The IESG Secretary announced, via the IETF-Announce list:
The IESG has received a request from the TOOLS team to consider the
following document:
- 'Requirements for IETF Draft Submission Toolset '
<draft-ietf-tools-draft-submission-07.txt> as an Informational RFC
The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits
final comments on this action. Please send any comments to the
iesg(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org or ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org mailing lists by
2005-03-28.
I've suggested (via Reply-To) discussion on the IETF list.
Note that this is an unusual document, in that it doesn't specify a protocol
or a procedure; instead, it specifies requirements for a tool to make IETF
procedures run more smoothly. The process that produced this (the Tools team)
is itself an experiment; in addition to commenting on the content of the
document, comments on whether or not it makes sense to publish this as
an RFC, and comments on the process that produced it, are appropriate.
The file can be obtained via
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-tools-draft-submission-07.txt
Comment on the substance and proposed procedure:
It seems odd that there is no provision for upload of nroff source
(RFC 2223) mentioned in sections 7 and 8 of the draft.
The draft seems heavily oriented toward use of XML, which (to
paraphrase the draft) some IETFers find unusable for preparation of
drafts and RFCs.
Editorial comment:
The draft could benefit from a grammar/style check; in particular,
insertion of instances of the definite article "the" in appropriate
places would improve readability.
Comment on publication:
Publication as an Experimental RFC seems appropriate. Alternatively,
entering the Standards Track at Proposed might also be suitable. If
it is expected that there will be multiple implementations, then
Standards Track would be preferable. Conversely, if it is expected
that the Secretariat will have a single implementation, starting as
Experimental, then submitting a future version as BCP would probably
be more suitable.
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