From: Bill Manning <bmanning(_at_)ISI(_dot_)EDU>
To: Grenville Armitage <gja(_at_)RESEARCH(_dot_)BELL-LABS(_dot_)COM>
Cc: <ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org>
Subject: Re: Topic drift Re: An Internet Draft as reference
material
A key point about validity is the agreement btwn author(s) and
the IETF.
Once the timer expires, the ID is not valid, as an ID. The IETF
has lost
its chance to "capture" the information in the IETF process.
Maybe yes, maybe no. I don't think that anybody
has proposed that expired drafts are to be considered
valid inputs to the standards process. But just
because they can't be used for work in progress
does not mean that they should be disappeared, either.
There seems to be specific concern that if it were
the IETF archiving expired drafts it might be seen
as giving those documents some weight. But what if
some other body or organization were to do the same
thing?
Melinda