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*> If it is important, it'll progress the work of some group in the
*> IETF and be archived as an RFC. If it (the I-D) doesn't capture work
*> well enough to be archived as an RFC then it ought to fade from IETF
*> I-D storage.
Grenville,
Not all important ideas enter the working group process and emerge
as standards, and the fact that some working group chooses not to
"capture" an document does not make it necessarily unworthy of
preservation. After all, the technical problems evolve, and our
solutions need to evolve too; ideas that did not make it at one
stage may turn out to be important in the future. And, I believe
you are surrendering too easily the over-emphasis on standards
that Fred decried in his message.
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*> Is the standard for Informational currently that onerous?
Certainly not. But the community (and especially its chosen
leadership) need to believe in the importance of using Informational
to capture important documents and ideas as RFCs.
Bob Braden