ingest of new documents. 5. AOB There was no other open business and the RSOC moved into executive session.