Dave Crocker <dcrocker(_at_)bbiw(_dot_)net> wrote:
It thas been suggested that a request to place email-arch on the standards
track should carry with it a specification of what constitutes
"interoperability" for the document.
...
Here's a simple candidate:
If a document has achieved a significant level of use as a normative
reference, it probably qualifies as being "interoperabille" by virtue of
being integrated into the technical community. Perhaps the best
non-protocol example of this is [RFC2119] Bradner, S., ?Key words for use
in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels?.
The obvious analogue would be "cited as a normative reference by at
least two standards-track RFCs." This has the advantage of being easily
measured.
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John Leslie <john(_at_)jlc(_dot_)net>